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2 lines to get time from RTC -- Ameba MicroPython


MENG XI

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RTC helps to reveal the real time to the machine thus it's critical to some applications. Using MicroPython on Ameba RTL8722, we can get RTC time in just 2 lines, here is how,

 

 

 

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  • Ameba x 1

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RTC module help microcontroller to keep track of time and is essential to our time module. Here we an example to demonstrate how to get local time and update the time.

Copy and paste the following code line by line into REPL to see its effect.

 
rtc = RTC()
rtc.datetime() # get date and time
rtc.datetime((2020, 12, 31, 4, 23, 58, 59, 0)) # set a specific date and time (year, month, day, weekday(0 for Monday), hour, minute, second, total seconds)
rtc.datetime() # check the updated date and time
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