[Clock Dongle] a USB Real-Time Clock, Current Time Sync., Battery Backup

Features

• A USB real-time clock with a simple clock function.
• You can set and retrieve the time on Windows/Linux.
• The internal lithium battery ensures that the time is preserved even if the power is cut.

Specifications

How to Use

The Clock Dongle is operated using the standard control command TD-USB. TD-USB is a command-line program that works on Windows and Linux.

1. Install TD-USB in advance and prepare it to be executed from the command line (see resources below).
2. Connect the Clock Dongle to your computer.
3. Enter td-usb tdpc0205 set in the command line to set the current time on the device.
4. Enter td-usb tdpc0205 get in the command line to confirm that the current time is output to the standard output. Example: 2024-01-24T12:34:56

If you want to use it for time synchronization with a Raspberry Pi, you can refer to Using TDPC0205 (Clock Dongle) as a Time Source for Raspberry Pi (in Japanese).