MX030 - Radio Clock with DCF77

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Re: MX030 - Radio Clock with DCF77

Post by Spanish_dude »

It's true they are cheap and they are a bit difficult to use if you don't know anything about it.
But that's because there isn't a built ind DCF decoder that sends the data through RS232 like the GPS module.

You need to make your own decoder and this is the more complex part.

Btw, there are two types of DCF77 receivers: inverted and non-inverted output.

I hope the article will help you getting the DCF receiver to work ;).
(Also, DCF77 is GMT +1)

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Re: MX030 - Radio Clock with DCF77

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Hi

Did you use an INVERTED output modue with your program?
1 in 10 people understand binary, the other one doesn't !

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Re: MX030 - Radio Clock with DCF77

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Hi John,

Yes mine is an inverted DCF77 module (see scope pic), but the way to decode the pulses is the same.

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Is this Article still available ?

Appears to be a dead link

Article: http://www.matrixmultimedia.com/article.php?a=505

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Re: MX030 - Radio Clock with DCF77

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Steve001 wrote:
Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:25 pm
Is this Article still available ?
Hi Steve, try this link
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Re: MX030 - Radio Clock with DCF77

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Hi Martin,

Thanks for that, are the flowcharts available ? where ever you found them

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Re: MX030 - Radio Clock with DCF77

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Hi Steve,
What about the flowchart on this post or this post?
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Hi Martin,

Those are what i am playing with, wasn't sure if there were any files associated with the article it's self.

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Re: MX030 - Radio Clock with DCF77

Post by medelec35 »

As the articles was on the server before the change,
perhaps DavidA would be in a position to answer that and repost if different?
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