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Justplayin

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Posted: 11:25am 17 Aug 2016

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Does anyone have some MMBasic code which will setup a DS3231 clock module to output a interrupt pulse once every second? I know someone posted similar code for a PCF8563 module a while back, but I would like to use a DS3231.

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Posted: 09:28pm 17 Aug 2016

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The SQW pin is a 1 Hz Square Wave output on some DS3231 modules

Justplayin

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Posted: 09:58am 18 Aug 2016

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lew247 said The SQW pin is a 1 Hz Square Wave output on some DS3231 modules

My modules have no output on SQW (yet), so I need to program them to provide one. Finally found TassyJim's code for the PCF8563 and tried it on a DS3231... As expected it didn't work.

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Posted: 10:45am 18 Aug 2016

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The default squarewave frequency is 8192 Hz. You have to set 2 bits in the option register, in the RTC chip, to one of 4 options. Haven't got the datasheet on me at the moment but I thing that the output is disabled, by default, also.

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twofingers

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Posted: 01:11pm 18 Aug 2016

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@curtis

Maybe this is what you're looking for?

Dim crtl_reg%=0
RTC GETREG &H0E,crtl_reg%
Print Bin$(crtl_reg%)
'76543210
RTC SETREG &H0E,crtl_reg% And &B01100011 'clear bit 7,4,3,2

Bit 4,3 are for the frequency

0,0=1Hz
0,1=1.024kHz
1,0=4.096kHz
1,1=8.192kHz

Regards
Michael

EDIT
You will find the description of the control register (0Eh) at page 13 in Maxims datasheet for the DS3231.

In some cases it may be sufficient to set the control register (0Eh) to zero (for 1Hz SQW output).

RTC SETREG &H0E,0

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Justplayin

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Posted: 03:55pm 18 Aug 2016

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Thanks Michael,

I think that may do it. There is output on the SQW pin now!

Been staring at the DS3231 data sheet all day. I could see what I wanted to change, but wasn't sure how to get to the register. Total forgot the RTC command provides access to the RTC registers.

A few more tests and I should be able to move forward again!

--CurtisEdited by Justplayin 2016-08-20

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