There is an article in Circuit Cellar magazine that you need to read. It is Time Server Design: Synchronize with the WWVB Time Code. It is in the Nov 2008 issue (#220). You can buy the article at [1]http://www.circuitcellar.com/magazine/220.html for $1.50. Although it is the opposite of what you want to do (it acts as an NTP server), the article has lots of useful information. I vaguely recall that they also had an article very close to what you want, possibly in 2007. If I remember correctly it was a combination alarm clock/MP3 player that got the time using NTP. If it wasn't in Circuit Cellar then it was in Nuts & Volts magazine [2]http://www.nutsvolts.com/ . Nuts and Volts is more beginner oriented than Circuit Cellar. If you want a microcontroller with an OLED display look at Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit [3]http://www.luminarymicro.com/products/stellaris_811_evaluation_kits. html . You can get them from Digi-Key for $49. It doesn't have ethernet but it does have USB. Add one of the internet-on-a-chip boards from Microchip or Wiznet and you're done. I just found out Circuit Cellar is sponsoring a contest with $15000 total prize money for cool designs using the Wiznet W7100. You can get an eval board with LCD display for $49. I think it would be ideal for your project. [4]http://www.circuitcellar.com/newsletter/1009.htm I'm not affiliated with Circuit Cellar in any way other than as a subscriber. Most of what I know about embedded systems I learned from reading the magazine. They even have Time Nuts related articles: Microcontroller Clock-Locking: Frequency Reference Synchronization in the Jan 2009 (#222). Brent
References 1. http://www.circuitcellar.com/magazine/220.html 2. http://www.nutsvolts.com/ 3. http://www.luminarymicro.com/products/stellaris_811_evaluation_kits.html 4. http://www.circuitcellar.com/newsletter/1009.htm _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.