Microsemi SmartDesign MSS Real Time Counter (RTC) Configuration User Guide

: June 9, 2024
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Table of Contents

Microsemi SmartDesign MSS Real Time Counter (RTC) Configuration
Configuration Options
Product Support
CONTACT
References
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Microsemi SmartDesign MSS Real Time Counter (RTC) Configuration

Actel Corporation, Mountain View, CA 94043

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Part Number: 5-02-00244-0
Release: June 2010

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Configuration Options

The SmartFusion Microcontroller Subsystem (MSS) provides a real-time counter (RTC) to support both standby and sleep modes of operation, greatly reducing power consumption in many applications. The actual behavior of the SmartFusion RTC core must be defined at the application level using the SmartFusion MSS RTC Driver provided by Actel. For more details about the MSS RTC hard peripheral, please refer to the Actel SmartFusion Microcontroller Subsystem User’s Guide.

Port Description

There are no ports for the RTC core in the SmartDesign MSS Configurator.

Product Support

Center, a website, an FTP site, electronic mail, and worldwide sales offices. This appendix contains information about contacting Actel and using these support services.

Customer Service

Contact Customer Service for non-technical product support, such as product pricing, product upgrades, update information, order status, and authorization.
From Northeast and North Central U.S.A., call 650.318.4480
From Southeast and Southwest U.S.A., call 650. 318.4480
From South Central U.S.A., call 650.318.4434
From Northwest U.S.A., call 650.318.4434
From Canada, call 650.318.4480
From Europe, call 650.318.4252 or +44 (0) 1276 401 500
From Japan, call 650.318.4743
From the rest of the world, call 650.318.4743
Fax, from anywhere in the world 650.318.8044

Actel Customer Technical Support Center

Actel staffs its Customer Technical Support Center with highly skilled engineers who can help answer your hardware, software, and design questions. The Customer Technical Support Center spends a great deal of time creating application notes and answers to FAQs. So, before you contact us, please visit our online resources. It is very likely we have already answered your questions.

Actel Technical Support

Visit the Actel Customer Support website (www.actel.com/support/search/default.aspx) for more information and support. Many answers available on the searchable web resource include diagrams, illustrations, and links to other resources on the Actel web site.

Website

You can browse a variety of technical and non-technical information on Actel’s home page, at www.actel.com.

Contacting the Customer Technical Support Center

Highly skilled engineers staff the Technical Support Center from 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Several ways of contacting the Center follow:

Email

You can communicate your technical questions to our email address and receive answers back by email, fax, or phone. Also, if you have design problems, you can email your design files to receive assistance. We constantly monitor the email account throughout the day. When sending your request to us, please be sure to include your full name, company name, and your contact information for efficient processing of your request. The technical support email address is tech@actel.com.

Phone

Our Technical Support Center answers all calls. The center retrieves information, such as your name, company name, phone number and your question, and then issues a case number. The Center then forwards the information to a queue where the first available application engineer receives the data and returns your call. The phone hours are from 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. The Technical Support numbers are:

650.318.4460
800.262.1060

Customers needing assistance outside the US time zones can either contact technical support via email (tech@actel.com) or contact a local sales office. Sales office listings can be found at www.actel.com/company/contact/default.aspx.

Actel is the leader in low-power and mixed-signal FPGAs and offers the most comprehensive portfolio of system and power management solutions. Power Matters. Learn more at www.actel.com.

CONTACT

Actel Corporation

2061 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043 USA
Phone 650.318.4200
Fax 650.318.4600
Customer Service: 650.318.1010
Customer Applications Center: 800.262.1060

Actel Europe Ltd.

River Court, Meadows Business Park Station Approach, Blackwater Camberley Surrey GU17 9AB United Kingdom
Phone +44 (0) 1276 609 300
Fax +44 (0) 1276 607 540

Actel Japan