English its not my native lenguage, sorry in advance: I'm trying to make a led clock, but i have a problem with a DS3231 (ZS-042) So far i can set the time and if the ds3231 is on vcc the "clock is running" But if i turn off the arduino the clock stops running. When i use a code to only see the …

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I use this to set the time, is a example of the DS3232RTC library #include <DS3232RTC.h> //http://github.com/JChristensen/DS3232RTC #include <Streaming.h> //http://arduiniana.org/libraries/streaming/ #include <Time.h> //http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/Time #include <Wire…

You say you are aware of the charging problem with these boards, but have you modified the board in any way? Normally people remove the charging resistor or the diode, or cut a trace. This is necessary if you are using a CR2032 battery. It is possible that you have a defective board. There are man…

It appears that the chip is not running under batter power. You say you tried a new battery. It's possible that there is a repairable defect in the module. Have you confirmed that you can measure Vbat at the actual pin of the chip? If Vbat is not present, there may be a defective battery holder, wi…

I will measure tomorrow. The module brought no battery, so I bought one. The module dont lose the time set, but the clock dont run if it is on bvat.

I took a borrowed cell and it works perfectly! I should have checked first. Thanks for your time Jremington and cattledog!!

DS3231 not keeping time on battery

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rexxar32 February 5, 2016, 3:43am 5

May be, is from aliexpress. I probably will cut the trace, but now es like new.

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