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DS1307 RTC based Alarm Clock Designing with ATmega32 and 7-Segment Display

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An alarm clock is a clock that indicates a pre-set time by producing sound at that time. This functionality of digital clock is used to awaken people or remind them of something.

In this project, we will learn How to design a DS1307 Real Time Clock(RTC) based alarm clock with AVR ATmega32 microcontroller and 7-Segment Displays in 12 hour format. Here, the system operates in two modes:- clock mode and alarm mode. In clock mode, the system will display the time in 4 7-Segment Display and will scan the 4X4 Keypad to check whether the user wants to set the alarm time or not. If the key defined to set the alarm time(in our case A is used to set alarm time) is pressed, then the user will enter the alarm time with AM/PM through the 4X4 keypad and the set alarm time is stored in the internal EEPROM of the microcontroller. In alarm mode, the system compares the clock time with the set alarm time stored in internal EEPROM and if the clock time matches with the set alarm time, then a buzzer will make sound to indicate that the alarm time has reached. The user can turn Off the buzzer by pressing the predefined key of the 4X4 Keypad(in our case D is used).

The data communication between DS1307 RTC and AVR ATmega32 microcontroller takes place using TWI(Two Wire Interface) communication protocol. First, the DS1307 RTC needs to be initialized with second, minute, hour and AM/PM, values for the system to work. The DS1307 RTC is initialized only once. We will initialize the DS1307 with the following values:- time- 11:0:0 PM. You can change the initialization values according to your need by changing the initialization values in the DS1307 write section of the code. After initialization of DS1307 RTC, the AVR ATmega32 microcontroller will scan the 4×4 keypad to check whether A key of the keypad is pressed or not. When A is pressed, it means that the user wants to set the alarm time and the microcontroller enters into a loop. Now, the microcontroller will read its internal EEPROM to display the previous alarm time in the 7-Segment Displays. After this, the user will enter the alarm time in hour, minute and second sequence using 0 to 9 keys of 4×4 keypad and value of each pressed key is displayed in the 7-Segment Displays. The alarm time format will be hh:mm:ss. After setting the hour, minute and second values of the alarm time, the user will the enter the AM/PM value through * and # key of keypad(* for AM and # for PM). During alarm time setting if any wrong key is pressed then the user can press the C key to erase the wrong key value from the 7-Segment Displays. The C key act as backspace here.

The entered alarm time values are stored in the internal EEPROM by the microcontroller. As soon as the user enters the AM/PM value, the microcontroller comes out of the alarm setting loop and it will display time in 7-Segment Displays.

When the A key is not pressed, the microcontroller reads the time values from the DS1307 RTC and it will display these values in the 7-Segment Displays. The microcontroller will also check whether the alarm is set or not. If alarm is set then, microcontroller will read its internal EEPROM to get the alarm time and it will compare the alarm time with clock time continuously. When clock time matches with alarm time, the microcontroller will send the signal to buzzer to make sound. To turn off the buzzer, user can press the D key of the 4X4 keypad.

Softwares Required

• AVR Studio 4 Software
• WinAVR 2010 Software
• SinaProg Hex Downloader Software

Hardwares Required

Name	Quantity
AVR Trainer Board-100 with ATmega32	1pc
AVR USB Programmer	1pc
12V, 1A DC SMPS Adaptor	1pc
EEPROM & RTC Board with AT24C02	1pc
Quad 7-Segment Display Board	1pc
4X4 Keypad	1pc
1 to 1 Connector-Female to Female	7pc
10 to 10 FRC Female to Female Connector	4pc

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Connection Guide

The step-by-step connection guide for DS1307 RTC based Alarm Clock Designing with ATmega32 and 7-Segment Display is as follows