[time-nuts] Inexpensive modular gps with 1pps
Sanjeev Gupta
ghane0 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 15 06:41:41 UTC 2012
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:
>
> jimlux at earthlink.net said:
> > Big enough that Synergy & Garmin have pricing for anywhere from 1 to
> 1000
> > units
>
> I don't know of any GPS units with PPS that are both low cost and no
> soldering.
>
> There are several low cost units that come in a nice small package. But
> you
> can't just plug them into your PC. You have to provide power and add a
> connector. There are quite a few more units if you don't need a nice
> package.
>
> There are several no-soldering packages. I haven't seen one that is low
> cost.
>
>
> There are many low cost GPS devices that use USB without any soldering.
> They
> don't have PPS.
>
>
Thank you, nice summary.
One of my problems is that I am in Singapore. Soldering is not an issue in
itself, but I cannot just order transistors and other small components
online.
You mention "low cost units which require you to add a power connector,
etc". Could you recommend any that can be bought online? With RS-232,
please?
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Sanjeev Gupta
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