Rob Martin
- 21st October 2004, 21:00
Has anybody played with one of these ds1629 chips?
http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/DS1629.pdf
I want to use this device to monitor PCB temp which seems ideal and as a RTC which will be set from a gps.
I want a use the RTC in order to easily manage time zones so the gps sets the clock then it can read the time zone which I can work out from the lat & long.
I hoping this will save me having to write a whole clock routine which can cope with day,years, leap years etc.
Also as it takes a second or so to read the gps I have an instant time reference.
Can anyone see a downside?
And has anyone played with a ds1629
Rob
http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/DS1629.pdf
I want to use this device to monitor PCB temp which seems ideal and as a RTC which will be set from a gps.
I want a use the RTC in order to easily manage time zones so the gps sets the clock then it can read the time zone which I can work out from the lat & long.
I hoping this will save me having to write a whole clock routine which can cope with day,years, leap years etc.
Also as it takes a second or so to read the gps I have an instant time reference.
Can anyone see a downside?
And has anyone played with a ds1629
Rob