[ntp:questions] Do I have a lock to my NMEA GPS?

Ralph Aichinger ralph at pangea.at
Fri Nov 9 18:05:34 UTC 2012


David Woolley <david at ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> wrote:
> You have at least a partial lock.  Only time will tell if it is going to 
> stay locked.  Your frequency quality wil not be good and your time 
> quality will be worse!

Thanks a lot, I just wanted to be sure. The eTrex sends lots of useless 
crap on the NMEA output, the serial converter is probably a bad idea
for more than testing, and I am stress testing my system (Raspberry Pi)
at the moment by playing MP3s and sending stuff over another serial
adapter. So the high jitter is to be expected.

Now I just have to decide between the Adafruit GPS and the Sure
Electronics board. Probably the shipping costs will be most
relevant.

/ralph -- also thanks to Chuck who mailed me!



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