- Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:54 pm
#59844
Ok,
Yep, with coding and utilizing the timer interrupt, one can do an RTC with ATMEGA8, but, reading the ATMEGA8 user guide, I can't find discussion on RTC. It it takes lot of coding to support RTC and calendar, I am thinking of just getting the DS1307 RTC chip--about 70 cents and it offers many features.
My question: Would it take a lot of programming to do a simple RTC with ATMEGA8? In other words, ATMEGA8 does not support it out of the box?
Thanks.
Yep, with coding and utilizing the timer interrupt, one can do an RTC with ATMEGA8, but, reading the ATMEGA8 user guide, I can't find discussion on RTC. It it takes lot of coding to support RTC and calendar, I am thinking of just getting the DS1307 RTC chip--about 70 cents and it offers many features.
My question: Would it take a lot of programming to do a simple RTC with ATMEGA8? In other words, ATMEGA8 does not support it out of the box?
Thanks.