[ntp:questions] best gps receiver for time synchronization
David J Taylor
david-taylor at blueyonder.not-this-part.nor-this.co.uk.invalid
Thu May 14 12:21:07 UTC 2009
John Hasler wrote:
> David wries:
>> .. but if something only needs millisecond timing, designing for
>> nanosecond accuracy is gross over-engineering, and likely rather
>> costly.
>
> There's no real cost: just a few bytes in a data structure. Better
> to have it and never need it then to leave it out and later find it
> necessary. It's just room for expansion.
The cost depends on the system.
An atomic clock versus a quartz crystal, for example.
David
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