Real Time Clocks

Real Time Clocks (RTCs) provide time and/or date information in almost any electronic device which needs to keep accurate time. The clock types are binary counter, clock/calendar/supervisor, elapsed time counter, phantom time chip, portable system controller, temperature recorder, time event recorder, and timer clock peripheral.  They contain memory sizes ranging from 2 B to 2 MB and have interface options of I2C, Parallel, Serial, SPI, 1-Wire, 2-Wire, 3-Wire, and 4-Wire.

Part Number Manufacturer Description Quantity Price Option
DS17887-5+ Maxim Integrated IC RTC CLK/CALENDAR PAR 24-EDIP 38 $19.84
DS17887-3+ Maxim Integrated IC RTC CLK/CALENDAR PAR 24-EDIP 87 $19.84
DS1670E+ Maxim Integrated IC RTC SYSTEM CTRLR SER 20-TSSOP 34 $9.23
MCP79522-I/MS Microchip Technology IC RTC CLK/CALENDAR SPI 10-MSOP 303 $1.32
MCP79521-I/MS Microchip Technology IC RTC CLK/CALENDAR SPI 10-MSOP 372 $1.32
MCP79400-I/SN Microchip Technology IC RTC CLK/CALENDAR I2C 8-SOIC 150 $0.84
MCP7940N-I/P Microchip Technology IC RTC CLK/CALENDAR I2C 8DIP 489 $0.82
MCP7940M-I/SN Microchip Technology IC RTC CLK/CALENDAR I2C 8-SOIC 882 $0.60
DS1556-70+ Maxim Integrated IC RTC CLK/CALENDAR PAR 32-EDIP 77 $37.57
DP8570AV/NOPB Texas Instruments IC RTC CLK/CALENDAR PAR 28-PLCC 69 $32.60