Re: [ntp:questions] drift modeling question

2008-07-15 Thread shy author
> Again, read Mark Martinec's web page. He's got a lot of good data. > http://www.ijs.si/time/temp-compensation/ This is almost exactly what I was thinking. Mark's 7 years ahead of me (laugh) Thanks for the post, I appreciate the information. ___ q

Re: [ntp:questions] drift modeling question

2008-07-12 Thread shy author
> A Quadratic correction tends to run away pretty badly if you suddenly > have a period of no ntp readings. But I am not at all sure that is what > you mean. Rather you seem to mean that one use the temp to estimate what > the linear drift is ( from the past readings of temp and drift.) Correct, i

[ntp:questions] drift modeling question

2008-07-11 Thread shy author
Has anyone thought about removing both the linear terms and quadratic terms in the drift, by utilizing the temperature sensor readings available on many of the latest motherboards? Crystal oscillators tend to have both a linear bias and a quadratic bias, determinate upon temperature, leaving a