I just got a couple DS1307 RTCs, and I haven’t had any success to get them to work with a very basic test circuit and code. I have tried running 3 or 4 different example codes that I found in the forums, and they all give the same result of just continusouly printing 0’s to the serial monitor (ex 0:00:00 0 0 2000). Also, since I have two DS1307’s, I have tried swapping chips with the same result. I have also tried pull-up resistors on pins 5 and 6 of the RTC and adding a 3V coin cell to Vbat with no success. Not really sure what else to try…
My circuit.
One of the programs I tried.
#include <WProgram.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <DS1307.h> // written by mattt on the Arduino forum and modified by D. Sjunnesson
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
RTC.stop();
RTC.set(DS1307_SEC,1); //set the seconds
RTC.set(DS1307_MIN,23); //set the minutes
RTC.set(DS1307_HR,12); //set the hours
RTC.set(DS1307_DOW,4); //set the day of the week
RTC.set(DS1307_DATE,5); //set the date
RTC.set(DS1307_MTH,3); //set the month
RTC.set(DS1307_YR,9); //set the year
RTC.start();
}
void loop()
{
Serial.print(RTC.get(DS1307_HR,true)); //read the hour and also update all the values by pushing in true
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(RTC.get(DS1307_MIN,false));//read minutes without update (false)
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(RTC.get(DS1307_SEC,false));//read seconds
Serial.print(" "); // some space for a more happy life
Serial.print(RTC.get(DS1307_DATE,false));//read date
Serial.print("/");
Serial.print(RTC.get(DS1307_MTH,false));//read month
Serial.print("/");
Serial.print(RTC.get(DS1307_YR,false)); //read year
Serial.println();
delay(1000);
}