# This example grabs the time/date from your Pico's RTC and uses it to set the time on your RV3028 RTC breakout # Your Pico/RP2040 board will only know the correct time if you're running this script through Thonny! from pimoroni_i2c import PimoroniI2C from breakout_rtc import BreakoutRTC import machine PINS_BREAKOUT_GARDEN = {"sda": 4, "scl": 5} # i2c pins 4, 5 for Breakout Garden PINS_PICO_EXPLORER = {"sda": 20, "scl": 21} # Default i2c pins for Pico Explorer rtcpico = machine.RTC() i2c = PimoroniI2C(**PINS_BREAKOUT_GARDEN) rtcbreakout = BreakoutRTC(i2c) # this sets up the battery switching mode on your breakout rtcbreakout.setup() print(f"Getting time from Pico RTC/Thonny: {rtcpico.datetime()}") year, month, day, weekday, hour, minute, second, microsecond = rtcpico.datetime() print("Setting the breakout RTC!") rtcbreakout.set_time(second, minute, hour, weekday, day, month, year) print(f"New breakout time: {rtcbreakout.string_date()} {rtcbreakout.string_time()}")