[time-nuts] Announcement: New TICC firmware available

[John Ackermann N8UR]

I've just released an update to the Arduino firmware for the TICC; the
new version is 20200412.1.  It, along with all the TICC source code and
documentation, is available at:

https://github.com/TAPR/TICC.

In addition to a few bug fixes and cleanups, there are a couple of more
noticeable changes that are discussed in the LATEST_CHANGES.txt file.

One item changes current behavior: data is now output with 11 decimal
places (10 ps resolution) instead of the previous 12 (1 ps resolution).
The last digit was simply noise, and it contributes to an esoteric issue
I don't need to go into here.  So you'll see one less decimal place in
the output, but the useful resolution hasn't changed.

To install the new firmware you can use the Arduino IDE, but that's a
lot of download and hassle if you're not interested in actually working
with the source code.  As an alternative,

https://github.com/TAPR/TICC/tree/master/binaries

has hex files of the new version (TICC.ino-20200412.1.hex) that can be
uploaded directly into the TICC via USB, as well as install tools for
doing so under Windows and Linux.  These don't require installing the
Arduino IDE.

NOTE: TICC units currently shipped by TAPR still have the prior firmware
version installed; unfortunately it's not feasible for us to update the
firmware before shipping.

Enjoy!
John