Alarm using The BS2

Jeremy072021

Hey,
··· I was wondering if there was a way that I could make a program using the BS2 that would make it do something at a certain time, like an Alarm. Like If I wanted it to turn·on the boe-bot·at 5:00 A.M., could I do it?

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Franklin

Add a rtc (real time clock) and you can do it.

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- Stephen

Jeremy072021

If you don't mind me asking, how would I do that

Mike2545

Buy a time chip and copy the sample code

www.parallax.com/StoreSearchResults/tabid/768/List/0/SortField/4/ProductID/233/Default.aspx?txtSearch=real+time+clock

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Mike2545

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Mike Green

There are several Nuts and Volts columns on the subject of RTCs. From the main Parallax page, click on the Resources tab and you'll see a link to the Nuts and Volts Columns index. Browse through that and you'll see the columns on RTCs.

Stevezila

I purchased a DS 1307 Real Time Clock from Futurlec.com It comes all mounted on a mini board complete with back up battery and pull up resistors. cost $7.95 ea.·It did take a while to arrive though. Source code is available·from Paralax. I called their tech support and they kindly pointed to several source code·examples. It works really nice and is easy to display to Debug screen.·Next I too am trying to figure out how to set an alarm with it and also to display the time to a serial LCD. ·Let me know when you find out about the alarm.

Chris Savage

I am a personal fan of the DS1302 and have written several programs which do events based on time. One of my older programs is a Digital Thermostat which had several preset programs which would occur at different times. I will attach it in case it helps you. Take care.

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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering