[time-nuts] Next step up from basic GPS/PPS timekeeping

Neil Green ncguk at hotmail.co.uk
Thu Feb 25 12:56:45 EST 2016


On 24 Feb 2016, at 3:08 pm, David J Taylor <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> A BeagleBone Black might give half the jitter compared to the RPi, but not the order of magnitude you may be seeking.
> 
> http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/BBB-vs-RPi.html
> 
> Perhaps purely for serving the pool, the RPi is more than adequate.

I have a Beaglebone Black lying around. I’ve used it as a time server before but I didn’t find it significantly better than the Raspberry Pi. That was a while ago, though, so the software may have improved since then. I might have another crack at it over the weekend.


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