If you had an Ikepod, I might be interested. http://www.ablogtowatch.com/ikepod-hourglass-time-for-art/
http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/2011/3/29/the-ikepod-hourglass-by-marc-newson-q uite-possibly-the-coole.html http://www.ikepod.com/ Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com > [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob Camp > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 18:23 > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO Alternatives > > Hi > > Here's another way to look at this: > > An hourglass full of sand (with some attention) and a cesium > standard are both ways to answer the question "what time is > it?". Let's say you need a new $40,000 tube replacement in > your 5371 and management asks "what else can we do?". An > hour glass is indeed a "something else we can do". They both > deliver an answer to the time of day question. Without > defining what you actually *need* to do, they are both valid > approaches. > > The problem comes when you look at the $40,000 repair charge > and decide that building an hour glass is a lot cheaper. > While that's true, it's far from the whole story. One way to > quickly work some of this out is a simple swap proposition. > Would anybody on the list trade their (working) cesium for my > (working) hourglass? I'll pay shipping.. > > Bob > > On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Mark Sims <hol...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I think only TIMER2 on the AVR has the clk/4 limitation. > The other timers can count at full speed. I know that I > have counted at 8-12 MHz before... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.