Sunday, June 20, 2010

Arduino Real Time Clock

/*
Example sketch for interfacing with the DS1302 timekeeping chip.

Copyright (c) 2009, Matt Sparks
All rights reserved.

http://quadpoint.org/projects/arduino-ds1302
*/
#include
#include
#include

/* Set the appropriate digital I/O pin connections */
uint8_t CE_PIN = 5;
uint8_t IO_PIN = 6;
uint8_t SCLK_PIN = 7;

/* Create buffers */
char buf[50];
char day[10];

/* Create a DS1302 object */
DS1302 rtc(CE_PIN, IO_PIN, SCLK_PIN);


void print_time()
{
/* Get the current time and date from the chip */
Time t = rtc.time();

/* Name the day of the week */
memset(day, 0, sizeof(day)); /* clear day buffer */
switch (t.day) {
case 1:
strcpy(day, "Sunday");
break;
case 2:
strcpy(day, "Monday");
break;
case 3:
strcpy(day, "Tuesday");
break;
case 4:
strcpy(day, "Wednesday");
break;
case 5:
strcpy(day, "Thursday");
break;
case 6:
strcpy(day, "Friday");
break;
case 7:
strcpy(day, "Saturday");
break;
}

/* Format the time and date and insert into the temporary buffer */
snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s %04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d",
day,
t.yr, t.mon, t.date,
t.hr, t.min, t.sec);

/* Print the formatted string to serial so we can see the time */
Serial.println(buf);
}


void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);

/* Initialize a new chip by turning off write protection and clearing the
clock halt flag. These methods needn't always be called. See the DS1302
datasheet for details. */
rtc.write_protect(false);
rtc.halt(false);

/* Make a new time object to set the date and time */
/* Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 21:16:37. */
Time t(2009, 5, 19, 21, 16, 37, 3);

/* Set the time and date on the chip */
rtc.time(t);
}


/* Loop and print the time every second */
void loop()
{
print_time();
delay(1000);
}
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