PCF2127 and PCF2129 are high accuracy real-time-clock (RTC) module. This library provides simple interface to accessing clock information.
Dependents: PCF2127_Demo PCF2127_Hello
PCF2127 and PCF2129
PCF2127T is in SO16 package
The PCF2127 and the PCF2129 are a CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) and calendar with an integrated Temperature Compensated Crystal (Xtal) Oscillator (TCXO) and a 32.768 kHz quartz crystal optimized for very high accuracy and very low power consumption.
Both of PCF2127 and PCF2129 have a selectable I2C-bus or SPI-bus, a backup battery switch-over circuit, a programmable watchdog function, a timestamp function, and many other features.
On addition to this, the PCF2127 has 512 bytes of general-purpose static RAM.
These 4 types of RTC modules are software compatible. So this library "PCF2127" can be used all of those.
This library only supports I2C to communicate with the PCF2127/PCF2129.
Type variations
Main feature difference
| type | +/-3ppm accuracy range | 512 bytes RAM | package |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCF2127T | -30℃ to +80℃ | yes | SO16 |
| PCF2127AT | -30℃ to +60℃ | yes | SO20 |
| PCF2129T | -30℃ to +80℃ | not available | SO16 |
| PCF2129AT | -15℃ to +60℃ | not available | SO20 |
Pin assign


PCF2127T
Connection between MCU and PCF2127/PCF2129
These examples show how the RTC module can be connected via I2C bus.

References
- Datasheet
- User manual
- Other information PCF2127
Diff: PCF2127.h
- Revision:
- 0:1377bcf1455e
- Child:
- 1:700e0285cfd8
diff -r 000000000000 -r 1377bcf1455e PCF2127.h
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+/*
+ * PCF2127 library
+ *
+ * @author Akifumi (Tedd) OKANO, NXP Semiconductors
+ * @version 1.5
+ * @date 04-Dec-2014
+ *
+ * PCF2127 is a "real time clock (RTC)" module which is including a Xtal and TCXO
+ * http://www.nxp.com/products/interface_and_connectivity/real_time_clocks/rtcs_with_temp_compensation/series/PCF2127.html
+ *
+ * RTC initializing part is ported from..
+ * http://mbed.org/users/roen/notebook/real-time/
+ *
+ * This code is refined version of..
+ * http://developer.mbed.org/users/okano/code/NXP_PCF2127A/
+ */
+
+#ifndef MBED_PCF2127
+#define MBED_PCF2127
+
+#include "mbed.h"
+
+class PCF2127
+{
+public:
+
+ /** name of the PCF2127 registers */
+ typedef enum {
+ Control_1,
+ Control_2,
+ Control_3,
+ Seconds,
+ Minutes,
+ Hours,
+ Days,
+ Weekdays,
+ Months,
+ Years,
+ Second_alarm,
+ Minute_alarm,
+ Hour_alarm,
+ Day_alarm,
+ Weekday_alarm,
+ CLKOUT_ctl,
+ Watchdg_tim_ctl,
+ Watchdg_tim_val,
+ Timestp_ctl,
+ Sec_timestp,
+ Min_timestp,
+ Hour_timestp,
+ Day_timestp,
+ Mon_timestp,
+ Year_timestp,
+ Aging_offset
+ }
+ RegisterName;
+
+ /** Create a PCF2127 instance connected to specified I2C pins with specified address
+ *
+ * @param I2C_sda I2C-bus SDA pin
+ * @param I2C_scl I2C-bus SCL pin
+ * @param vControl_1 (option) data for Control_1 register
+ * @param vControl_2 (option) data for Control_2 register
+ * @param vControl_3 (option) data for Control_3 register
+ */
+ PCF2127( PinName sda, PinName sdl, char vControl_1 = 0x03, char vControl_2 = 0x00, char vControl_3 = 0x60 );
+
+ /** Destractor
+ */
+ ~PCF2127();
+
+ /** Clock integrity check
+ *
+ * @return non-zero value if the clock was stopped (means need to set the time)
+ */
+ int is_init_required( void );
+
+ /** Set the time
+ *
+ * @param dtp Pointer to struct tm
+ */
+ void set_time( struct tm *dtp );
+
+ /** Set the time
+ * @param s String data: The time information should be given in format of "YYYY MM DD HH MM SS"
+ */
+ void set_time( char *s );
+
+ /** Get time of day
+ *
+ * This function works similar to "time()" in standard-C-library
+ *
+ * @param tp Pointer to time_t
+ */
+ time_t time( time_t *tp );
+
+ /** Register access interface with integer to BCD conversion
+ *
+ * @param addr Register address
+ * @param Integer data. Converted to BCD before writing inot the register.
+ */
+ void set_alarm( char addr, char s );
+
+ /** Clear interrupt flag
+ *
+ * Clears interrupt flags by writing 0x00 into Control_2 register
+ *
+ */
+ void clear_intr( void );
+
+private:
+ void set_register( char addr, char data );
+ char read_register( char addr );
+ char i2bcd( char n );
+ char bcd2i( char bcd );
+
+ I2C i2c;
+ char device_address;
+}
+;
+#endif // end of "#ifndef MBED_PCF2127"
PCF2127 and PCF2129 High-accuracy RTC module