[time-nuts] locate 6 digit digital clock

Bob Camp lists at rtty.us
Wed Jun 8 20:35:17 UTC 2011


Hi

I suspect that something like:
http://www.brgprecision.com/products/synchronized_clocks/poe6mega.php
would do the trick. No idea what they cost.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of William H. Fite
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 4:07 PM
To: jfor at quik.com; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] locate 6 digit digital clock

I think he wants a clock that will actually tell time, rather than one that
merely blinks *12:00...12:00...12:00...*

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On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:10 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:

> Why not just buy or scrounge a small microwave oven or VCR?
>
> -John
>
> ==================
>
>
> > Please add my "me-too" to this discussion.
> >
> > I would like to see a clock that simply tells time,  reminiscent of the
> > ones I put together in the 1970s, but with LED displays
> > large enough to read from across a darkened room. I would prefer 24-hour
> > format and I want a 6-digit display with seconds.
> >
> > For accuracy, I would want an internal TCXO, with the option of using a
> 10
> > MHz or 1 PPS external signal when available,
> > but I want the clock to automatically switch to the internal timebase if
> > the external signal is disconnected or lost
> >
> > With a PIC I would like to see a switch for PDT/PST, so I don't have to
> > reset the clock twice a year. I would also like to see
> > an option for having the clock be self-setting or self-synchronizing by
> > adding an inexpensive GPS module.
> >
> > I don't need date and I don't need DOW or DOY as I already have other
> > clocks and watches that give me that information.
> >
> > It might be useful to have a smaller second line that would show me
> those,
> > and show me the time in UTC to keep track of
> > what time it is back in the "old country" when I want to listen to Radio
> > Denmark on the Internet, but this would add to the
> > complexity and the number of solder points.
> >
> > And I would like all this to fit in a spare HP 2U half-width rack-mount
> > case that I have saved for that purpose. This would
> > be a companion to my Thunderbolt GPSDO which is housed in an identical
> > case. One option would be to mount the clock
> > in the same case as the Thunderbird, and have the second line display
> your
> > choice of GPS signal.
> >
> > -- Flemming Larsen, KB6ADS/OZ6OI
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Fra:Brooke Clarke <brooke at pacific.net>
> > Til:Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> > <time-nuts at febo.com>
> > Sendt:7:12 onsdag den 8. juni 2011
> > Emne:Re: [time-nuts] locate 6 digit digital clock
> >
> > By using a PIC you can do much more than just tell time, for example
> > display the Day of the Week and because the calendar is good back to
> > 1800 something you can set the clock back that far and know the DOW.
> > The next step was going to be to install a table of leap seconds so
> > that  you could replay any of those events in history.  See:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeller%27s_congruence
> >
> > Have Fun,
> >
> > Brooke Clarke
> > http://www.PRC68.com <http://www.prc68.com/>
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