{"id":770,"date":"2019-02-14T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/?p=770"},"modified":"2019-02-14T15:27:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T23:27:57","slug":"pi-real-time-clock-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/?p=770","title":{"rendered":"Pi Real-Time Clock &#8216;How-To&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For Makers that need an accurate clock for their projects, the Raspberry Pi does not have one. In order to save costs and board space, a hardware clock is missing in all versions of the Pi. Fear not. There are many options available if you need an on-board clock for a project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ds3231-300x239.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-763\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ds3231-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ds3231-376x300.png 376w, https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ds3231.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption><strong>DS3221 RTC<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I have written a<a href=\"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/?smd_process_download=1&amp;download_id=775\"> &#8216;How-To<\/a>&#8216; document that walks through the details of getting  a real-time clock (RTC) up and running on a Raspberry PI. I know there are plenty of resources on the Web that show how to do this, but I like to take the extra time to write a complete document, not just a list of bullet points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makers that are new to the Raspberry Pi and its SBC brethren appreciate having the screen-shots that make it easier to follow along. As long as my &#8216;How-To&#8217;s&#8217; help beginner or intermediate Makers create cool things, I will continue to write documentation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/?smd_process_download=1&amp;download_id=775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"You can download the 'How-To here (opens in a new tab)\">You can download the &#8216;How-To here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Makers that need an accurate clock for their projects, the Raspberry Pi does not have one. In order to save costs and board space, a hardware clock is missing in all versions of the Pi. Fear not. There are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/?p=770\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-how-to","category-raspberry-pi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=770"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":780,"href":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismellsmoke.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}