Re: Has anyone used...

[Phillip Harris <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm ... not to have a Real Time Clock on board seems quite a major
omission to me ... !

Phil


On 13 Jun 2011, at 20:56, Kyle Gordon wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>> 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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