[time-nuts] Short term 10MHz source

[W7SLS]

Hi John (and Bob),

Thanks for clarifying (and for the bandwidth).

As a direct result, I placed an order for a TICC and joined TAPR.

73
Scott
W7SLS


> On Jan 8, 2019, at 8:00 AM, John Ackermann N8UR <jra at febo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Scott --
> 
> The TICC is a fully-assembled "shield" that mounts on an Arduino Mega 2560 controller.  What you get from TAPR is the shield and Arduino with firmware loaded.  The TICC talks to a host computer using ASCII on USB. John Miles' TimeLab software can read data directly from it, or you can just save the data as a text file with a terminal program.
> 
> The firmware is open source and the latest version is on Github (https://github.com/TAPR/TICC).  The code has been updated from the version shipped, and you can load new firmware a couple of ways -- there are instructions at the repository.
> 
> And just a note to those interested -- I'm targeting a modest update to the firmware in the next month or so.  There are a couple of bug fixes, and one new feature contributed by a 3rd party to improve functioning with TimeLab.
> 
> 73,
> John
> ----
> 
> On 1/8/19 10:31 AM, W7SLS wrote:
>>>> "Kits: TICC Timestamping/Time Interval Counter”
>>>> https://www.tapr.org/kits_ticc.html <https://www.tapr.org/kits_ticc.html>
>> Is the TICC a kit in the sense that SMD and/or through-hole component soldering required?
>> Or perhaps kit = no case, see your favorite 3D printer?
>> Or?
>> Thanks,
>> Scott
>> W7SLS