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authorChris Kuethe <ckuethe@users.berlios.de>2010-07-09 13:52:09 -0700
committerChris Kuethe <ckuethe@users.berlios.de>2010-07-09 13:52:09 -0700
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Add a note about Jackson Labs Firefly
>From Said Jackson
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GPSD is capable of passing along to <code>ntpd</code> for use as an
extremely accurate clock source. The "Claimed Accuracy" are taken
from manufacturers' data sheets, and have not been independently
- verified.</p>
+ verified.</p>
<p>Where specified, NTP time offsets have been measured by
comparison with the NTP time service and reported by
<code>gpsd</code>.</p>
- <p>Note that a direct RS-232 connection is required for optimal PPS timing. Typical
- gpsd/PPS users report ntp clock stability on the order of 1uS. GPS that
- use a RS-232 to USB converter that passes the PPS signal are reported to be stable on the order
- of 1mS. GPS that are native USB are not PPS capable but gpsd can still extract time
- information from the serial data accurate to about 250mS.</p>
+ <p>Note that a direct RS-232 connection is required for optimal PPS
+timing. Typical gpsd/PPS users report ntp clock stability on the order
+of 1uS. GPS that use a RS-232 to USB converter that passes the PPS signal
+are reported to be stable on the order of 1mS.GPS that are native USB are
+not PPS capable but gpsd can still extract time information from the
+serial data accurate to about 250mS.</p>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
@@ -136,6 +137,12 @@
<td align="center">-</td>
<td align="center">May work inside wood frame buildings.</td>
</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>Jackson Labs Firefly</td>
+<td align="center">50ns</td>
+<td align="center">-</td>
+<td align="center">GPS-disciplined oscillator, so the 1PPS output stays accurate even if GPS receiption is lost.</td>
+</tr>
</table>
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