[Elecraft] KX3 / KXBC3 NiMH Battery Charger and Real-Time Clock

[Wayne Burdick]

wickedbeernut <kf5wbo at wickedbeernut.com> wrote:

> I have a dumb question ... why doesn't the KX3 support the current month, day
> and year in conjunction with the KXBC3?  Is this a limitation of the KX3
> firmware or the KXBC3 real-time clock?  I've never heard of a real-time
> clock which didn't support the current month, day and year.  Most support
> leap year compensation and are valid through at least 2100.
> 
> Joe
> KF5WBO


Hi Joe,

The KXBC3 uses a nano-power PIC MCU running our own firmware, not a real-time-clock IC. This MCU provides both the clock and charge-controller functions. 

It would be possible to add support for date readout in the future. This is the first such request, but it's now on the wish-list.

73,
Wayne
N6KR