Battery backed RTC on I2C bus

[scudderfish]

Specifically a DS3231 from your favourite internet auction site. The code is here https://github.com/scudderfish/uDS3231 and you can use it like this :-

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MicroPython v1.5-1-ge954604 on 2015-10-21; WiPy with CC3200
Type "help()" for more information.
>>> import time
>>> from DS3231 import DS3231
>>> time.localtime()
(2015, 1, 1, 0, 0, 20, 3, 1)
>>> DS3231().loadTime()
>>> time.localtime()
(2015, 11, 5, 17, 44, 15, 3, 309)
>>> 

Accurate timekeeping without a network connection. Still version 0.1, I need to add error checking to the saveTime() method, and also get the temperature data out of it as you can never have too many temperature sensors.

Regards,
David

[danicampora]

Cool!

BTW we have plans for a time.source() method in order to select the time reference. With this, your external RTC class will need to implement a .now() or .time() method, and then you just pass the object to time.source(). This will mean that you don't need to reconfig the internal RTC every time.

[scudderfish]

Nice, I'll keep an eye out for the API and implement it.

Regards,
David

[willie]

Why do you want an external RTC? I thought one of the WiPy's attractions was an onboard one. That DS board is awfully large, too.

[pythoncoder]

For applications requiring long term accuracy. On the WiPy there is an alternative: update the RTC from a timeserver. I plan to use one on a Pyboard which isn't web connected.

[scudderfish]

The onboard one is not battery backed and my wipy is ultimately going in my car where power and net connectivity will be intermittent. If it proves useful for someone else then that's quite fine.

Regards,
David

[pythoncoder]

@scudderfish I've taken the liberty of adapting this for the Pyboard. I also added a mechanism for calibrating the Pyboard's RTC from the DS3231. https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-samples.git

[scudderfish]

@scudderfish I've taken the liberty of adapting this for the Pyboard. I also added a mechanism for calibrating the Pyboard's RTC from the DS3231. https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-samples.git

Excellent

[Alonzosmop]

Shall use that section. I have some stuff on its way to do some work with some of the old electronics I got around here.

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