Sorry but I don't know right now. Next on my project list. Others here are sure to know, though.
John On 11/26/2013 08:08 PM, Dylan Distasio wrote: > John, do you have a chip with a built in RTC you'd recommend? I'm > embarrassed to admit I didn't know about them, and have typically used a > cheap Dallas RTC on the protoboard clocks I have built as xmas gifts. > > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 7:14 PM, NeonJohn <j...@neon-john.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 11/26/2013 06:06 PM, Matt Wetherill wrote: >> >>> I thought I might try something driven by an Arduino - it'll be quite >>> a learning curve but should keep me busy ;) >> >> Hi Matt, >> >> Welcome back. Mine may not be a real popular opinion but I do NOT like >> the Arduino. It's mangled sorta-C++ is a pain, though you can program >> in C except for some libraries. It's expensive for what you get and >> quite short on I/O pins. Incidentally, if you just want to play with >> the Arduino style of doing things, Digikey sells the programmed chip for >> $5. Just add 5 volts, a TTL serial interface and a clock and there you go. >> >> I suggest looking at one of the several chips that have battery-backed >> RTCs built-in. Get one in DIP format and assemble something on a proto >> board. >> >> BTW, in the next week or two I'm going to be open sourcing (hardware and >> software) a nifty little count-down counter that I designed for one of >> our products. It uses the ATmega8515 which isn't a very interesting >> chip but it has lots of I/O pins which is what I needed. I heavily >> document my code, especially that which gets released so it would be a >> good starting point. I'll announce here when I get it finished (boards >> to be here on Black Friday :-) >> >> John >> >>> >> >> -- >> John DeArmond >> Tellico Plains, Occupied TN >> http://www.fluxeon.com <-- THE source for induction heaters >> http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here >> http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net >> PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/52953982.5070506%40neon-john.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.fluxeon.com <-- THE source for induction heaters http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/529555D4.9000708%40neon-john.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
