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Real-Time Clock

This module loads the Real-Time Clock (rtc) driver of the embedded device when available (the chip family should be equipped with a rtc and a driver should have been developed, look at the bottom of this page for info about supported chip families).

When imported, automatically sets the system rtc driver to the default one.

init

init(drvname)

Loads the rtc driver identified by drvname

Returns the previous driver without disabling it.

set_utc

set_utc(seconds, microseconds=0)

  • Arguments

    • seconds – integer Unix timestamp containing the total number of seconds from the 1st of January 1970 at UTC

    • microseconds – integer number representing the microseconds part of the timestamp to reach sub-second precision

Sets a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) reference for the rtc.

TimeInfo

TimeInfo()

Class containing useful time information to be filled by the get_utc() function. List of attributes:

  • Timeinfo.tv_seconds: Unix timestamp containing the total number of seconds from the 1st of January 1970 at UTC;

  • Timeinfo.tv_microseconds: number of microseconds to complete the timestamp with sub-second precision;

  • Timeinfo.tm_year: current year

  • Timeinfo.tm_month: months since January (0-11)

  • Timeinfo.tm_mday: day of the month (1-31)

  • Timeinfo.tm_hour: hours since midnight (0-23)

  • Timeinfo.tm_min: minutes after the hour (0-59)

  • Timeinfo.tm_sec: seconds after the minute (0-59)

  • Timeinfo.tm_wday: days since Sunday (0-6)

  • Timeinfo.tm_yday: days since January 1 (0-365)

get_utc

get_utc(verbosity=2)

When called with verbosity parameter set to 2, returns a TimeInfo() object filled with info derived from the rtc. Only Timeinfo.tv_seconds and Timeinfo.tv_microseconds are guaranteed to be filled correctly. The availability of the other fields depend on the underlying driver implementation.

When called with verbosity parameter set to 1, returns a tuple containing timestamp seconds and microseconds.

When called with verbosity parameter set to 0, returns a single integer representing the Unix timestamp.

Real-Time Clock for ESP32 devices

When synchronized, ESP32 will perform timekeeping using built-in timers:

  • RTC clock is used to maintain accurate time when chip is in deep sleep mode

  • FRC1 timer is used to provide time at microsecond accuracy when ESP32 is running.