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PCF85063A - Getting started

This page provides the essential information for getting started, including board and library installation and wiring the breakout board to your microcontroller.


Arduino library

To install the Arduino library, you can download it from the GitHub repository:

Real time clock PCF85063A breakout Arduino library

PCF85063A RTC Arduino library by Soldered

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First time Arduino user? For a detailed tutorial on how to get started with Arduino, see this section of our docs:

Getting started with Arduino

A full, comprehensive tutorial on how to fully set up and upload code for the first time on an Arduino board, from scratch!


Connections

Below is an example connection diagram for Dasduino CONNECTPLUS. These pins will be used in the examples throughout this documentation.

Dasduino CONNECTPLUSBreakout Board
QwiicQwiic
GPIO4INT
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If you prefer, you can use I2C pins to manually connect: