""" Drop this function into your code to set your board's time/date from your RV3028 RTC breakout! """ def set_pico_time(): # the function sets the Pico's RTC from a RV3028 RTC breakout # to setup breakout (and set the time) run this first: # https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/blob/main/micropython/examples/breakout_rtc/set-time.py from pimoroni_i2c import PimoroniI2C from breakout_rtc import BreakoutRTC from machine import RTC # set up I2C PINS_BREAKOUT_GARDEN = {"sda": 4, "scl": 5} # i2c pins 4, 5 for Breakout Garden # for boards that use the alternate I2C pins use the line below instead # PINS_PICO_EXPLORER = {"sda": 20, "scl": 21} # Default i2c pins for Pico Explorer i2c = PimoroniI2C(**PINS_BREAKOUT_GARDEN) # for boards that use the alternate I2C pins use the line below instead # i2c = PimoroniI2C(**PINS_PICO_EXPLORER) # set up the RTC breakout RV3028 = BreakoutRTC(i2c) # set the Pico's RTC from the RTC breakout RV3028.update_time() RTC().datetime([RV3028.get_year(), RV3028.get_month(), RV3028.get_date(), RV3028.get_weekday(), RV3028.get_hours(), RV3028.get_minutes(), RV3028.get_seconds(), 0]) print(f"Pico RTC set to breakout time: {RV3028.string_date()} {RV3028.string_time()}") # call the function set_pico_time()