[time-nuts] Net4501

[Hal Murray]

shalimr9 at gmail.com said:
> I just got my Net4501 which I would like to turn into an NTP server. I saw
> John's description, but at the moment, I would like to try without using the
> high stability CPU oscillator option, just the PPS from one of my
> Thunderbolts.

> Is that even worthwhile? Will the high resolution built-in counters of the
> Elan processor be useful without the external oscillator compared to a plain
> vanilla ARM SBC? 

Depends upon the temperature and stability (sensitivity?) of the built-in 
crystal and/or how well that fits your goals.

I suggest trying it.  You can monitor the drift to see what NTP thinks the 
crystal is doing.


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