Intersil Develops Full-featured Real Time Clocks

(Business News & Technology News, 20 Mar 2008)

Intersil Corp. has released what is said to be the world's first full-featured, AC-driven Real Time Clock (RTC) devices. The new ICs will be designed into a wide range of industrial and consumer products, from power meters and security devices to white goods and other high-end appliances that require precise measurement of time. With integrated functionality such as dual alarms, event detection and a "brownout" alert, the new ISL12030 and ISL12032 have the broadest feature set of any RTCs on the market.

Other features of Intersil's new AC-driven RTCs include an automatic crystal oscillator backup in case the AC line frequency is lost (ISL12032); an integrated trickle charger that allows a rechargeable energy source such as a super capacitor or rechargeable battery to be used as a backup supply; dual alarms for reporting problems with system performance; a power status "brownout" alarm that allows the system to save vital information to memory before a complete power loss occurs; time stamp, which records the time and date of events including power loss, recovery, and tampering, a feature particularly important in metering devices; and a battery status monitor that provides warning if battery voltage drops below a certain threshold.

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