Integrated Microcontroller Reference Manual

MCF52211 ColdFire® Integrated Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 2
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Chapter 11
Real-Time Clock
11.1 Introduction
This section discusses how to operate and program the real-time clock (RTC) module that maintains the
system clock, provides stopwatch, alarm, and interrupt functions, and supports the following features.
11.1.1 Overview
Figure 11-1 is a block diagram of the Real-Time Clock (RTC) module. It consists of the following blocks:
Time-of-day (TOD) clock counter
•Alarm
Minute stopwatch
Associated control and bus interface hardware
Figure 11-1. Real-Time Clock Block Diagram
11.1.2 Features
The RTC module includes the following features:
Full clock—days, hours, minutes, seconds
Minute countdown timer with interrupt
Programmable daily alarm with interrupt
Once-per-day, once-per-hour, once-per-minute, and once-per-second interrupts