I just bought a $15 ds1307 from sparkfun. When I hooked it up to use the example sketch provided by the RTClib-master Library I downloaded. With this library I had to change WProgram.h to Arduino.h in the .h file I don't know if that makes a difference. It gives back strange characters that aren't even on the key board
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^^^ that is what I got back on my serial monitor.
I will provide the code if needed but it was never modified. I take that back I tried running it with the date provided in the example AND when I tried modifying it to the current date (neither worked- both gave back these strange letters).
The wiring is about as basic as it gets.
5v to 5v,
gnd to gnd,
SDA to A4,
SCL to A5
please tell me its an operator error. I had two sound sensors that I bought and waited a month to get in and neither of them worked (or as I understood it from the Arduino Forum I bought a bad version of sound sensor that "LM393 is a comparator - not very will suited to be used like an "ordinary" op-amp") I really hope its not bad hardware.