Hi Thunderbolts may make a comeback one of these days. Who knows what's sitting waiting to be scrapped out.
At the risk of running up the price - the Trimble EBSCTM's are as good as a TBolt, and at the moment cheaper. They do lack a pps output, but 10 MHz seems to be the more popular output on the TBolt. For NTP use, they have a bunch of 1/2 pps (pulse every other second) outputs. Bob On Mar 28, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Chris Albertson <[email protected]> wrote: > Some times a project will "take off" when the number of users reaches > a critical mass. There are many Open Source projects where the > initial creator is long gone but the project lives on. How to get a > project to that stage? First off you need numbers of users put allso > you need some kind of communications forum like this one where the > uesrs can help each other. In other words you need to build a > community around the project. > > With the Thunderbolts getting more expensive we might see interrest > agin on home brew GPSDOs. A comunity could ddevelope about these. > That would be the goal of every Open Source author, to get out of the > job of support and pass that job on to the community. > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:16 AM, NeonJohn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On 03/25/2013 09:36 AM, Jim Lux wrote: >> >>> One reason is that if one DOES release source, one will wind up >>> supporting it, because generally, we all nice people and helpful, and >>> it's hard to tell someone no when they send an email asking how to get >>> it to compile on Version N+3 when you used version N, etc. This can be >>> a real distraction from whatever else you are doing. >> >> Boy, you can say that again. And open source hardware is even worse. A >> couple of years ago I put up an open source induction heater on my site. >> Everything included - schematics, board layouts, CAD files, theory of >> operation, how to wind the transformer - in short, everything I could >> think of. There's even a kit available from Fluxeon.com. >> >> Yet I probably spend an hour a day responding to emails about that >> project. Approximately 100% of the questions are either answered on my >> site or by a little googling. It's getting to be enough of a burden >> that I'm considering taking the page down. >> >> I'm a dedicated supporter of Open Source but this experience has >> tempered my enthusiasm a bit. >> >>> And then there's the folks who argue with you about your implementation >>> or coding style. >> >> Or electrical design style. I think that the people who want to argue >> design, especially "what if I did this?" type arguments are more >> tiresome than the software know-it-alls. >> >> People need to really think and do their Google homework before hitting >> the email button on a project site. >> >> John >> >> >> -- >> John DeArmond >> Tellico Plains, Occupied TN >> http://www.fluxeon.com <-- THE source for induction heaters >> http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here >> http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net >> PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
