PCF2127A and PCF2129A Evaluation Kit

Real Time Clocks

NXP Semiconductors

This tutorial provides an overview of NXP’s real time clocks (RTC), explains the benefits of using a stand-alone real time clock, and discusses potential applications.
PTM Published on: 2011-11-02

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