Make your time count! This is a frequently discussed topic among my subscribers, and for what reason? Due to the simple and indispensable fact that when you make a datalogger, and for everything involving automation, you need the correct time! And there are several ways to measure time: clock with battery, RTC (Real Time Clock), among others. But the one I want to show you today (which informs date, day of the week, and time) is the NTP (Network Time Protocol), which is online. In this video, we’ll retrieve the date and time information online, and show the information on the display.

Step 1: Demonstration

Step 2: Assembly

Step 3: Assembly - Table

Step 4: Adafruit GFX Library

In the Arduino IDE, go to Sketch->Include Library->Manage Libraries ...

Install Adafruit GFX Library

Step 5: Adafruit ST7735 Library

In the Arduino IDE, go to Sketch->Include Library->Manage Libraries ...

Install Adafruit ST7735

Step 6: NTPClient Library

Go to https://github.com/taranais/NTPClient and download the taranais-modified NTPClient library.

Unzip and put the folder in C:\Users\\Documents\Arduino\libraries

Step 7: ESP32_NTP.ino

Includes and define

#include <WiFi.h>
#include <NTPClient.h> //Biblioteca NTPClient modificada
#include <WiFiUdp.h> //Socket UDP
#include <Adafruit_GFX.h> //Display
#include <Adrafuit_ST7735.h> //Display
#include <SPI.h>
 
//Pinos do display
#define DISPLAY_DC 12 //A0
#define DISPLAY_CS 13 //CS
#define DISPLAY_MOSI 14 //SDA
#define DISPLAY_CLK 27 //SCK
#define DISPLAY_RST 0
 
//Fuso Horário, no caso horário de verão de Brasília 
int timeZone = -2;
 
//Struct com os dados do dia e hora
struct Date{
    int dayOfWeek;
    int day;
    int month;
    int year;
    int hours;
    int minutes;
    int seconds;
};
 
//Socket UDP que a lib utiliza para recuperar dados sobre o horário
WiFiUDP udp;
 
//Objeto responsável por recuperar dados sobre horário
NTPClient ntpClient(
    udp,                    //socket udp
    "0.br.pool.ntp.org",    //URL do servwer NTP
    timeZone*3600,          //Deslocamento do horário em relacão ao GMT 0
    60000);                 //Intervalo entre verificações online
 
//Nomes dos dias da semana
char* dayOfWeekNames[] = {"Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"};
 
//Objeto responsável pelo display
Adafruit_ST7735 display = Adafruit_ST7735(DISPLAY_CS, DISPLAY_DC, DISPLAY_MOSI, DISPLAY_CLK, DISPLAY_RST);

Setup

void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(115200);
    setupDisplay();
    connectWiFi();
    setupNTP();
 
    //Cria uma nova tarefa no core 0
    xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(
        wifiConnectionTask,     //Função que será executada
        "wifiConnectionTask",   //Nome da tarefa
        10000,                  //Tamanho da memória disponível (em WORDs)
        NULL,                   //Não vamos passar nenhum parametro
        2,                      //prioridade
        NULL,                   //Não precisamos de referência para a tarefa
        0);                     //Número do core
}

SetupNTP

void setupNTP()
{
    //Inicializa o client NTP
    ntpClient.begin();
     
    //Espera pelo primeiro update online
    Serial.println("Waiting for first update");
    while(!ntpClient.update())
    {
        Serial.print(".");
        ntpClient.forceUpdate();
        delay(500);
    }
 
    Serial.println();
    Serial.println("First Update Complete");
}

WifiConnectionTask

//Tarefa que verifica se a conexão caiu e tenta reconectar
void wifiConnectionTask(void* param)
{
    while(true)
    {
        //Se a WiFi não está conectada
        if(WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
        {
            //Manda conectar
            connectWiFi();
        }
 
        //Delay de 100 ticks
        vTaskDelay(100);
    }
}

ConnectWiFi

void connectWiFi()
{
    Serial.println("Connecting");
 
    //Troque pelo nome e senha da sua rede WiFi
    WiFi.begin("SSID", "12345678");
     
    //Espera enquanto não estiver conectado
    while(WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
    {
        Serial.print(".");
        delay(500);
    }
 
    Serial.println();
    Serial.print("Connected to ");
    Serial.println(WiFi.SSID());
}

SetupDisplay

void setupDisplay()
{ 
    display.initR(INITR_BLACKTAB);                      //Inicializa o display
    display.setRotation(3);                             //Rotaciona
    display.setTextSize(2);                             //Tamanho do texto
    display.fillScreen(ST77XX_BLACK);                   //Preenche com a cor preta
    display.setCursor(0, 0);                            //Coloca o cursor no começo
    display.setTextColor(ST77XX_WHITE, ST77XX_BLACK);   //Texto branco com fundo preto
    display.setTextWrap(false);                         //Não pula linha automaticamente
}

Loop

void loop()
{
    //Recupera os dados sobre a data e horário
    Date date = getDate();
 
    //Reseta o cursor
    display.setCursor(0, 0);
 
    //Exibe os dados no display
    display.printf(" %s             \n\n %s  \n\n %02d/%02d/%d\n\n %02d:%02d:%02d",
        WiFi.SSID().c_str(),
        dayOfWeekNames[date.dayOfWeek],
        date.day, 
        date.month,
        date.year, 
        date.hours,
        date.minutes, 
        date.seconds);
 
    delay(100);
}

GetDate

Date getDate()
{
    //Recupera os dados de data e horário usando o client NTP
    char* strDate = (char*)ntpClient.getFormattedDate().c_str();
 
    //Passa os dados da string para a struct
    Date date;
    sscanf(strDate, "%d-%d-%dT%d:%d:%dZ", 
                    &date.year, 
                    &date.month, 
                    &date.day, 
                    &date.hours, 
                    &date.minutes,
                    &date.seconds);
 
    //Dia da semana de 0 a 6, sendo 0 o domingo
    date.dayOfWeek = ntpClient.getDay();
    return date;
}