Epson PX-8 Technical Manual page 44

REV.-A
2.2.4 Backup Circuit
The following elements are backed up by the battery voltage (VB) while power is off in order to
protect data in the RAMs and maintain a clock feature, etc.
Table 2-3 Battery Protected Component
Location Element name Function
4D ~ 7D
RAM Main RAM (dynamic)
4E ~ 7E
9C
~
11 C V-RAM LCD display RAM (static)
2E 4-bit sub-CPU Power control, keyboard scanning
3D Gate Backup line control
3E Gate Power-on signal gate
4C,6A Gate array Interrupt and clock control, etc.
*1 D a-bit AD converter Battery voltage detection and temperature change detec-
tion (for RAM refresh rate determination), etc.
* The operating voltage is supplied for a ms every 10 seconds.
The backup circuit is
shown in Fig. 2-13. As
can be seen, the circuit is
normally backed up from
the VB line via the transis-
tor Q23, regardless of
whether the computer is
operating or not. It is
backed up from the auxi-
liary battery when low
voltage is detected.
For details of the circuit
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Backup line
operations, refer to the
From auxiliary battery
descriptions on the power
on/off circuit.
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Fig. 2-13 Backup Circuit
2-20
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