Re: [time-nuts] purpose of time of day display units

Nabioullin Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 12:31 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] purpose of time of day display units Hi, looking at pictures of various time metrology equipment setups for best practices and inspiration, I have commonly seen time of day display unit(s) installed

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or these) at the > > weekend. > > Robert G8RPI. > > > > From: Bob Bownes <bow...@gmail.com> > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > > <time-nuts@febo.com> > > Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2017, 18:33 > > Subject: Re: [

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ual for these) at the weekend. > Robert G8RPI. > > From: Bob Bownes <bow...@gmail.com> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> > Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2017, 18:33 > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] pu

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/for-public-clocks-a-time-warp/2011/10/25/gIQAXOZ5jM_story.html "If the clocks are right — on churches and in classrooms, on stores and in bars — they tell us that things are in order. They tell us that people are paying attention. If a clock is wrong,

Re: [time-nuts] purpose of time of day display units

@febo.com> Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2017, 18:33 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] purpose of time of day display units #5) Everyone likes blinkenlights. > On Jan 22, 2017, at 08:55, jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> On 1/21/17 10:31 PM, Ruslan Nabioullin wrote: >>

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I do stuff like that too. I always like to use an I2C connected LCD display while developing code on any micro processor project. I might take the actual LCD off at the end but I always leave the signal pins in place. I might need to debug the device again some time and then I can find another

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On 01/22/2017 07:26 PM, Hal Murray wrote: Many years ago, I designed network gear. That was back when a controller was a board full of small and medium sized chips rather than a single big chip. I always put a few LEDs on the board wired up where the microcode could get at them. Most of the

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I have done something similar to one of my cars so that, for example, an LED that tells me when the a/c compressor's electric clutch cycles on and off. Things like this are partly eye candy, partly educational (things don't always work quite like I assume they do), and partly a valuable diagnostic

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There is a lot to be said about a tool that just works. In the advent of a piece of gear failing whether that be a firmware bug or a cooling fan, or more severe, having a known diagnostic tool during that time is priceless (well maybe not priceless but extremely nice to have). On Sun, Jan 22,

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jim...@earthlink.net said: > 3) It's a crude visual check - your eye/brain is pretty good at catching a > change in the pattern of blinky lights. IN this situation, you'd expect > all the displays to change simultaneously. Is there a term similar to "eye candy" for geeks? Many years ago, I

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I used to work at a place that used a lot of those LED time displays that were hooked up to IRIG. Why were they there? Because everyone hates to toss out nice working equipment. The displays were bought ages ago and still work just fine. Many of those racks you see were assembled 15 or

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#5) Everyone likes blinkenlights. > On Jan 22, 2017, at 08:55, jimlux wrote: > >> On 1/21/17 10:31 PM, Ruslan Nabioullin wrote: >> Hi, looking at pictures of various time metrology equipment setups for >> best practices and inspiration, I have commonly seen time of day

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On 1/21/17 10:31 PM, Ruslan Nabioullin wrote: Hi, looking at pictures of various time metrology equipment setups for best practices and inspiration, I have commonly seen time of day display unit(s) installed in racks containing processing or time transfer equipment, e.g.,

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The big clocks on the walls of the control center were largely eye-candy for visitors, but the individual clocks at each console were continuously used by the operators for everything (there was no computer display of time). All important technical timing was run from dedicated sequencers but it

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In message <537e808d-731c-42de-90f3-bec55363b...@sfr.fr>, Mike Cook writes: >All that these units do is merely display the time of day and >sometimes the date, typically by means of seven segment LED displays, >of the time code inputted to them (typically IRIG-B, I'm guessing). I can

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Two reasons that come to mind are: Displaying distributed time to distant sites from some master. Readability at a distance. > Le 22 janv. 2017 à 07:31, Ruslan Nabioullin a écrit : > > Hi, looking at pictures of various time metrology equipment setups for best >

[time-nuts] purpose of time of day display units

Hi, looking at pictures of various time metrology equipment setups for best practices and inspiration, I have commonly seen time of day display unit(s) installed in racks containing processing or time transfer equipment, e.g.,