Paretech used his Bus Pirate in I2C mode to interface with the DS3231 real time clock located on the ChronoDot board. The DS3231 is a high precision real time clock IC with an integrated crystal. He documented his experience with both devices. All the resources needed to setup a I2C connection to a DS3231 are on his site.
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