Ameba Arduino: Retrieve Universal Time (UTC)

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In this project, we connect Ameba to WiFi. Then send NTP (Network Time Protocol, RFC 1305) request to retrieve UTC.

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Code Edition

Open the example. “File” -> “Examples” -> “AmebaWiFi” -> “WiFiUdpNtpClient”
Modify the highlighted code section (ssid, password, keyindex) to connect to your WiFi network.
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Upload and Execution

Compile the code and upload it to Ameba. After pressing the Reset button, Ameba connects to WiFi and sends NTP request packet to NTP server “129.6.15.28”. We parse the replied packet and show UTC time in serial monitor:

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