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= Adding the driver = |
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== new version == |
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Go into raspi-config and enable i2c. |
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Then add: |
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dtoverlay=i2c-rtc,mcp7941x |
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to your /boot/config.txt |
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== old version == |
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For historic reasons the old version is still here. Unless you have an old distribution it is recommended you do it the modern way as documented above. |
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First, the i2c-bcm2708 i2c driver needs to be loaded. As far as I know, in the first few months of the raspberry pi being available, the module was blacklisted and didn't load automatically. Nowadays "raspi-config" will already give you the option to enable the driver. |
First, the i2c-bcm2708 i2c driver needs to be loaded. As far as I know, in the first few months of the raspberry pi being available, the module was blacklisted and didn't load automatically. Nowadays "raspi-config" will already give you the option to enable the driver. |
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echo mcp7941x 0x6f > /sys/class/i2c-dev/i2c-0/device/new_device # For rev1 RPi |
echo mcp7941x 0x6f > /sys/class/i2c-dev/i2c-0/device/new_device # For rev1 RPi |
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echo mcp7941x 0x6f > /sys/class/i2c-dev/i2c-1/device/new_device # For rev2 RPi |
echo mcp7941x 0x6f > /sys/class/i2c-dev/i2c-1/device/new_device # For rev2 RPi |
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== Using the clock == |
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To write the system time to the RTC (you might need to run this command twice, when you use the RTC for the first time): |
To write the system time to the RTC (you might need to run this command twice, when you use the RTC for the first time): |
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hwclock -s |
hwclock -s |
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To automatically do this on startup, add the following lines to /etc |
To automatically do this on startup, add the following lines to /etc/rc.local |
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modprobe i2c-dev |
modprobe i2c-dev |
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modprobe i2c:mcp7941x |
modprobe i2c:mcp7941x |
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Latest revision as of 12:15, 1 June 2018
Adding the driver
new version
Go into raspi-config and enable i2c.
Then add:
dtoverlay=i2c-rtc,mcp7941x
to your /boot/config.txt
old version
For historic reasons the old version is still here. Unless you have an old distribution it is recommended you do it the modern way as documented above.
First, the i2c-bcm2708 i2c driver needs to be loaded. As far as I know, in the first few months of the raspberry pi being available, the module was blacklisted and didn't load automatically. Nowadays "raspi-config" will already give you the option to enable the driver.
What "raspi-config" does (but you can also do by hand) is remove the drivers from /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf .
If the driver isn't loaded on your system start with:
sudo modprobe i2c-bcm2708
Then load the I2C and RTC drivers as root:
sudo -s modprobe i2c-dev modprobe i2c:mcp7941x echo mcp7941x 0x6f > /sys/class/i2c-dev/i2c-0/device/new_device # For rev1 RPi echo mcp7941x 0x6f > /sys/class/i2c-dev/i2c-1/device/new_device # For rev2 RPi
Using the clock
To write the system time to the RTC (you might need to run this command twice, when you use the RTC for the first time):
hwclock -w
Read out the RTC, and print the date and time to your console:
hwclock
Read out the RTC, and adjust system time:
hwclock -s
To automatically do this on startup, add the following lines to /etc/rc.local
modprobe i2c-dev modprobe i2c:mcp7941x echo mcp7941x 0x6f > /sys/class/i2c-dev/i2c-0/device/new_device # For rev1 RPi echo mcp7941x 0x6f > /sys/class/i2c-dev/i2c-1/device/new_device # For rev2 RPi hwclock -s