Re:Open-sourcing a more precise time appliance
by KaiserPro on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:06AM
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I read it that they've invented a product called time card, rather than the concept.
Its an accurate and stable clock source. which is an important distinction. The Meinberg PCI cards appear not to have a local clock source thats well disciplined (ie a temperature compensated oscillator)
Having an accurate time source that is updated once every second (typically) with a 1pps GPS is grand for most things. But if you need a stable clock as well, then you want a tiny atomic clock onboard as well. This is so you can run a clock source for an entire datacenter, or local section.
Its an accurate and stable clock source. which is an important distinction. The Meinberg PCI cards appear not to have a local clock source thats well disciplined (ie a temperature compensated oscillator)
Having an accurate time source that is updated once every second (typically) with a 1pps GPS is grand for most things. But if you need a stable clock as well, then you want a tiny atomic clock onboard as well. This is so you can run a clock source for an entire datacenter, or local section.