I2C real time clock (RTC) again.

halfdome, Michael,

Sorry for the delay but I haven't been able to post (or reply or contact the admins) for the last two weeks. Somehow I lost this ability after the crash, but didn't know it. I have resolved the problem.

Short answer to your question, no.

I have been busy with some other problems (features) for the last few months and did not want to update our kernel until now.

I am updating our kernel to the latest revision, porting old projects and setting up for a new project. Everything has gone well following the wiki and the NEEK can now boot the latest 'default' configuration of the 'test-nios2' branch successfully.

I got a message from Hippo at the end of April indicating that he had successfully gotten a DS1338 to work on a NEEK and that he had applied some patches to the 'unstable' branch. (Thanks Hippo).

I have added a breadboard to the NEEK containing a DS1338 RTC and a 24LC256 eeprom similar to the I2C example on the "Video" wiki page.

I will try to get the kernel to recognize the RTC while I am reconfiguring the kernel for our projects.

I will be out of the office till next week and will continue then. I will post what I find. If you discover anything please pass it on.

Good Huntin'

cb

p.s. Be aware that the power on this header is 3.3V but the I2C levels come from a 2.5V bank of the FPGA. I added a shotky diode inline with the power to drop the supply voltage some.