https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/84231/rtc-reliable-flagHello everyone, I am looking at the init structure of the NRF52832&#39;s RTC and I cannot find any explanation on the &quot;reliable&quot; variable. I can see its usage in the driver but this makes me wonder even more :-) So, what is the purpose of the &quot;reliableen-USTelligent Community 13Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:18:09 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/350433?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:18:09 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:d0bcbf86-79ed-405a-bcc6-2a5164720599Einar Thorsrud<p>Hi,</p> <p>The reliable mode adds some margin for latency (which could be caused by anything really, including higher priority interrupts, which are application specific). You can read more about it in the <a href="https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/drivers_nrfx_v2.7.0/group__nrfx__rtc.html">API documentation</a> for&nbsp;nrfx_rtc_cc_set() and&nbsp;nrfx_rtc_max_ticks_get().</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>