Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-14 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi > On Mar 14, 2020, at 4:10 PM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 12:52 PM Bob kb8tq wrote: > >>> I understand completely. Still, I have to come up with a >> reasonably-priced >>> source of time and it does seem like GPS is the right answer. I can live >>> with units going

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-14 Thread Hal Murray
br...@lloyd.aero said: > Some of the units may have access to the Internet and I could run NTP on them > but the majority will be using GPS as the single stand-alone source of UTC. > The goal is for all the units to be sync'd to UTC as they need to perform > repetitive functions concurrently.

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-14 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 12:52 PM Bob kb8tq wrote: > > I understand completely. Still, I have to come up with a > reasonably-priced > > source of time and it does seem like GPS is the right answer. I can live > > with units going off-line periodically due to insufficient timing > accuracy, > >

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-14 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi > On Mar 14, 2020, at 1:36 PM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 10:57 AM Bob kb8tq wrote: > >> Hi >> >> >>> On Mar 14, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 8:49 PM Bob kb8tq wrote: >>> Hi If you always operate in fixed

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-14 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 10:57 AM Bob kb8tq wrote: > Hi > > > > On Mar 14, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 8:49 PM Bob kb8tq wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> If you always operate in fixed locations, your chances of seeing a slip > >> are not that high. The

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-14 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi > On Mar 14, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 8:49 PM Bob kb8tq wrote: > >> Hi >> >> If you always operate in fixed locations, your chances of seeing a slip >> are not that high. The original post question and reference here were to >> timing in a

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-14 Thread jimlux
On 3/14/20 7:54 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 8:49 PM Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi If you always operate in fixed locations, your chances of seeing a slip are not that high. The original post question and reference here were to timing in a *mobile* situation. Thank you all for

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-14 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 8:49 PM Bob kb8tq wrote: > Hi > > If you always operate in fixed locations, your chances of seeing a slip > are not that high. The original post question and reference here were to > timing in a *mobile* situation. > Thank you all for your inputs. Here is a little more

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi If you always operate in fixed locations, your chances of seeing a slip are not that high. The original post question and reference here were to timing in a *mobile* situation. Bob > On Mar 13, 2020, at 4:14 PM, Hal Murray wrote: > > > Thanks. > > kb...@n1k.org said: >> One of the ways a

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread jimlux
On 3/13/20 8:17 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 9:59 AM Peter Membrey wrote: Hi Brian, We published this back in 2016 but it provides an analysis on the stability of the STC on the first three generations of Raspberry Pi as well as the stability profile of the uBlox M8Q:

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Chris Burford
A nice post processing application such as RTKLIB will show any cycle slips that your receiver might have encountered. A good write up about cycle slips is available here: https://rtklibexplorer.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/raw-data-collection-cycle-slips/

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Hal Murray
Thanks. kb...@n1k.org said: > One of the ways a GPS module “freaks out” is to slip by one code cycle > (which is just slightly over 1 ms). If you have a surveyed location, some > firmware will reject the solution and at least you will be in holdover. If it slips, how long does it stay

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi One of the ways a GPS module “freaks out” is to slip by one code cycle (which is just slightly over 1 ms). If you have a surveyed location, some firmware will reject the solution and at least you will be in holdover. In a case where the *only* thing you can trust is the GPS, filtering isn’t

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Hal Murray
kb...@n1k.org said: > In this case it mostly matters in terms of dropouts / code slips. A code > slip would indeed nuke your “one ms” budget. What is a "code slip"? Why can't I filter it out? -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. ___

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi One as yet un-asked question: Is this a dynamic or a static application? If static, is there time to do a proper survey of the location? Normally that all matters for accuracy. In this case it mostly matters in terms of dropouts / code slips. A code slip would indeed nuke your “one ms”

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Thierry MUSEUX
Hi, For your application and 1 ms accuracy ,the problem, this is a long time that i have made that, it is in the output and the information on a serial link or GPIO on a no Real Time OS. Even if you don't want using USB in an internal the PI use an USB serial port. There are some parameter

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Hal Murray
tsho...@gmail.com said: > You prominently mention both milliseconds and TOD RTC. Note that all common > RTC chips (e.g. DS1307) only directly read out time to the previous second. > They do not read out directly for milliseconds although you can try to > interpolate based on seconds edge. Some

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Tim Shoppa
If your product depends on monotonic times, there are a lot of good reasons for using NTPD. It will slew the clock rather than jump it which can be hugely important for many applications if there is some need for data to be accumulated with monotonic timestamps. It will also apply good drift

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi If you are laying out a board and building quite a few, shop for one of the < $10 modules. What’s out there changes almost month to month so research is needed. As long as you get a PPS out, and a fairly rational serial i/o, mating them up should not be to crazy. You might spend the money

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 9:59 AM Peter Membrey wrote: > Hi Brian, > > We published this back in 2016 but it provides an analysis on the > stability of the STC on the first three generations of Raspberry Pi as well > as the stability profile of the uBlox M8Q: > >

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread shouldbe q931
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:07 PM Brian Lloyd wrote: > > I have an application where I need to synchronize the internal TOD RTC in a > raspberry pi and need to pick a GPS module. We are building our own > hardware but still using the Pi so interconnection will be via GPIO/serial. > We won't try to

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Peter Membrey
Hi Brian, We published this back in 2016 but it provides an analysis on the stability of the STC on the first three generations of Raspberry Pi as well as the stability profile of the uBlox M8Q: https://crin.eng.uts.edu.au/~darryl/Publications/Pi-hat_current.pdf Hopefully it will give you a

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Hal Murray
What do you mean by "internal TOD RTC"? When I see "RTC", I usually think of one of those battery backed things running at 32 KHz. But the Pi doesn't have one of those. From the context, I think you mean what I call the system clock - what gets printed when you say "date". The trick to

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Pretty much any generic GPS module will get you to 1 ms without a lot of effort. There is certainly no need for the M9F or M9T sort of parts. A typical module will deliver a pps signal that is better than 100 ns as far as timing. How good you can do via serial on a Pi depends a bit on how

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 9:20 AM Jim Harman wrote: > Is this application for a product that you will be selling in quantity and > producing over time, or a one-off or low volume application? > It will have a run of at least 100 units, maybe more. I would like it to have a decent lifetime in case

Re: [time-nuts] GPS module recommendation for Pi timing

2020-03-13 Thread Jim Harman
Is this application for a product that you will be selling in quantity and producing over time, or a one-off or low volume application? On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 10:07 AM Brian Lloyd wrote: > I have an application where I need to synchronize the internal TOD RTC in a > raspberry pi and need to