PCF85263ATT/AJ
PCF85263ATT/AJ - Tiny RTC I2C 400kHz, Battery Switch-Over | NXP
The NXP Semiconductors PCF85263ATT/AJ is a CMOS Real-Time Clock (RTC) and calendar optimized for ultra-low power consumption with automatic battery switch-over on main power loss, supplied in an 8-pin TSSOP (also called 8-MSOP, 3.00 mm width) package. It communicates through a 400 kHz I2C-bus and integrates three time-log registers, a clock output, two independent alarms, and a timestamp input that records power-down/power-up transitions. Programmable via 16-bit registers, the PCF85263ATT/AJ provides century, year, month, day, weekday, hours, minutes, and seconds with leap-year correction up to the year 2099, making it suitable for long-lifecycle embedded designs.
An RTC (Real-Time Clock) is a low-power oscillator-plus-counter peripheral that maintains wall-clock time independently of the host MCU. RTCs are members of the broader timer/clock IC family, which also includes timer ICs and stop-watch counters. In the system hierarchy, an RTC sits beneath power management and above discrete passives, providing a battery-backed time reference for microcontrollers that would otherwise need to keep time via software timers and a separate 32.768 kHz crystal. By integrating the crystal load capacitors, the battery switch-over MOSFET, and the I2C interface into a single IC, the PCF85263ATT/AJ reduces BOM count and PCB area compared to discrete RTC designs.
Key features include 4 time-of-day alarms with timestamp, integrated 32.768 kHz crystal load capacitors (12.5 pF), supply voltage range of 0.9 V to 5.5 V with separate battery supply input, low typical current of 0.55 uA at VDD=3.3 V, and an operating temperature range of -40C to +85C. Three time-log registers are triggered by battery switch-over and input-driven events, supporting forensic power-event capture. The device can also be configured as a stop-watch (elapsed time counter), adding flexibility for metering and instrumentation use cases.
The PCF85263A architecture uses a low-power 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator with selectable load capacitance, a BCD-based time counter chain, and a power-management block that arbitrates between VDD and the backup battery. The I2C-bus runs up to 400 kHz in fast mode, and the slave address is fixed (per the manufacturer datasheet). The 8-TSSOP footprint (TSSOP-8 / MSOP-8 outline, 3.0 mm body) is pin-compatible with industry-standard RTCs, enabling drop-in PCB reuse.
Typical applications include smart metering (electricity, gas, water), IoT battery-powered sensors, industrial data loggers, white goods, point-of-sale terminals, medical portable devices, and any embedded system requiring timekeeping during main-power loss. The wide 0.9 V to 5.5 V supply range lets the same part serve as backup for a coin cell, a supercapacitor, or a rechargeable battery.
When designing with this device, place the 32.768 kHz crystal as close to the XIN/XOUT pins as possible, keep the traces short and symmetric, and add a guard ground to minimize noise coupling. The VBACKUP pin requires a series resistor per the manufacturer datasheet when charged by a supercapacitor.
This page synthesizes distributor pricing, drop-in pin-compatible alternatives, and practical design notes not found in the manufacturer datasheet. Citations are anchored to the NXP PCF85263A datasheet (per the manufacturer datasheet), DigiKey product page, and Mouser product page.
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