Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-29 Thread David Ackrill
J. L. Trantham wrote: Same here. Yes, seems that it's pending in the UK as well. ;-) Dave (G0DJA) ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the

Re: [time-nuts] How to get 32.768KHz from 10MHz.

2008-07-29 Thread Thomas A. Frank
Only the clockwork and the coils. All the clocks will be wired in parallel. Traditionally, such systems had all the slave coils in series. I suspect you will find that the better way; less room for weirdness. Otherwise, I like it! Tom Frank ___

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-29 Thread randy warner
Guys, This is typical. The Air Force inserts this flag into the almanac well before the actual event (normally about 6 months) to allow users to prepare for it. Randy Warner -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ackrill Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [time-nuts] PCB for frequency dividers

2008-07-29 Thread David C. Partridge
I've taken a bit of a risk and ordered 20 boards. Rash in extreme or what! What does this mean? It means that I can sell the boards at a price of GBP20 each (about USD40). I will not request $$$ or ship any boards until I have made up my own first to confirm everything is OK. This won't be

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-29 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] randy warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : This is typical. The Air Force inserts this flag into the almanac well : before the actual event (normally about 6 months) to allow users to prepare : for it. Yes. All the old clocks that stuttered and did the

[time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-29 Thread Mark Sims
And my clepsydra is now indicating Leak Second Pending... _ With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you.

[time-nuts] driving cheap clock motors

2008-07-29 Thread Mark Amos
Neon John, I did something similar to what you're talking about. I wanted an analog output for a GPSDO/clock (originally based on a Brooks Shera design, but recently upgraded to a Thunderbolt.) I use the 1PPS GPSDO output to drive a CD4093 Schmidt trigger, which clocks a D flip flop. I use

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-29 Thread Rex
Mark Sims wrote: And my clepsydra is now indicating Leak Second Pending... Did you make a typo... or is clepsydra a real word? :-) (just joking) ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-29 Thread Chuck Harris
According to Donald DeCarle's Watch and Clock Encyclopedia: Clepsydra- Water Clock. There are various types of water clocks, from the plain vessel with an orifice at its base through which water percolates and, by the lowering of the surface of the water the passage of time is denoted, to the

[time-nuts] Clepsydra

2008-07-29 Thread Mark Sims
I have actually built two different GPS disciplined clepsydra... The first one used six precision syringe pumps (basically syringes with the plungers hooked to lead screws/stepper motors). They were set up to draw colored fluid up into the syringes (HH MM SS). When the seconds syringe

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-29 Thread Jim Lux
Quoting Chuck Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Tue 29 Jul 2008 07:05:10 PM PDT: According to Donald DeCarle's Watch and Clock Encyclopedia: Clepsydra- Water Clock. There are various types of water snip I should note that because the flow is a function of the viscosity of the working fluid,

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-29 Thread Didier Juges
Very interesting thread. I have been following half distractedly the thread on leap second, while working on the firmware for my GPS Monitor. I am at version 0.1.2, and the second line of the display is now used to display RX Mode, Disciplining Mode, Temperature or DAC Voltage in succession, by