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RTC Problem in LPC1768

Hello, I'm having problems with RTC in LPC1768. The RTC is running, but is advancing approx 5 seconds per hour. The electrical circuit is good, with a 20ppm crystal tolerance, and 12,5pf capacitors of load. Tha VBAT is conected in CR1220 lithium battery. I have reviewed the source code and is OK. Below is my code:

void InitRTC(void) {
  LPC_RTC->CCR  =    ( !CLKEN |  CTCRST );
  LPC_RTC->CCR &= ~CTCRST;
  return;
}
/***************************/
void StartRTC(void){
  LPC_RTC->CCR |=    ( CLKEN );
  return;
}
/***************************/
int main (void){
  char temp[36];
  InitRTC();
  StartRTC();
  while(1){
    sprintf ((char *)temp,"%2.2d/%2.2d/%.2d   %2.2d:%2.2d",LPC_RTC->DOM,LPC_RTC->MONTH,LPC_RTC->YEAR,LPC_RTC->HOUR,LPC_RTC->MIN);
    lcd_gotoxy(1,0);
    lcd_print(temp);
  }
  return 0;
}

The RTC is running correctly without the battery, with main power connected in VBAT. But yet the RTC is running advancing. I can't use the calibration of application note AN10849. I have 100 identical hardwares, and they are with different accurate. I think that this variation is very high for be simply a low accuracy of LPC. There must be some other problem.

Does anyone know what might be happening?
Thanks

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  • We have seen this behavior in our designs with the LPC1765. Clocks would be very inaccurate or even stop and start randomly. Very sensitive to stray capacitance.

    There was an errata about the RTC, but even after the errata, and using new revision ICs, we still saw strange behavior. I've seen users in other forums also complain about the LPC17XX RTC even in the supposedly 'fixed' silicone.

    So please consider it may be the chip.

    Good luck!

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  • We have seen this behavior in our designs with the LPC1765. Clocks would be very inaccurate or even stop and start randomly. Very sensitive to stray capacitance.

    There was an errata about the RTC, but even after the errata, and using new revision ICs, we still saw strange behavior. I've seen users in other forums also complain about the LPC17XX RTC even in the supposedly 'fixed' silicone.

    So please consider it may be the chip.

    Good luck!

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