Has anyone added a RTC to the A10-Lime? It doesn't look like there is one on the board (although I may be wrong).
Hello
I am missing the RTC too.
I've been testing A10 RTC + LiPo battery to keep the date, and it seems to work ok: the date is kept when the board is halted.
If you don't mind adding a small battery it can be a solution.
You must make sure you halt the board when main power goes out to avoid draining the battery.
Regards
António
@oldpenguin,
Sorry for the delay - I forgot this board doesn't send emails on updates :(
The MOD-RTC looks interesting; do you know if it's supported by Linux (Debian, preferably)?
TIA,
Jerry
Hello Jerry
MOD-RTC should work. The problem is that there is no UEXT socket on LIME. So you have to get this
https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A10/A10-OLinuXino-LIME-UEXT
and this
https://www.olimex.com/Products/Components/Cables/CABLE-40-40-10CM
I tested MOD-RTC with an A13 board and it works fine with plain i2c-tools package. So it should also work with A10.
Regards
António
Antonio,
Thanks for the info. The extra hardware isn't a real problem but having to write another device driver for it would be.
Jerry