[neonixie-l] Re: Managing RTC when there's GPS time

2021-09-29 Thread Paul Andrews
I use NTP. I pull time from the RTC until I get a a sync from the internet - then I switch to the internet and I update the RTC whenever I get an update from the network. It all uses UTC, which is converted to local time for display. On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 2:01:32 PM UTC-4

[neonixie-l] Re: Managing RTC when there's GPS time

2021-09-29 Thread gregebert
I'm using network time that my Raspberry Pi re-acquires roughly every 20 minutes, with a DS3232 for backup when the internet is down. I need to tweak the software a bit more to automatically update the DS3232; right now I have to use my debug utility to manually update it. But this does allow

[neonixie-l] Re: Managing RTC when there's GPS time

2021-09-29 Thread Bill Stanley
My NIXIE clocks have an on-board GPS receiver and I set the DS3232 to generate a 1 PPS output. On power-up I sanity check the internal registers and if it looks good I transfer the date and time to the uP memory. I pre-increment the internal time and at the PPS IRQ I update the display RAM from

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie (and other old technology) sighting in video

2021-09-29 Thread 'Greg P' via neonixie-l
That's an HP 5216A Counter with the upside down B5560 Nixies. I have one, it's a cool piece. On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 9:13:04 AM UTC-4 Tomislav Kordaso wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8hLqpigv1g > Electronic counter by HP at about 9:05 minute mark. > > -- You received

[neonixie-l] Managing RTC when there's GPS time

2021-09-29 Thread David Forbes
My latest scope clock uses a DS3232 RTC chip for general timekeeping. This chip only keeps time to the nearest second, as far as the user-readable registers are concerned. I also have a USB port that can read the time from a GlobalSat GPS puck. This reports the time once a second through the