ESP8266 RTC vs HTTP request - Battery Consumption

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Let’s say, I used deep sleep and once awake, the wireless has to set up to send some data to my cloud storage, but it needs to happen just before I get the time with the NTPClient library. Then again, I might just save some battery if I use a RTC. So, is using NTPClient library and making an HTTP request to get the time more efficient or is it using a RTC and reading the time from it. TIA!
Jan 23, 2019 in IoT (Internet of Things) by Bharani
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A project I work on uses both RTC and NTP running on battery and using deep sleep and RTC seems to be the better option for battery saving and reliability.

I’m using RTC with i2c protocol and a clear advantage is that you’ll get the time you need, tens of ms as compared to using NTP that requires at least 1 or 2 seconds depending on the library being used. Also, issues like connection problems or such seem impossible when using the RTC Module. While wifi/internet/ntp connection fails at times, the RTC module has never once failed during my tests. Conveniently, you even can program the RTC module offline and mount in the circuit after that as it includes a back-up battery, which claims a guarantee duration of a couple of years. I use the date and time coming from the RTC module, which I calibrate using the NTP protocol only once a week.

However, many IoT cloud platforms only accept data that use the timestamp of the receiving stream rather than the one provided by the device.
answered Jan 23, 2019 by DataKing99
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