[time-nuts] An embedded NTP server

[Chris Albertson]

On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:

> I've given up on PIC and Atmel microcontrollers and their antiquated
> CPU designs.
>
> My life is too short to fight odd-ball compilers, when I can get a
> real 32 bit CPU and a good compiler instead.

That is a valid point if you are building a one-off project.  Your
time is worth something.  But if you plan to sell a million AA cell
battery chargers using a 32-bit controller is uneconomical.   These
will always be a bigger market for 8-bit chips then for 32-bit chips.

For an NTP server I'd go with something that can run an OS and the NTP
reverence implementation.  ARM (and others) can do that.

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Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California