DS17285/DS17287
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AUXILIARY BATTERY
The VBAUX input is provided to supply power from an auxiliary battery for the DS17285/DS17287
kickstart, wake-up, and SQW output features in the absence of VCC. This power source must be available
in order to use these auxiliary features when no VCC is applied to the device.
The Auxiliary Battery Enable (ABE; bank 1, register 04BH) bit in extended control register B is used to
turn on and off the auxiliary battery for the above functions in the absence of VCC. When set to a 1,
VBAUX battery power is enabled, and when cleared to 0, VBAUX battery power is disabled to these
functions.
In the DS17285/DS17287, this auxiliary battery may be used as the primary backup power source for
maintaining the clock/calendar, user RAM, and extended external RAM functions. This occurs if the
VBAT pin is at a lower voltage than VBAUX. If the DS17285 is to be backed-up using a single battery with
the auxiliary features enabled, then VBAUX should be used and VBAT should be grounded. If VBAUX is not
to be used, it should be grounded and ABE should be cleared to 0.
WAKE-UP/KICKSTART
The DS17285/DS17287 incorporates a wake-up feature which can power the system on at a pre-
determined date and time through activation of the PWR output pin. In addition, the Kickstart feature can
allow the system to be powered-up in response to a low going transition on the KS pin, without operating
voltage applied to the VCC pin. As a result, system power may be applied upon such events as a key
closure, or modem ring-detect signal. In order to use either the wake-up or the Kickstart features, the
DS17285/DS17287 must have an auxiliary battery connected to the VBAUX pin and the oscillator must be
running and the countdown chain must not be in reset (Register A DV2, DV1, DV0 = 01X). If DV2,
DV1, and DV0 are not in this required state, the PWR pin will not be driven low in response to a kickstart
or wake-up condition, while in battery-backed mode.
The wake-up feature is controlled through the Wake-up Interrupt Enable bit in extended control register
4B (WIE, bank 1, 04BH). Setting WIE to 1 enables the wake-up feature, clearing WIE to 0 disables it.
Similarly, the Kickstart feature is controlled through the Kickstart Interrupt Enable bit in extended control
register 4B (KSE, bank 1, 04BH).
A wake-up sequence will occur as follows: When wake-up is enabled via WIE = 1 while the system is
powered down (no VCC voltage), the clock/calendar will monitor the current date for a match condition
with the date alarm register (bank 1, register 049H). In conjunction with the date alarm register, the
hours, minutes, and seconds alarm bytes in the clock/calendar register map (bank 0, registers 05H, 03H,
and 01H) are also monitored. As a result, a wake-up will occur at the date and time specified by the date,
hours, minutes, and seconds alarm register values. This additional alarm will occur regardless of the
programming of the AIE bit (bank 0, register B, 0BH). When the match condition occurs, the PWR pin
will automatically be driven low. This output can be used to turn on the main system power supply
which provides VCC voltage to the DS17285/DS17287 as well as the other major components in the
system. Also at this time, the Wake-Up flag (WF, bank 1, register 04AH) will be set, indicating that a
wake-up condition has occurred.
A kickstart sequence will occur when kickstarting is enabled via KSE = 1. While the system is powered
down, the KS input pin will be monitored for a low going transition of minimum pulse width tKSPW.
When such a transition is detected, the PWR line will be pulled low, as it is for a wake-up condition.