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Adafruit PCF8523 Shield

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Adafruit PCF8523 Shield #######################

Overview


The Adafruit PCF8523 Real Time Clock Shield_ features an NXP PCF8523 Real-Time clock_ and two Qwiic connectors. It has a CR1220 3 Volt back-up coin-cell battery.

.. figure:: adafruit_pcf8523.webp :align: center :alt: Adafruit PCF8523 Shield

Adafruit PCF8523 Shield (Credit: Adafruit)

Requirements


This shield can be used with boards which provide an I2C connector, for example STEMMA QT or Qwiic connectors. The target board must define a zephyr_i2c node label. See :ref:shields for more details.

Pin Assignments

+--------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | Shield Pin | Function | +==============+==========================================================+ | SDA | PCF8523 I2C SDA. Also connected to the Qwiic connector. | +--------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | SCL | PCF8523 I2C SCL. Also connected to the Qwiic connector. | +--------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | SQW | PCF8523 INT/CLK interrupt output or square wave output | +--------------+----------------------------------------------------------+

To use the interrupt output from the PCF8523, you need to connect a wire from the shield SQW output to a suitable GPIO on your microcontroller board, and to modify the devicetree settings. See :dtcompatible:nxp,pcf8523 for options.

Programming


Set --shield adafruit_pcf8523 when you invoke west build. For example when running the :zephyr:code-sample:rtc sample:

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/drivers/rtc :board: adafruit_qt_py_rp2040 :shield: adafruit_pcf8523 :goals: build

.. _Adafruit PCF8523 Real Time Clock Shield: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pcf8523-real-time-clock

.. _NXP PCF8523 Real-Time clock: https://www.nxp.com/products/analog-and-mixed-signal/real-time-clocks/100-na-real-time-clock-calendar-with-battery-backup:PCF8523