How to Use External Real-Time Clock (RTC) with Arduino (Lesson #36)

Learn how to display the current date and time on an LCD screen an external real-time clock (RTC) module with Arduino.

0:00 introduction
0:41 module close-up
2:09 circuit
3:03 power loss
3:42 installing libraries
4:20 other pins
4:44 code

LCD tutorial: https://youtu.be/s_-nIgo71_w?si=eFRMS8CFxMOPftP8

Arduino LCD library documentation: https://docs.arduino.cc/learn/electronics/lcd-displays/

R4 Minima RTC documentation: https://docs.arduino.cc/tutorials/uno-r4-minima/rtc/

Adafruit DS3231 precision RTC breakout documentation: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ds3231-precision-rtc-breakout/

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