Re: Has anyone used...

[Kyle Gordon <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why? None of my projects have needed an RTC yet... They all have
onboard
timers though which are good enough for most timing functions.

If you use Jeenodes or some other wireless capable version, you can
always inform it of the current time over the network.

Kyle


On 13/06/11 21:44, Phillip Harris wrote:
> Hmmm ... not to have a Real Time Clock on board seems quite a major
omission to me ... !
>
> Phil
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> On 13 Jun 2011, at 20:56, Kyle Gordon wrote:
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>> 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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