On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Michael Tharp <[email protected]> wrote: > In a word, availability. Try buying a NEO-6T in quantity of less than a reel > (hundreds of pieces), for less than $180 (cost of a sample direct from > u-blox).
I didn't mean to suggest only a 6T. I meant any timing quality device which might include a Ublox 6M, Trimble SMT or Moto UT+ compatible device. The 6T just happens to be extra special. On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:53 PM, David J Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a combination of availability, cost, power consumption, no extra power > supplies needed, coupled with the engineering realisation that in my > application (NTP on Linux, FreeBSD and Windows) I'll be highly unlikely to > see the difference in accuracy between timing and navigation units. I'm assuming that *most* people here are interested in small quantities (<10), possibly appreciative of a eval/proto/demo board and can deal with the power issues. Saying that better time is uninteresting because it's just for NTP seems a bit out of place among time-nuts. Better time is intrinsically interesting. Using recent examples I'm still not sure why you'd get the $40 Adafruit MTK versus the $70 ($35 quant. 1) Synergy Ublox. Unless you're like me and you just want a variety of devices. _______________________________________________ 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.
