Re: Has anyone used...

[Kyle Gordon <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nope, although many folks use the cheap DS3107 RTC to provide that
functionality.

A GPS receiver shield can also provide time, and since I'm a Jeenode
user I'd be inclined to use this http://jeelabs.com/products/rtc-plug
:-)

Kyle

On 13/06/11 20:38, Phillip Harris wrote:
> Does the Arduino have a real time clock?
>
> Phil
>
> On 13 Jun 2011, at 09:15, Vargster wrote:
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>> Phil,
>>
>> Yes, I've used them for several projects. They work very well, are
pretty
>> cheap and the dev environment free and pretty easy to setup/use if
you've
>> done any C/Java/Basic.
>>
>> There are several official versions and dozens of clones (it being
open
>> source), which are even cheaper.
>> There are (basically) two models, the base Arduino and the Mega.
The Mega
>> uses the same IDE/code, but has more I/O pins, more RAM/ROM/FLASH.
>> Within those two models there are the newer and older versions of
the ATMEL
>> mcu's, which doubled the RAM/RAM/FLASH, but not the I/O.
>>
>> Depending on wether you need USB serial comms (not all projects
do), you can
>> build your own Arduino clone on a bit of stripboard for less a
fiver (I did
>> that for an LED lamp).
>>
>> Anything else you need to know?
>> Lee
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Phillip
Harris<phil@xxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> ...those Arduino microcontrollers?
>>>
>>> They any good? My HomeVision appears to have died and there
are X10
>>> libraries for the Arduino boards so I was thinking that one
might make a
>>> suitable "jobbing" replacement for a while.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
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