[ntp:questions] best gps receiver for time synchronization

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.not-this-part.nor-this.co.uk.invalid
Wed May 13 16:24:10 UTC 2009


David Woolley wrote:
> David J Taylor wrote:
>
>>
>> - with operating system calls, the main clock can be read with a
>> precision of 1 millisecond (although the ticks may be only 15
>> milliseconds).  There are higher resolution counters which can also
>> be read.
>
>
> The architectural resolution is much higher than this.  I think you
> are seeing actual 1ms clock ticks, as the result of ntpd forcing the
> use of multi-media timer mode.

David, yes the hardware is better, but I was asked what the system clock 
call was and the structure it returns only goes down to milliseconds. 
See:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724390(VS.85).aspx

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724950(VS.85).aspx

I'm not "seeing" anything.

Cheers,
David 




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