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STM32 RTC

Started 7th February 2016

The STM32 board I used has a 32768 Hz crystal to allow operation of the the real time clock. To make use of this it is necessary to connect a 3 V battery to the VB (or VBAT) pin. I used a CR2032 and bearing in mind the warnings [2], connected it via a BAS 85 Schottky diode.

With the USB power disconnected current was 1.3 μA. Time keeping seems around a second per day.

The sketch below allows reading and setting the clock. With a serial connection, various commands can be used.

rt
Read Time - show the current time

wy <year>
Write Year - set clock year

wn <month>
Write moNth - set clock month

wd <day>
Write Day of month

wh <hour>
Write Hour (24 hour format)

wm <minute>
Write Minute

ws <second>
Write Second

Downloads:

• Archive of Arduino sketchbook rtc32 and libraries Simple real time clock (7th February 2016)

Sources:

1. STM32F101xx and STM32F103xx RTC calibration
2. Re: RTC Libs

I used a lot of freely available software. Credit to the people who wrote it and made it available.

Software sources:

• Serial Command library by Stefan Rado

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