[time-nuts] Inexpensive modular gps with 1pps

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R caf at omen.com
Sat Dec 15 08:27:29 UTC 2012


On 12/15/2012 12:19 AM, Hal Murray wrote:
> ghane0 at gmail.com said:
>> 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?
> There are two obvious choices.  A bit of googling may find more details
> and/or other boards.
>
> ----------
>
> The new favorite is the Sure demo board.
>    http://www.sureelectronics.net/goods.php?id=99
>    http://www.sureelectronics.net/goods.php?id=98
> (The version with the Bluetooth is cheaper than the one without.  ??)
>
> http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/Sure-GPS.htm
>
> ----------
>
> The old standby is the Garmin GPS-18x-LVC.  Garmin makes several versions of
> the GPS-18x.
>    http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/GPS18x_TechnicalSpecifications.pdf
>
> Be sure to get the LVC version.  The others don't have a PPS.
>
> I got mine from Provantage for roughly $70.
>    http://www.provantage.com/garmin-010-00321-36~AGRMO006.htm
>
> Setup info:
>    http://time.qnan.org/
>    http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/FreeBSD-GPS-PPS.htm
>
> The GPS-18 (no x) is the older version.  You probably can't find it for sale.
>   It's much less sensitive, but gave much better timing over the serial port.
>
> ----------
>
> The GlobalSat MR350P is another option.  It comes with a PS2 connector, but
> you can chop that off.  Their adapter cable doesn't include the PPS.
>
> http://www.usglobalsat.com/p-58-mr-350p-bulkhead.aspx
> http://www.usglobalsat.com/store/download/58/mr350p_ds_ug.pdf
>
> That PPS is only 1 uSec wide which may be too narrow for some/most systems to
> capture.
>
> They sell a couple of adapter cables, but none of them support PPS.
>
> You can stretch the PPS signal with the TAPR FatPPS.
>    http://www.tapr.org/kits_fatpps.html
>
>
Does this provide 10 MHz or 1pps?

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