My question is rather open ended. I'm relatively new to timing and whatnot. So far I have mainly dabbled in NTP, and some GPS stuff with a Raspberry Pi with a GPS hat. But both of these are limited to timekeeping on an actual computer system, but I'd like to get into some of the more hardware stuff, and I figured a crystal oscillator would be a good place to start.
My knowledge of hardware is pretty weak, so I am unsure of how stuff works in this realm. For example, a quick google search shows very cheap crystal oscillators, like these <https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/cts-frequency-controls/MXO45-3C-10M000000/1801887>. But I am confused on how I could exactly use this. One thing I like about NTP is that I can see and compare different clocks, and synchronize them to time-scales like UTC, and track their performance over time. But if I have a crystal oscillator going, how could I compare it or adjust it to other clocks on my network, or to UTC for example? Or to take another example, suppose I have a few crystal oscillators like the one above. Is there a way I could compare them to each other, or log the offsets from each other, and so on? Ultimately, it would be nice to compare the frequency and time offsets to a reference source that is accurate long-term, like my GPS hat Raspberry Pi. Any ideas, suggestions, or clarifications are welcome. Additionally, if anyone knows of any guides (either text, video, or whatever), that would be great too. Adam _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.
