[time-nuts] Making a Raspberry Pi NTP server without soldering

[Andy Bardagjy]

The networking adapter on the Pi is connected to the SoC via USB while on
the BeagleBone the MAC is native. I suspect this might affect timing.

Andy Bardagjy
bardagjy.com


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Chris Albertson <albertson.chris at gmail.com
> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Collins, Graham <CollinG at navcanada.ca
> >wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > How you done anything with or have compared the PI to the Beaglebone
> Black?
>
>
> If your only use of the device is to have an NTP server then why pay more
> for the  Beaglebone?  The Pi based server seems to be better than required.
>  "better" in this case meaning that it keeps time better then it can
> transfer it over your network.
>
> If you need a lower cost Linux server, you can repurpose a PogoPlug.  These
> are roughly the same specs ARM process and a little bit of RAM but come
> with a case and power supply all for under $20.  You can re-flash them with
> a general purpose Linix-ARM distribution.  But no good place to attach a
> PPS input except for using a USB-Serial dongle.   Well there is a serial
> port header inside the box but I've not tried it.
>
> Chris Albertson
> Redondo Beach, California
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