[time-nuts] webcam app to watch for and time stamp changes

[cfo]

On Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:33:02 -0800, Jim Lux wrote:

> I am interested in the timing behavior of my RSA fob, which changes
> every 60 seconds.  Since I'm not about to open it up and probe inside, I
> was wondering if someone had a clever way, say using a USB web cam, to
> log the changes over a 48 hour period.  You'd point the web cam at the
> fob, and it would log the time when the display changes Or one might
> even be able to look at the blinking 1 pps indicator using a light and
> photocell or something..

Isn't this "Just what the doctor ordered"
http://smallhacks.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/reading-codes-from-rsa-
secureid-token/

CFO