Re: [time-nuts] Modern HW replacement for ATOM based NTP server?

2015-04-08 Thread Philip Gladstone
On 4/8/15 17:13, Attila Kinali wrote: The Cubie borads and the stuff done by Olimex would be also quite good. Especially Olimex is known for their very good user support, as they specifically sell to tinkerers and engineering companies. This also includes that their boards have almost all I/O p

[time-nuts] Modern HW replacement for ATOM based NTP server v2

2015-04-08 Thread Frank Hughes via time-nuts
WOW, thanks for all the info!!!I will use those cool DC-DC power converters on lots of project motherboards, now that I know they exist.Very interested in the "embedded systems" options, many more to select from than I had suspected, thanks. I do not crave super precision for this NTP applicatio

Re: [time-nuts] Modern HW replacement for ATOM based NTP server?

2015-04-08 Thread Attila Kinali
On Tue, 7 Apr 2015 17:09:28 + (UTC) cfo wrote: > What about the Odroid C1 ? > http://tinyurl.com/qd7m4cz I recommend against using an Odroid. What I have heard from friends is that you do not get any support from the manufacturer in any way. Which means you have to build your own software st

Re: [time-nuts] Need advice for multilateration setup

2015-04-08 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Jim, On 04/08/2015 12:46 AM, Jim Lux wrote: On 4/7/15 11:33 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote: Hi, O One might look at the available frequencies and see if there is a telemetry band available which allows wider bandwidth. For the application, I don't see that very much transmitted power is needed.

Re: [time-nuts] Modern HW replacement for ATOM based NTP server?

2015-04-08 Thread cfo
On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:29:23 +, Frank Hughes via time-nuts wrote: > Hi,Years ago this forum helped me put together my first GPSDO and NTP > server. Using a then-popular INTEL ATOM board, FreeBSD w/ the NTP > kernel, 1PPS input from aTB, works great. But as the years go by, HW > improves/evolve

Re: [time-nuts] Modern HW replacement for ATOM based NTP server?

2015-04-08 Thread Hal Murray
att...@kinali.ch said: > The biggest problem would be to get the data into ntp in the right way, as I > am not sure whether ntp supports that kind of input. If anybody ever needs help with ntp, feel free to poke me off list. There are 2 ways to get data into ntp. You can implement the kernel P

Re: [time-nuts] Frequency doubler 5/10 and distribution amplifierfor Lucent KS-24361

2015-04-08 Thread Gerhard Hoffmann
Hi, dave & the others, Am 05.04.2015 um 20:51 schrieb Dave M: Count me in for one (maybe two, depending on cost of the board + parts). I have changed the regulators to TO-220, it will still require attaching to some isolated metal plate. In the prototype I have 5W 5V6-Zeners to drop the in

Re: [time-nuts] Mc Coy OCXO in HP equipment.

2015-04-08 Thread David & Laura
Here are some details on how the McCoy OSC92-13B is used in the HP 70310A Precision Frequency Reference, and how the OCXO is driven: https://medium.com/@HP70K/70310a-oscillator-investigations-a3bf473459aa Thanks, David Slik VE7FIM On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:55 AM, wrote: > I am presently downs

Re: [time-nuts] Modern HW replacement for ATOM based NTP server?

2015-04-08 Thread Hal Murray
kb...@n1k.org said: > Now you need to sort out the B, the A+ and the B+ in the Raspberry world. > There may be more that I have not yet noticed. As far as I can tell, they > all are pretty limited once you get past the tight video integration on the > B and B+. There is also the 2B with 1 GB an

Re: [time-nuts] Modern HW replacement for ATOM based NTP server?

2015-04-08 Thread David J Taylor
"Problematic" if you are after microsecond-level accuracy, perhaps, but so would the BeagleBone be. If your needs are more in the 100 microsecond range, either would be fine with a reasonably wide PPS pulse. Not really. If you know how to write C, you can use the timer on the BBB and get to sub

Re: [time-nuts] Modern HW replacement for ATOM based NTP server?

2015-04-08 Thread David J Taylor
From: Didier Juges Is the new RPi2 any different in that regard? The RPi 2 has the same basic configuration (Ethernet over USB), but has a 4-core CPU and 1 GB memory, making it very usable as a stand-alone PC. NTP compiles within a "reasonable" time - about the same a