David, This is definity on my to build list. I have picked up the Pi already. (Have had it for 9 months) Did fire it up and start the process. But the wwvb d-psk-r is using up the free time. I will get to this. So thank you for the posts appreciated greatly. Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Collins, Graham <[email protected]>wrote: > David and Chris, > > Thanks for the comments. > > While my interest does include use as NTP server it is not entirely > limited to that application, for example data collection and possibly > RTL-SDR based ADS-B. > > I have spent much time searching for information on both devices and as > David suggested, the Beaglebone Black has a bit more going for it > technically but the raspberry PI has a much larger user base. > > I am considering one or the other or perhaps both to supplement my use of > Arduino's and in light of the fairly recent announcement of the newest > member of the Arduino stable in partnership with Intel I am wondering > whether to wait for the new Aruduino offering (more $ but not much) or > whether the PI or Beaglebone will do. > > See here for info on the Arduino Intel Galileo > http://arduino.cc/en/ArduinoCertified/IntelGalileo > > Speaking of Arduino, I have still not posted my sketch for my very simple > NTP client clock display. I should have known that when I dug out the code > and started to clean it up a bit before posting that I would end up > spending more time fussing over it. Soon. > > Cheers, Graham ve3gtc > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Chris Albertson > Sent: October-22-13 11:36 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Making a Raspberry Pi NTP server without soldering > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Collins, Graham <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > How you done anything with or have compared the PI to the Beaglebone > Black? > > > If your only use of the device is to have an NTP server then why pay more > for the Beaglebone? The Pi based server seems to be better than required. > "better" in this case meaning that it keeps time better then it can > transfer it over your network. > > If you need a lower cost Linux server, you can repurpose a PogoPlug. > These are roughly the same specs ARM process and a little bit of RAM but > come with a case and power supply all for under $20. You can re-flash them > with a general purpose Linix-ARM distribution. But no good place to attach > a > PPS input except for using a USB-Serial dongle. Well there is a serial > port header inside the box but I've not tried it. > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
