Take advantage of this cutting-edge real-time clock technology to achieve precise timing synchronization in your applications
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Hardware Overview
How does it work?
RTC 14 Click is based on the ISL1221, a small micropower real-time clock that provides increased security features and tamper detection from Renesas. This device has time-stamp features in normal and battery modes, timing and crystal compensation, clock/calendar, power fail indicator, periodic or polled alarm, intelligent battery backup switching, and battery-backed user SRAM. With their enhanced security functionality, this RTC is ideally suited for various applications ranging from security, warranty monitoring, data collection, recording, and time-stamping single events, for example, recurring events such as the opening and closing of a security door. As mentioned before, the ISL1221 can time-stamp an external event by either issuing an output signal containing the second, minute, hour, date, month, and year that the triggering event occurred or by stopping the RTC registers from advancing at the moment the event occurs. The device also has
calendar registers for a date, month, year, and day of the week, which is exceptionally accurate through 2099, with automatic leap year correction. The alarm can be set to any clock/calendar value (for example, every minute, every Friday, or at 9:41 AM on September 10). The alarm status is available by checking the Status Register or at the hardware interrupt pin routed to the INT pin of the mikroBUS™ socket. The alarm also contains a repeat mode, allowing a periodic interrupt every minute, every hour, and every day. RTC 14 Click communicates with MCU using the standard I2C 2-Wire interface to read data and configure settings, supporting a Fast Mode operation up to 400kHz. Also, it has a frequency output programmable from 32.768kHz to 1/32Hz, available at the PWM pin of the mikroBUS™ socket and onboard header pin labeled as FO. This feature is used for various timing applications, including clocking the MCU in sleep mode, eliminating
external crystal, and further reducing the BOM. To use features such as external event input or frequency output available on onboard headers, it is necessary to populate the resistors R8 and R9 and thus activate these functions on the headers. Like this one, the most common RTC configuration is a battery-backed up, which maintains time and may hold data in 2 bytes of battery-backed SRAM provided for data storage. That’s why, besides the ISL1221, the RTC 14 Click has a button cell battery holder compatible with the 3000TR battery holder, suitable for 12mm Coin Cell batteries. This Click board™ can operate with either 3.3V or 5V logic voltage levels selected via the VCC SEL jumper. This way, both 3.3V and 5V capable MCUs can use the communication lines properly. Also, this Click board™ comes equipped with a library containing easy-to-use functions and an example code that can be used as a reference for further development.
Features overview
Development board
Arduino UNO is a versatile microcontroller board built around the ATmega328P chip. It offers extensive connectivity options for various projects, featuring 14 digital input/output pins, six of which are PWM-capable, along with six analog inputs. Its core components include a 16MHz ceramic resonator, a USB connection, a power jack, an
ICSP header, and a reset button, providing everything necessary to power and program the board. The Uno is ready to go, whether connected to a computer via USB or powered by an AC-to-DC adapter or battery. As the first USB Arduino board, it serves as the benchmark for the Arduino platform, with "Uno" symbolizing its status as the
first in a series. This name choice, meaning "one" in Italian, commemorates the launch of Arduino Software (IDE) 1.0. Initially introduced alongside version 1.0 of the Arduino Software (IDE), the Uno has since become the foundational model for subsequent Arduino releases, embodying the platform's evolution.
Microcontroller Overview
MCU Card / MCU
Architecture
AVR
MCU Memory (KB)
32
Silicon Vendor
Microchip
Pin count
28
RAM (Bytes)
2048
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Accessories
Click Shield for Arduino UNO has two proprietary mikroBUS™ sockets, allowing all the Click board™ devices to be interfaced with the Arduino UNO board without effort. The Arduino Uno, a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328P, provides an affordable and flexible way for users to try out new concepts and build prototypes with the ATmega328P microcontroller from various combinations of performance, power consumption, and features. The Arduino Uno has 14 digital input/output pins (of which six can be used as PWM outputs), six analog inputs, a 16 MHz ceramic resonator (CSTCE16M0V53-R0), a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and reset button. Most of the ATmega328P microcontroller pins are brought to the IO pins on the left and right edge of the board, which are then connected to two existing mikroBUS™ sockets. This Click Shield also has several switches that perform functions such as selecting the logic levels of analog signals on mikroBUS™ sockets and selecting logic voltage levels of the mikroBUS™ sockets themselves. Besides, the user is offered the possibility of using any Click board™ with the help of existing bidirectional level-shifting voltage translators, regardless of whether the Click board™ operates at a 3.3V or 5V logic voltage level. Once you connect the Arduino UNO board with our Click Shield for Arduino UNO, you can access hundreds of Click boards™, working with 3.3V or 5V logic voltage levels.
Used MCU Pins
mikroBUS™ mapper
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Schematic
Step by step
Project assembly
Track your results in real time
Application Output via Debug Mode
1. Once the code example is loaded, pressing the "DEBUG" button initiates the build process, programs it on the created setup, and enters Debug mode.
2. After the programming is completed, a header with buttons for various actions within the IDE becomes visible. Clicking the green "PLAY" button starts reading the results achieved with the Click board™. The achieved results are displayed in the Application Output tab.
Software Support
Library Description
This library contains API for RTC 14 Click driver.
Key functions:
rtc14_get_time
- RTC 14 get time functionrtc14_set_time
- RTC 14 set time functionrtc14_get_date
- RTC 14 get date function
Open Source
Code example
This example can be found in NECTO Studio. Feel free to download the code, or you can copy the code below.
/*!
* @file main.c
* @brief RTC14 Click example
*
* # Description
* This is an example that demonstrates the use of the RTC 14 click board™.
*
* The demo application is composed of two sections :
*
* ## Application Init
* Initialization of I2C module, log UART and additional pins.
* After driver initialization and default settings,
* the app set the time to 11:59:50 PM ( 12-hour format )
* and set date to Thursday 05.08.2021.
*
* ## Application Task
* This is an example that shows the use of a RTC 14 click board™.
* In this example, we read and display the current time ( AM or PM )
* and date ( day of the week ), which we also previously set.
* Results are being sent to the Usart Terminal where you can track their changes.
* All data logs write on USB changes every 1 sec.
*
* ## Additional Function
* - static void display_day_of_week ( void ) - The function displays the day of the week.
*
* @author Nenad Filipovic
*
*/
#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "rtc14.h"
static rtc14_t rtc14;
static log_t logger;
static uint8_t new_sec = 255;
static rtc14_time_t time;
static rtc14_date_t date;
static void display_day_of_week ( void )
{
switch ( date.day_of_week )
{
case RTC14_DW_SUNDAY:
{
log_printf( &logger, "Su\r\n" );
break;
}
case RTC14_DW_MONDAY:
{
log_printf( &logger, "Mo\r\n" );
break;
}
case RTC14_DW_TUESDAY:
{
log_printf( &logger, "Tu\r\n" );
break;
}
case RTC14_DW_WEDNESDAY:
{
log_printf( &logger, "We\r\n" );
break;
}
case RTC14_DW_THURSDAY:
{
log_printf( &logger, "Th\r\n" );
break;
}
case RTC14_DW_FRIDAY:
{
log_printf( &logger, "Fr\r\n" );
break;
}
case RTC14_DW_SATURDAY:
{
log_printf( &logger, "Sa\r\n" );
break;
}
}
}
void application_init ( void )
{
log_cfg_t log_cfg; /**< Logger config object. */
rtc14_cfg_t rtc14_cfg; /**< Click config object. */
/**
* Logger initialization.
* Default baud rate: 115200
* Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
* @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX
* are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will
* need to define them manually for log to work.
* See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
*/
LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );
// Click initialization.
rtc14_cfg_setup( &rtc14_cfg );
RTC14_MAP_MIKROBUS( rtc14_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
err_t init_flag = rtc14_init( &rtc14, &rtc14_cfg );
if ( I2C_MASTER_ERROR == init_flag )
{
log_error( &logger, " Application Init Error. " );
log_info( &logger, " Please, run program again... " );
for ( ; ; );
}
rtc14_default_cfg ( &rtc14 );
Delay_ms( 100 );
time.hours_format = RTC14_SET_HOURS_FORMAT_12;
time.am_pm = RTC14_SET_HOURS_FORMAT_12_PM;
time.hours = 11;
time.min = 59;
time.sec = 50;
rtc14_set_time( &rtc14, time );
Delay_ms( 100 );
date.day_of_week = RTC14_DW_THURSDAY;
date.day = 5;
date.month = 8;
date.year = 21;
rtc14_set_date( &rtc14, date );
Delay_ms( 100 );
log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
log_printf( &logger, "- - - - - - - - - - -\r\n" );
}
void application_task ( void )
{
rtc14_get_time( &rtc14, &time );
Delay_ms( 1 );
rtc14_get_date( &rtc14, &date );
Delay_ms( 1 );
if ( time.sec != new_sec )
{
log_printf( &logger, " Date : %.2d-%.2d-%.2d ", ( uint16_t ) date.day, ( uint16_t ) date.month, ( uint16_t ) date.year );
display_day_of_week( );
log_printf( &logger, " Time : %.2d:%.2d:%.2d ", ( uint16_t ) time.hours, ( uint16_t ) time.min, ( uint16_t ) time.sec );
log_printf( &logger, "%cM\r\n", ( time.am_pm == RTC14_SET_HOURS_FORMAT_12_PM ? 'P' : 'A' ) );
log_printf( &logger, "- - - - - - - - - - -\r\n" );
new_sec = time.sec;
Delay_ms( 1 );
}
}
void main ( void )
{
application_init( );
for ( ; ; )
{
application_task( );
}
}
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