Speaking of Atomic clocks... I have two Heathkit GC-1000 "Most Accurate Clock" complete with the original manual. * One of them has some mods too. I have been unable to get either one working.
I can post pics if you guys want! ~ *mcvei...@gmail.com <mcvei...@gmail.com>* On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 9:40 AM Terry S <tschw10...@gmail.com> wrote: > And another option might be to just have the Arduino emulate the WWVB > receiver function. I'd have to supply it 5V instead of 1.5V. Just > spitballin'. > > On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 11:30:43 AM UTC-5 Terry S wrote: > >> Guys, thinking about modifying my big beautiful Jeff Thomas clock. The >> original Atomix clock movements are hard to find, and in my area WWVB >> reception is very spotty (and I have a metal roof). >> >> Here is the clock schematic: >> http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/example.pdf >> >> I think with just a little rework, I could modify the design to talk to >> an Arduino. I'd have all the counters reset to zero from the Arduino, and >> then have the Arduino clock the counters until they catch up to the >> current time as grabbed from the web via WIFI. I can handle the hardware >> design and the rudimentary code that would be required to reset and clock >> the counters, but I'm definitely going to need help with the WIFI and time >> retrieval portion. >> >> Anyone willing to lend a hand from that standpoint? My code skills are, >> as I implied, crude at best. I would need advice on selecting a WIFI shield >> as well..... >> >> Open to other ideas too. >> >> Terry >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/967dce3c-13e6-4019-92c8-6352f2108ae8n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/967dce3c-13e6-4019-92c8-6352f2108ae8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAKYv7NSoeyPBA%2BGd7px7k71QBL4j1cELB%3D2iXu-GX6nmATYf8Q%40mail.gmail.com.
