// DS3231_Serial_Easy // Copyright (C)2015 Rinky-Dink Electronics, Henning Karlsen. All right reserved // web: http://www.RinkyDinkElectronics.com/ // // A quick demo of how to use my DS3231-library to // quickly send time and date information over a serial link // // To use the hardware I2C (TWI) interface of the chipKit you must connect // the pins as follows: // // chipKit Uno32/uC32: // ---------------------- // DS3231: SDA pin -> Analog 4 // SCL pin -> Analog 5 // *** Please note that JP6 and JP8 must be in the I2C position (closest to the analog pins) // // chipKit Max32: // ---------------------- // DS3231: SDA pin -> Digital 20 (the pin labeled SDA) // SCL pin -> Digital 21 (the pin labeled SCL) // // The chipKit boards does not have pull-up resistors on the hardware I2C interface // so external pull-up resistors on the data and clock signals are required. // // You can connect the DS3231 to any available pin but if you use any // other than what is described above the library will fall back to // a software-based, TWI-like protocol which will require exclusive access // to the pins used. // #include // Init the DS3231 using the hardware interface DS3231 rtc(SDA, SCL); void setup() { // Setup Serial connection Serial.begin(115200); // Initialize the rtc object rtc.begin(); // The following lines can be uncommented to set the date and time //rtc.setDOW(WEDNESDAY); // Set Day-of-Week to SUNDAY //rtc.setTime(12, 0, 0); // Set the time to 12:00:00 (24hr format) //rtc.setDate(1, 1, 2014); // Set the date to January 1st, 2014 } void loop() { // Send Day-of-Week Serial.print(rtc.getDOWStr()); Serial.print(" "); // Send date Serial.print(rtc.getDateStr()); Serial.print(" -- "); // Send time Serial.println(rtc.getTimeStr()); // Wait one second before repeating :) delay (1000); }