Template: Pico RTC DS3231 Guide
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Setup environment
Please refer to Raspberry Pi's guide: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/pico/getting-started/
Raspberry Pi
1. Open a terminal of Raspberry Pi
2. Download and unzip the demo codes to directory Pico C/C++ SDK
#Note that the directory of SDK may be different for different users, you need to check the actual directory. Generally, it should be ~/pico/. wget -P ~/pico https://www.waveshare.com/w/upload/2/26/Pico-rtc-ds3231_code.zip cd ~/pico unzip Pico-rtc-ds3231_code.zip
c
1. Hold the BOOTSEL button of Pico, and connect the USB interface of Pico to Raspberry Pi then release the button.
2. Compile and run the pico-rtc-ds3231 examples
cd ~/pico/pico-rtc-ds3231_code/c/build/ cmake .. make sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/pico && sudo cp rtc.uf2 /mnt/pico/ && sudo sync && sudo umount /mnt/pico && sleep 2 && sudo minicom -b 115200 -o -D /dev/ttyACM0
3. Open a terminal and user minicom to check the sensor's information.
python
1. Refer to Raspberry Pi's guides to setup Micropython firmware for Pico
2. Open the Thonny IDE, and drag the demo to IDE and run on Pico as below.
3. Click the "run" icon to run the MicroPython demo codes.