[time-nuts] More ES100 / WWVB BPSK chips

[Tim Shoppa]

Thanks to Tom's heads-up, I ordered a new style ES100 set with breakout
board from Universal Solder 13 days ago, and it arrived today.

The pinout documentation zip package from Universal-Solder website, (which
was mighty confusing to begin with), still seems to describe the original
board. But the new pinout is right there on the silkscreening on the
breakout board which very nicely plugs into 0.1" perfboard or solderless
breadboard.

Gave it a quick spin this afternoon, it locked up with WWVB from the East
Coast USA in broad daylight, and I can report that the same Arduino code
works fine with old board or new.

Highly recommended! BUT Universal Solder says they are currently sold out,
with "3500 modules in production and expected to be in stock on 10/23/2020."

Tim N3QE

On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 4:19 AM Tom Van Baak <tvb at leapsecond.com> wrote:

> There were couple WWVB threads recently.
>
> One of the questions was if the La Crosse UltrAtomic 404-1235UA-SS wall
> clock is still the only WWVB clock that uses the new BPSK format. I
> learned that 3 different companies made prototypes but only La Crosse
> went to market. So at this point the 1235UA is the only commercial clock
> using the new eWWVB format. Everyone who has one reports superb
> reception quality, far better than traditional WWVB clocks.
>
> Another question was where to get the bare Everset ES100 chip or dev
> boards. The original Universal Solder PCB with ES100 has been out of
> stock a long time. It's the one seen at
> http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/es100/pins.htm
>
> The good news is that Universal Solder just announced a newly designed
> board:
>
> https://www.universal-solder.ca/everset-es100
>
> Your choice of bare 12 x 16 mm board or a full Arduino-based dev kit:
>
>
> https://www.universal-solder.ca/product/everset-es100-mod-wwvb-bpsk-phase-modulation-receiver-module/
>
>
> https://www.universal-solder.ca/product/canaduino-application-development-kit-with-everset-es100-mod-wwvb-bpsk-atomic-clock-receiver-module/
>
> /tvb
>
>
>
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