If you want a project, you should be able to get an older Android tablet or a Chumby 8 for $100 or less and hack it to do what you want. Hard to beat the price for the hardware you get.
I'm happy with my OnTime dial clock. On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > On May 27, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Miguel Barbosa Gonçalves <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Bob! > > > > On 27 May 2013 14:56, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> Correct answer: > >> > >> I don't think there is such a beast. Once you get away from the radio > >> controlled (WWVB etc) clocks the cost goes up quickly. > >> > > > > I don't understand why a microprocessor with an Ethernet controller and > a 7 > > segment display would cost so much to manufacture... I think I'll build > my > > own. > > … and that's really my point. You can build one easier than you can buy > one. > > > > > >> Also correct, but a bit of a joke answer: > >> > >> Raspberry PI driving your television set. Alternatively make the Pi > feed > >> control signals to a hacked normal clock. > >> > > > > Good joke :-) I imagine the electricity bill at the end of the month. > > The Pi isn't all that power hungry. The TV set - yes it's going to be a > bit of a hog. Even with the Pi's i/o limitations you should be able to get > it to run some sort of low power external display. > > Bob > > > > > I would like to have a clock sync with my super precise stratum 1 servers > > :-) what's the point in having them if I can see the time anywhere? :-) > > > > Cheers, > > Miguel > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
