[time-nuts] World's most accurate PC clock!

Bjorn Gabrielsson bg at lysator.liu.se
Sun Jul 3 15:12:20 EDT 2005


This one is WWVB. Interfaces with serial port.

        http://www.buzzard.me.uk/jonathan/radioclock.html

All the time decoding done in software - UNIX/Linux oriented. I bought
the module from 

        http://www.hkw-elektronik.de/  

--

        Björn


"Rick Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com> writes:

> Slightly OT:  Does anyone know if there is an "atomic clock"
> (the WWVB driven type) that interfaces to a PC via USB or
> something, such that the PC time is regularly updated?
> This would solve my PC time problem.  (I need this to work
> w/o internet access).
> 
> Rick Karlquist
> 
> 
> Poul-Henning Kamp said:
> > In message <5.1.0.14.2.20050702233724.04481860 at 209.152.117.178>, "W. D."
> > writes
> > :
> >
> >>Is there a 'HowTo' for this somewhere?  How many pins are=20
> >>connected and to where?  Where do you mount the chip?  Any
> >>batteries involved?
> >
> > This is a little bit beyond "HOWTO" stuff.
> >
> > You need to find a suitable PLL chip.  ICST is a major manufacturer
> > of these.  Most of them have anti-DYI pin-spacing though.
> >
> > Then you need to locate the Xtal on your motherboard which drives
> > the clocks.  Again, a good place to start is to look for a PLL
> > chip from ICST.  Usually there is a 14.318MHz xtal right next
> > to that, but some botherboards use different frequencies these
> > days and generate the 14.318MHz by PLL instead.
> >
> > You can then either remove the existing xtal and feed your signal
> > to the right of the two holes (experiment or read datasheet for
> > the on-board PLL chip) or you can try override it while it remains
> > on the motherboard by feeding your signal into it.  Overriding
> > gives jitter and most modern motherboards don't like that.
> >
> > --
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