ESP32 C3 OLED - Get Time and Date From Internet

Step 1: What You Will Need

• ESP32 C3 OLED
• Visuino program: Download Visuino

Step 2: Start Visuino, and Select the DIY More ESP32 C3 0.42" OLED Board Type

Start Visuino as shown in the first picture Click on the "Tools" button on the Arduino component (Picture 1) in Visuino When the dialog appears, select "DIY More ESP32 C3 0.42" OLED" as shown on Picture 2

Note: there are a few different ESP32 C3 OLED boards to choose, make sure that you select the one that fits your board

Step 3: WiFi Setup

Select DIY More ESP32 C3 0.42" OLED board and in the editor Modules>WiFi>Access Points, click on [...] button, so that "Access points " window will open.In this editor drag the WiFi access point to the left side.

• In the properties window Under "SSID" put the name of your WiFi Network
• Under "Password" put the access password for your WiFi network
• Close the "Access points" window
• On the left in editor select Modules>Wifi>Sockets, click on [...] button, so that "Sockets" window will open Drag the TCP/IP Client from right to the left side, then Under Properties window set port: 37 and host: time-c-g.nist.gov
• Close the "Sockets" window

Step 4: In Visuino Add Components

• Add "Pulse Generator" component
• Add "Internet Time Protocol" component
• Add 2X "Delete Right Sub Text" component
• Add 2X "Delete Left Sub Text" component
• Add "Date/Time Multi Source" component

Step 5: In Visuino Set Components

• Select "PulseGenerator1" and in the properties window set frequency to 0.1166667
• Select "DeleteRightText1" and in the properties window set Length to 13
• Select "DeleteRightText2" and in the properties window set Length to 5
• Select "DeleteLeftText2" and in the properties window set Length to 12

Select DIY More ESP32 C3 0.42" OLED and in the editor Modules>Display>Elements, click on [...] button, so that "Elements" window will open.

• In the Elements Dialog drag 2X "Text Field" from the right side to the left
• Select "Text Field2" and in the properties window set "Y" to 20

Close the Elements Dialog

Step 6: In Visuino Connect Components

• Connect "PulseGenerator1" pin [Out] to "InternetTime1" pin [In]
• Connect "InternetTime1" pin [Socket] to "DIY More ESP32 C3 0.42" OLED" >TCP Client1 pin [In]
• Connect "InternetTime1" pin [Out] to "MultiSource1" pin [In]
• Connect "MultiSource1" pin [0] "DeleteRightText1" pin [In] and "DeleteRightText2" pin [In]
• Connect "DeleteRightText1" pin [Out] to "DeleteLeftText1" pin [In]
• Connect "DeleteRightText2" pin [Out] to "DeleteLeftText2" pin [In]
• Connect "DeleteLeftText1" pin [Out] to DIY More ESP32 C3 0.42" OLED" >"Display ">Text Field1 pin[In]
• Connect "DeleteLeftText2" pin [Out] to DIY More ESP32 C3 0.42" OLED" >"Display ">Text Field2 pin[In]

Step 7: Generate, Compile, and Upload the Code

In Visuino, at the bottom click on the "Build" Tab, make sure the correct port is selected, then click on the "Compile/Build and Upload" button.

Step 8: Play

If you power the DIY More ESP32 C3 0.42" OLED, it will connect to the internet and the display should start showing the date and time from the NIST server

.You can also experiment with other servers that you can find here https://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi

Congratulations! You have completed your Internet Time project with Visuino. Also attached is the Visuino project, that I created for this Tutorial. You can download and open it in Visuino: https://www.visuino.eu