Ian Tindale
Driving a 20T202DA2JA VFD, using the (powered) RTC, pressing a button to ask the user to enter the date details over serial, displaying the date on the VFD. Now with added ethernet and NTP to update the time automatically on startup.
Dependencies: EthernetNetIf mbed DNSResolver NTPClientMin
History
2011-08-05, by u0421793 [Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:43:18 +0000] rev 3
Changed CS on VFD to pin 10, changed time set button to pin 11. Because mbed is now sitting in a coolcomponents mbed LPC1768 Workshop Development Board (version 2), and the sd card and usb would conflict with the previous pin assignments.
2010-12-12, by u0421793 [Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:07:29 +0000] rev 2
Changed CS on VFD to pin 10, changed time set button to pin 11. Because mbed is now sitting in a coolcomponents mbed LPC1768 Workshop Development Board (version 2), and the sd card and usb would conflict with the previous pin assignments.
changed the logic for ascertaining the date suffix, now assume the RTC is battery backed, added a button (active low, pullup) to ask the time setting over serial.
2010-11-24, by u0421793 [Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:12:52 +0000] rev 1
changed the logic for ascertaining the date suffix, now assume the RTC is battery backed, added a button (active low, pullup) to ask the time setting over serial.