Rtc Coarse Digital Calibration; Timestamp Function - ST STM32F205 series Reference Manual

Real-time clock (RTC)
22.3.9

RTC coarse digital calibration

The coarse digital calibration can be used to compensate crystal inaccuracy by adding
(positive calibration) or masking (negative calibration) clock cycles at the output of the
asynchronous prescaler (ck_apre).
Positive and negative calibration are selected by setting the DCS bit in RTC_CALIBR
register to '0' and '1', respectively.
When positive calibration is enabled (DCS = '0'), 2 ck_apre cycles are added every minute
(around 15360 ck_apre cycles) for 2xDC minutes. This causes the calendar to be updated
sooner, thereby adjusting the effective RTC frequency to be a bit higher.
When negative calibration is enabled (DCS = '1'), 1 ck_apre cycle is removed every minute
(around 15360 ck_apre cycles) for 2xDC minutes. This causes the calendar to be updated
later, thereby adjusting the effective RTC frequency to be a bit lower.
DC is configured through bits DC[4:0] of RTC_CALIBR register. This number ranges from 0
to 31 corresponding to a time interval (2xDC) ranging from 0 to 62.
The coarse digital calibration can be configured only in initialization mode, and starts when
the INIT bit is cleared. The full calibration cycle lasts 64 minutes. The first 2xDC minutes of
the 64 -minute cycle are modified as just described.
Negative calibration can be performed with a resolution of about 2 ppm while positive
calibration can be performed with a resolution of about 4 ppm. The maximum calibration
ranges from − 63 ppm to 126 ppm.
The calibration can be performed either on the LSE or on the HSE clock.
Caution: Digital calibration may not work correctly if PREDIV_A < 6.
Case of RTCCLK=32.768 kHz and PREDIV_A+1=128
The following description assumes that ck_apre frequency is 256 Hz obtained with an LSE
clock nominal frequency of 32.768 kHz, and PREDIV_A set to 127 (default value).
The ck_spre clock frequency is only modified during the first 2xDC minutes of the 64-minute
cycle. For example, when DC equals 1, only the first 2 minutes are modified. This means
that the first 2xDC minutes of each 64-minute cycle have, once per minute, one second
either shortened by 256 or lengthened by 128 RTCCLK cycles, given that each ck_apre
cycle represents 128 RTCCLK cycles (with PREDIV_A+1=128).
Therefore each calibration step has the effect of adding 512 or subtracting 256 oscillator
cycles for every 125829120 RTCCLK cycles (64min x 60 s/min x 32768 cycles/s). This is
equivalent to +4.069 ppm or-2.035 ppm per calibration step. As a result, the calibration
resolution is +10.5 or − 5.27 seconds per month, and the total calibration ranges from +5.45
to −2.72 minutes per month.
In order to measure the clock deviation, a 512 Hz clock is output for calibration.Refer to
Section 22.3.12: Calibration clock
22.3.10

Timestamp function

Timestamp is enabled by setting the TSE bit of RTC_CR register to 1.
The calendar is saved in the timestamp registers (RTC_TSTR, RTC_TSDR) when a
timestamp event is detected on the pin to which the TIMESTAMP alternate function is
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