Real-time clock (RTC) RM0091
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After a system reset, the software must wait until RSF is set before reading the RTC_SSR,
RTC_TR and RTC_DR registers. Indeed, a system reset resets the shadow registers to
their default values.
After an initialization (refer to Calendar initialization and configuration on page 540): the
software must wait until RSF is set before reading the RTC_SSR, RTC_TR and RTC_DR
registers.
After synchronization (refer to Section 24.3.9: RTC synchronization): the software must wait
until RSF is set before reading the RTC_SSR, RTC_TR and RTC_DR registers.
When the BYPSHAD control bit is set in the RTC_CR register (bypass shadow
registers)
Reading the calendar registers gives the values from the calendar counters directly, thus
eliminating the need to wait for the RSF bit to be set. This is especially useful after exiting
from low power modes (STOP or Standby), since the shadow registers are not updated
during these modes.
When the BYPSHAD bit is set to 1, the results of the different registers might not be
coherent with each other if an RTCCLK edge occurs between two read accesses to the
registers. Additionally, the value of one of the registers may be incorrect if an RTCCLK edge
occurs during the read operation. The software must read all the registers twice, and then
compare the results to confirm that the data is coherent and correct. Alternatively, the
software can just compare the two results of the least-significant calendar register.
Note: While BYPSHAD=1, instructions which read the calendar registers require one extra APB
cycle to complete.
24.3.8 Resetting the RTC
The calendar shadow registers (RTC_SSR, RTC_TR and RTC_DR) and the RTC status
register (RTC_ISR) are reset to their default values by all available system reset sources.
On the contrary, the following registers are reset to their default values by a power-on reset
and are not affected by a system reset: the RTC current calendar registers, the RTC control
register (RTC_CR), the prescaler register (RTC_PRER), the RTC calibration register
(RTC_CALR), the RTC shift register (RTC_SHIFTR), the RTC timestamp registers
(RTC_TSSSR, RTC_TSTR and RTC_TSDR), the RTC tamper and alternate function
configuration register (RTC_TAFCR), the RTC backup registers (RTC_BKPxR),the Alarm A
registers (RTC_ALRMASSR/RTC_ALRMAR).
In addition, the RTC keeps on running under system reset if the reset source is different
from the power-on reset one. When a power-on reset occurs, the RTC is stopped and all the
RTC registers are set to their reset values.
24.3.9 RTC synchronization
The RTC can be synchronized to a remote clock with a high degree of precision. After
reading the sub-second field (RTC_SSR or RTC_TSSSR), a calculation can be made of the
precise offset between the times being maintained by the remote clock and the RTC. The
RTC can then be adjusted to eliminate this offset by “shifting” its clock by a fraction of a
second using RTC_SHIFTR.
RTC_SSR contains the value of the synchronous prescaler’s counter. This allows one to
calculate the exact time being maintained by the RTC down to a resolution of
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