Why use a real-time clock (RTC) in a Game Boy game?
- Resource replenishment over real time deters binge play and beat-then-refund
- Cosmetic changes for time of day or holidays
- Spaced repetition in language learning games
- For non-game applications such as a personal organizer

Why avoid RTC in a Game Boy game?
- Increases cartridge cost
- Reduces backup battery life
- Players with screen time limited by time of day or day of week miss important in-game events
- Reduces exposure of your game to viewers of speedrun streams

#GameDesign #RealTimeClock #ScreenTime #GameBoy #gbdev #SpacedRepetition

New video! Replacing the rechargeable lithium cell on my Blizzard 1230 MK IV Amiga 1200 accelerator card.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/-sdXLAXbpfQ
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/qLLGtqax621LFSzxFgZj1Q

#Amiga #A1200 #Amiga1200 #Commodore #Blizzard1230 #Phase5 #Battery #CoinCell #RealTimeClock #Accelerator #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

You have 5 bits for the hour of the day in a clock chip register. Do you just use a binary representation from 0x2x0_0001 to 0x2x1_0111?

No. That would be too easy. Programmers might use your hardware, and that would never do.

So you make bit 4 mean add ten to the value in the lower four bits, and document hour 23 as being hour 13+10.

And for kicks you do that for the 5 bit month number register, too. Because 4 bits storing just 0x2x0001 to 0x2x1100 would just let those pesky programmers in, again.

What on Earth were these chip designers on? BCD, I could understand. Even giving midnight the value 8 I could understand. But this scheme is just mad.

https://files.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Pi_RTC-DS1307/res/DS1307.pdf

#HardwareDesign #RealTimeClock #DallasSemiconductor

New Blog Enrty: With a slight delay, the ZX81 can read and set time using the RTC. Time flies when you're having fun, but the ZX81 might need a little extra time to catch up! #ZX81 #RetroComputing #RealTimeClock #VintageTech

https://www.zx81keyboardadventure.com/2024/11/dallas-time-on-zx81.html

Data logger ESP8266: misurazioni di temperatura e umidità, archiviazione su SD card e accesso remoto con API REST

https://www.techrm.com/it/data-logger-esp8266-misurazioni-di-temperatura-e-umidita-archiviazione-su-sd-card-e-accesso-remoto-con-api-rest/

#breadboard, #caviDupont, #datalogger, #DHT22, #digitale, #DS3231, #elettronicadigitale, #esp8266, #internetdellecose, #iot, #lettoreSDcard, #libreria, #moduloSDcard, #NodeMCU, #platformio, #realtimeclock, #RTC, #SDcard, #sensore, #sensori, #tutorial

ESP8266 data logger: temperature and humidity measurements, SD card storage and remote access with REST API

https://www.techrm.com/esp8266-data-logger-temperature-and-humidity-measurements-sd-card-storage-and-remote-access-with-rest-api/

#breadboard, #datalogger, #DHT22, #DS3231, #Dupontcables, #esp8266, #internetofthings, #iot, #library, #platformio, #realtimeclock, #RTC, #SDcard, #SDcardmodule, #SDcardreader, #sensor, #sensors, #tutorial

Found this odd RTC cartridge for Atari ST. Will have to check the battery, and find software out there. 🤔

#Atari #AtariST #16Bit #RTC #RealTimeClock #RTCTS #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #WallOfRetro #NerdsOfVintage #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd