Digital Real-time Clock Implementation with Microcontroller

and LCD

ABSTRACT:

The first electronic clock is quartz clock. It is made with apiece of quartz like liquid
crystals which eventually composed watch displays. Quartz vibrates equally at thousands of
times a second when subjected to an electrical current. Electronic clock at those vibrations
divides then down to minute, second and fraction of seconds to show time on the dial or display.
Quartz clocks provide more accurate than any mechanical timekeeper.

For accurate timing, real time clock (RTC), DS1307 which uses I2C protocol for
communication is employed. It is connected with CR2032 battery and so after loading DS1307
with current time, its internal seconds, minutes and hours registers are automatically updated.
Clock is displayed on Liquid crystal display.
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All these modules are interfaced to the intelligent unit, microcontroller. It takes input
from DS1307 and displays it on LCD.

Keeping in mind the vast technical and document support and integrated on-chip
peripherals available, high source and sink currents PIC microcontroller is chosen.

Because of less development time, easy debugging and easy understandability compared
to assembly language, Firmware (software for embedded system) is developed in Embedded C.

BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE PROJECT :

Microcontroller

Real Time Clock (DS1307) and I2C protocol

LCD

LED