DS1685/DS1687
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AUXILIARY BATTERY
The VBAUX input is provided to supply power from an auxiliary battery for the DS1685/DS1687 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 DS1685/DS1687, 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 DS1685 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 DS1685/DS1687 incorporates a wake-up feature that 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
DS1685/DS1687 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 B
(WIE, bank 1, 04BH). Setting WIE to 1 enables the wake-up feature, clearing WIE to 0 disables it.
Similarly, the kick-start feature is controlled through the Kickstart Interrupt Enable bit in extended
control register B (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 DS1685/DS1687 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.