Re: Re: Battery for RCM6700

Phil D <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.rabbit-semiconductor
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I do recall the manual saying something about cycling the power to get
better RTC current draw performance,
5 years is a long time to want the RTC to survive is a rechargeable 3V not
an option is it realistic that the product will be un-powered for this
period and require the correct time? as this is a network device NTC may be
a possibility to explore
I use a 3V lithium ion that i calculated as 72 days RTC time which is
suitable for my application as real time isn't essential

Phil

On 16 August 2012 20:39, Moore, Robert <[email protected]> wrote:

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> I noticed somewhere in the 6700 manual a REQUIREMENT that you cycle power
> to the 6700 AFTER attaching the battery. This affects  the drain on the
> battery . . .
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> bob
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> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:45 PM, seecwriter <seecwriter-/[email protected]> wrote:
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>> That's not a bad choice. But it's half the capacity I need for a
>> 5-year life, unless I'm over thinking this.
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>> We may have to go to a separate time-of-day clock device that uses
>> far less current than the RCM6700's 120ua in order to get the life
>> span we want with a reasonable size battery.
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>> Steve
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>> --- In [email protected], "Moore, Robert" <robert_moore@...>
>> wrote:
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>> > On the OP7200 I used a AA 3.6 VDC lithium battery (Saft LS14500CBA or
>> > equivalent) accessible from the outside of the instrument case using a
>> > Bulgin 122-BX0011/1 . . .   I'm assuming the RCM6700 has the same pinout
>> > for this.  My biggest concern was to keep the end-user from opening the
>> > instrument.
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>> > bob
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>> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:31 PM, seecwriter <seecwriter@...> wrote:
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>> > > The battery current draw for the RCM6700 seems rather high, requiring
>> a
>> > > large battery to maintain the clock for 5-years.
>> > > Can anything be done to reduce the battery current? I'm just rying to
>> > > maintain the time-of-clock.
>> > > What have others done for a battery?
>> > >
>> > > Steve
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