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Feb 5, 2013

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What Time Is It?!!!!!   

Precision Time Display & Synchronization Methods ... and the Arduino

                 

Overview   

Time … you can’t beat it, make it, save it, store it, replay it or out run it.  But we amateurs can measure time using a number of techniques for our benefit in the shack, in our rigs, in our QSOs, and more.  In this session we overview the sometimes-esoteric world of timekeeping and time synchronization available to us (WWV, CHU, GPS, Rubidium, Cesium, etc.) and then spend a good amount of time on a unique Arduino-based project that can grow and be useful to each of us.

73, George N2APB  & Joe N2CX

Audio Recording ... (Listen to the MP3 podcast)

Discussion Notes:  (Lots of discussion this time ... scroll down for the start of the actual whiteboard.)

<20:10:15> "Joe N2CX": We need to have a 3-week gap (instead of 2) for the next show, to occur on Feb 26th
<20:12:58> "Jim N2GXJ": Yes, Gloucester County ARC tomorrow with N2APB & N2CX presenting.  Visitors welcome: details on web site www.w2mmd.org
<20:17:22> "Alan W2AEW": A broken analog watch is exactly right twice a day!
<20:17:35> "Pete - WB2QLL": Telephone time services have been around for years.
<20:17:55> "George - N2APB": Great point about the telephone time service ... I recall doing that when I was a kid!
<20:18:00> "John - NG0R (Mac)": Funny, something before NTP (network time protocol) time sync for our phones & computers
<20:18:28> "Pete - WB2QLL": WU had leased phone lines for their special clocks
<20:18:58> "Ray K2ULR": The WU clocks were common at broadcast stations.
<20:19:27> "Pete - WB2QLL": That's what I was thinking of, but all sorts of other businesses used them.
<20:19:42> "Rick K3IND": Great Britain offered a large prize for an accurate clock for use on board ship in the 18th century.
<20:19:52> "Joe N2CX": My mistake CCW used 100 ms time windows
<20:25:36> "George - N2APB": And we have some big "time measurement" events even today. The "Time Nuts" group (on Yahoo Groups, I think) is very intense about this.
<20:27:21> "Howie - K3HW": CHU no longer on 7335 ?
<20:27:25> "Bill - KD5TFD": TimeNuts info: http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm
<20:28:45> "Bill - KD5TFD": CHU hearable in Tx w/ a wire antenna pretty easily
<20:30:09> "Howie - K3HW": Rick K3IND - Yes - clock used to determine longitude at sea - man's name was Harrison
<20:30:51> "Pete - WB2QLL": CHU hasn't been on 7335 for years and years. 
<20:31:43> "Pete - WB2QLL": Changed in 2009 because of band reallocations.
<20:32:01> "Bill - KD5TFD": chu moved in 2009 - http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2008/12/time-to-change-you-shortwave-radio-dial.html
<20:32:02> "Howie - K3HW": Tnx Pete - shows how long ago I have been above 40 Meter CW band
<20:32:24> "Alan W2AEW": CHU on 3330kHz very strong in NJ now
<20:32:44> "Howie - K3HW": used to use 7335 as an approximate marker for the top of the 40 meter phone band
<20:33:33> "Howie - K3HW": cesium beam standard used on many Navy Warships since the 70's
<20:35:44> "Chris KD4PBJ": I saw an article in an electronics magazine a while back about building a device to extract time pulses from TV as their network shows were locked to a precise clock. I assume this is no longer possible now that NTSC has gone away and everything is DTV now?
<20:37:04> "John - NG0R (Mac)": how do systems sync to WWV/WWVB? Are they using the leading (rising) edge for the 1 second sync?
<20:37:53> "Terry WB4JFI": Not all TV stations had precise clocks in the old days.
<20:38:20> "Clint-ka7oei": WWVB RX's sync to the beginning of the bit, which is signified by a 17dB power increase.
<20:38:34> "Joe N2CX": NG0R the time codes on WWVB have particular edges that are the active sync locations. Check out the WWVB link at the end of the Whiteboard.
<20:38:34> "John - NG0R (Mac)": I remember working at TV stations that pulled down our network time via the network sat feed.
<20:39:20> "Ray K2ULR": Time of day is usually embedded into the video signals that originate at the various TV network facilities.
<20:40:01> "Ray K2ULR": Even when a network is "in black"... it's still sending video.
<20:40:05> "Clint-ka7oei": Several of the local DTV stations' clocks aren't much more accurate than a typical computer's clock - terrible for those who have DVRs synced to them! They are usually tied to time from the internet, though...
<20:40:12> "Howie - K3HW": Tnx for link on CHU article Bill KD5TFD
<20:41:27> "Todd K7TFC": Just came in . . . where are we on the white board?
<20:41:45> "Ray K2ULR": And you cannot depend on accurate timing, once the TV Network signal is distributed by cable networks. Over-the-air signals should be OK, however.
<20:41:57> "Alan W2AEW": Todd - down at the CWTD Project, showing the tone decoder schematic
<20:42:40> "Todd K7TFC": Thanks, Alan!
<20:43:03> "Terry WB4JFI": Most Network TV is now distributed via satellite, destroying accurate time, unless corrected for. Many TV stations use "GPS Ageless Master Oscillators" if they don't have separate Cesium or Rubidium devices. DTV usually references a GPS-refrenced oscillator.
<20:44:56> "Ray K2ULR": And then there's the 8 second delay needed for "HD" radio... throwing off any "time tone" by 8 seconds... as with KYW in Philly.
<20:45:20> "Joe N2CX": I missed the code since I did not realize that the text was actually a hyperlink... My bad!
<20:52:29> "Todd K7TFC": Somewhere in the various Yahoo groups there's been a project for a dedicated WWV receiver. I'll look for it and get back.
<20:52:49> "Joe N2CX": Software always takes time go get working right...
<20:53:39> "Joe N2CX": QRP-tech yahoo group had a WWV receiver deisgn by Chuck Adams K7QO.
<20:53:51> "Terry WB4JFI": That "CAL" option is a great idea!
<20:54:59> "Todd K7TFC": Okay, it's a KD1JV design: http://kd1jv.qrpradio.com/WWVRX/WWV%20receiver.htm
<20:55:39> "John - NG0R (Mac)": nice link (KD1JV)
<20:59:33> "Joe N2CX": RTC stands for Real Time Clock - gotta love acronyms...
<21:00:40> "Bill - KD5TFD": wwv's not bell103
<21:06:10> "Todd K7TFC": Phase "7": multiple LCD displays, each with selectable UTC offset!
<21:06:37> "Bill - KD5TFD": phase 8: Big LED display board
<21:07:08> "Todd K7TFC": Yes!! Something that glows in the dark!
<21:07:08> "Terry WB4JFI": Phase 9: fits on your wrist...
<21:07:10> "Bill - KD5TFD": Phase 9 .... broadcast WWVB signal to other atomic clock in house
<21:07:53> "Howie - K3HW": Phase "10" NJQRP Predator Drone
<21:08:47> "John - NG0R (Mac)": phase 10, nice, very timely
<21:10:41> "Todd K7TFC": Isn't it a regular Hitachi HD44780 compatible?
<21:11:25> "Joe N2CX": Yes the LCD is compatible.
<21:11:49> "John - NG0R (Mac)": The LCD is being used in the Parallel mode
<21:12:14> "Joe N2CX": Yes parallel mode
<21:12:41> "Todd K7TFC": 8 bit or 4 Bit?
<21:12:44> "John - NG0R (Mac)": the I2C backpack is a nice addition to it for a 4 wire (2 power, 2 data) interface
<21:15:23> "John - NG0R (Mac)": it would be neat to setup the project/shield to compare WWV/CHU and something like NMEA GPS.
<21:16:07> "John K2ZA": Could lat/long location data be used to compensate for speed of light delay from CHU/WWV?
<21:16:38> "Bill - KD5TFD": think there'd be a bit of variability based on propagation
<21:17:31> "Joe N2CX": Yes you can approximate propagation time and add that to the time offset.
<21:17:54> "Todd K7TFC": Isn't *precision* more important than *accuracy*?
<21:18:23> "Bill - KD5TFD": but would you not expect the propagation delay to vary based on conditions ?
<21:19:14> "John K2ZA": I would think for skywave propagation that would be the case but for ground wave is should be more uniform.
<21:19:46> "Todd K7TFC": Repeatability is the essence of precision.
<21:19:50> "Howie - K3HW": John K2ZA - we used lat and long posit to correct for time delay when syncing our crypto gear at sea
<21:19:53> "John - NG0R (Mac)": I think that prop conditions are are going to have more impact on the stability (fading) of the signal, but very little on the time (duration)
<21:20:55> "Howie - K3HW": the north atlantic is a long way from colorado
<21:22:47> "Bill - KD5TFD": Does Radioshack still make time cube radios?
<21:22:57> "Howie - K3HW": cesium/rubidium standards used by USN were correctable/adjustable in nanoseconds
<21:23:08> "Joe N2CX": I think they dropped them several years ago.
<21:23:34> "Joe N2CX": Howie all fine and good but what do you use as a time reference to set them?
<21:23:35> "Bill - KD5TFD": Bummer .. output of one of those into the gizzmo to decode the time code would be a neat hack
<21:24:16> "John K2ZA": George are you aware of Fritzing?
<21:24:32> "John - NG0R (Mac)": The DDS on a shield would have some sales demand
<21:24:44> "Howie - K3HW": Joe - we set them in port at new london ct with lab standards and corrected at sea - as soon as the crypto locked we were good...
<21:24:47> "Joe N2CX": BTW there are published studies on the time variation over day/night for WWVB
<21:25:19> "Joe N2CX": Howie - good I'll schlep up to New London to set my clock!
<21:25:34> "Howie - K3HW": Oy Vay
<21:25:44> "N8WQ - Al": great session George and Joe
<21:25:49> "John - NG0R (Mac)": a field trip to visit Howie?
<21:26:40> "Howie - K3HW": John NG0R - I was out of New London CT 30 years ago - I am in PA now...
<21:27:43> "Rick K3IND": What is the 'special' price for the Rookey?? ... $10
<21:32:03> "Mark KC4GIA": They've been having a series of articles about 'fritzing' in nuts and volts magazines for a few months now.
<21:32:42> "John - NG0R (Mac)": Fritizing is an ok package. Makes for nice pictures showing the physical wiring diagram for blog postings
<21:33:14> "Eldon - WA0UWH": I have used Fritizing, I like it.
<21:34:01> "John - NG0R (Mac)": Fritizing is a multi (os) platform so that is a big Pro for it
<21:34:21> "Bill - KD5TFD": just run the win 7 time sync stuff more often?
<21:34:38> "John - NG0R (Mac)": Google NTP
<21:35:29> "Ray K2ULR": Macs update time continually.
<21:35:33> "John - NG0R (Mac)": most of the current OS have a NTP client, you should be able to set the duration of the updates and the sources
<21:35:59> "Bill - KD5TFD": http://www.pretentiousname.com/timesync/index.html
<21:36:10> "John - NG0R (Mac)": NTP = network time protocol ... Google will be your friend
<21:41:43> "Todd K7TFC": Has anyone tried the beta release of the TeamSpeak client for Android that's in the scrolling news at the bottom.
<21:41:45> "Don NJ2E": nj2e
<21:44:09> "Terry WB4JFI": Digikey has the DS1307 8-pin DIP for $4.02, 8-pin SOIC for 3.05 in single quantities
<21:45:56> "Pete - WB2QLL": GPS time has not kept up with the leap seconds added to UTC; however a steering signal is broadcast to GPC receivers. See explanation at: http://gpsinformation.net/main/gpstime.htm
<21:48:12> "Howie - K3HW": Tnx Joe N2CX and George N2APB - Great topic... BTW - my son David KB2LFN received an IC-718 for Hanukah - He is interested in PSK-31 and I will be setting him up with a NUE-PSK modem !!!
 

SESSION NOTES ....  Precision Time Display & Synchronization Methods ... and the Arduino

·         Background of time keeping and measurement … “In the old days …”

◦     Sunrise/sunset in agrarian times

◦     Church bells

◦     Factory and school  alarms

◦     Town crier

◦     Mechanical clocks

◦     Digital clocks

◦     Radio and TV broadcasts approximately correct

◦     HF/LF government time stations
 

·         Why is “reasonably accurate” time important to us hams?

◦     Keeping track of local time DST, UTC

◦     Scheduling operating events – contests, “skeds”, etc.

◦     Needed for accurate syncing of modes like WSPR

◦     Older mode CCW synced to 10ms windows

 

·         When is very accurate time used by us?

◦     Traffic (message) handling
 

·         When is extreme accuracy needed?

◦     Special weak signal operating modes:  JT65A

◦     Timing, not TOD

▪     APRS

▪     Moonbounce
 

·          What are the various sources for time synchronization (NA)

◦     WWV, WWVH, WWVB

◦     CHU
 

·         Atomic standards (Rubidium, Cesium)

◦     GPS derived from them

◦     Internet NIST and Naval Observatory
 

·         Specifics of WWV (we’ve got a separate section)
 

·         Specifics of CHU (we’ve got a separate section)
 

·         “Time Products” available to us

◦     GPS receivers with time/1 pps output

◦     “Atomic” clocks (actually synced to WWVB

▪     MFJ 132 RC and more

▪     La Crosse Technology (Fry's)

◦     Old Heathkit GC-1000  “World's Most Accurate Clock”
 

·         GPS modules for computer interface
 

·         “Time Projects” we can build
 

·         The CWTD Arduino Clock … A simple demonstration and training accessory that can evolve into an ongoing useful addition to the ham shack

◦     Modular – start with simple manual clock add software and hardware

◦     Interface RTC ic for more accuracy stability

◦     Other modules to sync to time standards sources

 

 

BROADCAST TIME STANDARDS ....  WWV, WWVB, CHU

 

 

WWV

 

 

[From Wikipedia] ...

 

WWV is the call sign of the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) HF ("shortwave") radio station in Fort Collins, Colorado. WWV continuously transmits official U.S. Government frequency and time signals on 2.5, 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHz. These carrier frequencies and time signals are controlled by local atomic clocks traceable to NIST's primary standard in Boulder, Colorado by GPS common view observations and other time transfer methods. NIST also operates the very similar radio station WWVH in Kauai, Hawaii. WWV and WWVH make recorded announcements; since they share frequencies, WWV uses a male voice to distinguish itself from WWVH, which uses a female voice. They also make other recorded announcements of general interest, e.g., the GPS satellite constellation status and severe oceanic weather warnings. WWV shares its Fort Collins site with radio station WWVB that transmits carrier and time code (no voice) on 60 kHz in the low frequency (LF) band.

 

Standard Frequencies .... WWV and WWVH transmit 44 seconds of audio tone in most minutes. It begins after the 1-second minute mark and continues until the beginning of the WWVH time announcement 45 seconds after the minute. Even minutes (except for minute 2) transmit 500 Hz, while 600 Hz is heard during odd minutes. The tone is interrupted for 40 ms each second by the second ticks. WWVH is similar, but exchanges the two tones: 600 Hz during even minutes and 500 Hz during odd. WWV also transmits a 440 Hz tone, a pitch commonly used in music (A440, the note A above middle C) during minute :02 of each hour, except for the first hour of the UTC day. Since the 440 Hz tone is only transmitted once per hour, many chart recorders may use this tone to mark off each hour of the day, and likewise, the omission of the 440 Hz tone once per day can be used to mark off each twenty-four hour period. WWVH transmits the same tone during minute :01 of each hour.  No tone is transmitted during voice announcements from either WWV or WWVH; the latter causes WWV to transmit no tone during minutes :43–:51 (inclusive) and minutes :29 and :59 of each hour.[13] Likewise, WWVH transmits no tone during minutes :00, :30, :08–:10 and :14–:19.  Audio tones and other voice announcements are sent at 50% modulation.

 

Digital Time Codes ... Time of day is also continuously transmitted using a digital time code, interpretable by radio-controlled clocks. The time code uses a 100 Hz subcarrier of the main signal. That is, it is an additional low-level 100 Hz tone added to the other AM audio signals.  This code is similar to, and has the same framework as, the IRIG H time code and the time code that WWVB transmits, except the individual fields of the code are rearranged and are transmitted with the least significant bit sent first. Like the IRIG timecode, the time transmitted is the time of the start of the minute. Also like the IRIG timecode, numeric data (minute, hour, day of year, and last two digits of year) are sent in binary-coded decimal (BCD) format rather than as simple binary integers: Each decimal digit is sent as two, three, or four bits (depending on its possible range of values).

               

 

 

CHU

[Excerpts from Wikipedia] ...

 

CHU transmits 3 kW signals on 3330 and 14670 kHz, and a 10 kW signal on 7850 kHz.[1] These are nonstandard time signal channels; however, due to the prospect of interference with WWV and WWVH, the nonstandard frequencies are necessary. The signal is amplitude modulated, with the lower sideband suppressed (emission type H3E). The same information is carried on all three frequencies simultaneously including announcements every minute, alternating between English and French.  The CHU transmitter is located near Barrhaven, Ontario, 15 km southwest of Ottawa's central business district.

 

The primary time signal is a series of 300 ms-long 1000 Hz tones, transmitted once per second, on the second. The following exceptions to the pattern provide additional information:
  • The top of the minute is marked by a half-second-long beep.
  • The top of the hour is marked with a one second-long beep, followed by nine seconds of silence.
  • The 29th second of a minute is always omitted (no beep).
  • Between one and sixteen seconds past the minute (except at the top of the hour), CHU transmits the difference between UT1 and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by using split tones. For positive DUT1 values from +0.1 to +0.8 s, seconds 1 through 8 are split. For negative DUT1 values from −0.1 to −0.8 s, seconds 9 through 16 are split.
  • Between 31 and 39 seconds past the minute inclusive, the once-per-second tones are reduced to 10-millisecond "ticks" while a digital time code is transmitted. The digital time code is formatted so that a Bell 103-compatible 300-baud modem can decode it,[2] and CHU is the only time signal station that uses this format for its time code transmissions.
  • For the last 10 seconds of each minute (seconds 50 to 59), the once-per-second tones are again cut to 10 milliseconds each, while CHU transmits a brief voice station identification, followed by voice announcements of the next minute in UTC, alternating between French and English. French announcements, using the voice of Radio-Canada news anchor Simon Durivage, are transmitted first on the odd minutes, while English announcements, voiced by former CBC Radio announcer Harry Mannis, come first on the even minutes.

The digital time code sends 10 characters at 300 bits per second using 8N2 asynchronous serial communication. This follows the Bell 103 standard, a 2225 Hz tone to represent a mark (1 bit) and 2025 Hz tone for a space (0 bit). Immediately after the 10 ms tick, a mark tone is sent until 133.3̅ ms, then 110 data bits, ending at precisely 500 ms. The final stop bit is extended by 10 ms of mark tone to ensure it is detected reliably, and the final 490 ms of the second are silent.[2] The time of day (day of year through second) is transmitted twice during each second from 32 to 39. During second 31, additional information (year, DUT1, daylight saving time, and leap second warning bits) is transmitted.

 

 

 

Experience with CHU Reception

 

Our experience with CHU is that the 7.850 MHz signal is pretty good within 600 miles of Ontario during most of the day and great at night.  The 3.33 MHz signal is good out to 200 miles or so during the day and up to 1000 miles at night.  The 14.67 signal is fairly good for daytime use from 500 miles out, depending on sunspots.

The Arduino requires some sort of synchronization/updates to maintain minimal accuracy.  For example, you need a 10 MHz clock to be accurate/stable within 10 Hz to hold 2.5 seconds per month, 43 Hz for 2.5 seconds per week or 300 Hz for 2.5 seconds per day.  Most simple computer clocks are not in that league.  The software doing the synchronization is important too since errors are cumulative a little bobble in an interrupt driven program can drive a clock (and the designer) bonkers!

 

 

 

ATOMIC TIME STANDARDS ....  Rubidium, Cesium, GPS

 

 

Rubidium

 

From Wikipedia ...

A rubidium standard or rubidium atomic clock is a frequency standard in which a specified hyperfine transition of electrons in rubidium-87 atoms is used to control the output frequency. It is the most inexpensive, compact, and widely used type of atomic clock, used to control the frequency of television stations, cell phone base stations, in test equipment, and global navigation satellite systems like GPS. Commercial rubidium clocks are less accurate than cesium atomic clocks which serve as primary frequency standards, so the rubidium clock is a secondary frequency standard. However, rubidium fountains are currently being developed that are even more stable than caesium fountain clocks.

All commercial rubidium frequency standards operate by disciplining a crystal oscillator to the rubidium hyperfine transition of 6 834 682 610.904 324 Hz. The amount of light from a rubidium discharge lamp that reaches a photodetector through a resonance cell will drop by about 0.1% when the rubidium vapor in the resonance cell is exposed to microwave power near the transition frequency. The crystal oscillator is stabilized to the rubidium transition by detecting the light dip while sweeping an RF synthesizer (referenced to the crystal) through the transition frequency.

 

           Following from .... http://www.vaxman.de/projects/rb_clock/ ...

 

               

 

Devices to measure time are incredibly interesting - especially electronic devices (mechanical clocks are - ummm - too mechanical for me, I fear). When I was a child I built some simple digital clocks either based on counting the zero crossings of the power line signal (50 Hz in Germany) or relying on a quartz (one day someone donated a 100 kHz quartz for my clock - at least the quartz has survived, the clock is long since gone, taken apart for parts and lives on in many different incarnations).

But even with a good quartz, maybe even a oven stabilized quartz, it is difficult to built a clock with a stability of better than 10 ** -9. So I dreamed about having my own atomic clock for many years, but getting a cesium primary standard is highly unlikely (although there are enthusiasts like Tom Van Baak, one of the Time Nuts, who owns not only multiple cesium clocks but also hydrogen masers!) and even getting a rubidium secondary frequency standard was out of the question.

Luckily this has changed - a couple of days ago I found an EFRATOM (now Symmetricom) LPRO-101 rubidium oscillator at a large online auctioning house for a very reasonable price. With this oscillator as the basic building block for a really stable clock I decided to built yet another clock (my last digital clock design was at least 20 years earlier, so this will be a journey into my own childhood :-) ).

The picture above shows the clock in its current state - since this is a work in progress this picture will change as the web page will be extended gradually.

The LRPO-101 rubidium oscillator is a completely self contained unit requiring only minimal external circuitry to be used in a generator/counter/clock circuit. Since the device gets quite hot it is important to mount it onto a heat sink or metal frame to get rid of the excess heat (read the respective section of the manual - for bench use a large heat sink is recommended).

 

 

CESIUM ... http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cesium.html

 

 

 

 

GPS ... See an entire program on this: CWTD Episode #30 .... https://dl.dropbox.com/u/43021514/CWTD/Jun26.html

 

 

 

 

"INTERNET" TIME SYNCHRONIZATION .... 

 

 

 

CWTD PROJECT .... 

 

The CWTD Arduino Clock! ... A simple demonstration and training accessory that can evolve into an ongoing useful addition to the ham shack

 

 

 

 

 

                                               

  

 

 

CWTD Clock Software ... load using the Arduino 1.0 development environment

 

The main circuit we use in our Phase 0 implementation is that from the Rookey Kit ... http://midnightdesignsolutions.com/rookey/index.html

 

 

Future Features(?)

Phase 0: Tone detection at top of minute from WWV or CHU
Phase 1: Addition of 1pps input signal from GPS for seconds sync
Phase 2: Addition of RTC chip to maintain date/time
Phase 3: Addition of NMEA input from GPS for date/time setting & sync
Phase 4: Addition of USB serial input from PC for sync via Internet
Phase 5: Addition of MC145442 modem chip to decode WWV digital data

- 12/24/UTC display
- 1 pps output
- Alarm function
- More?
 

 

REFERENCE SECTION

 

1) WWV <http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwv.cfm>

2) WWVB <http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwvb.cfm>

3) WWVB Clocks <http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/radioclocks.cfm>

4) CHU <http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/short_wave.html>

5) Arduino Uno R3 … http://www.makershed.com/New_Arduino_Uno_Revision_3_p/mksp11.htm

6) LCD Shield Kit … http://www.makershed.com/LCD_Shield_Kit_p/mkwd08.htm
 

7) Prototype Shield: Maker Shed: http://www.makershed.com/MakerShield_p/msms01.htm
 

8) LCD … https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10054 [or order from the CWTD Project Room … https://dl.dropbox.com/u/43021514/CWTD/TeamspeakChat.html ]
 

9) Rookey + LCXD Combo from Midnight Design .... If you don’t already have a Rookey Kit, this project will be a good set of parts to use in this Arduino project. We reduced the price of the Rookey Kit to make this a good deal for our Arduino project and you’ll benefit from getting it along with the LCD (if you need either.) You can order this from the CWTD Project Room as well, of course.

COMMERCIAL TIME PRODUCTS

 

1)

 

TIME PROJECTS

 

1) PIC WWVB Clock ... http://www.piclist.com/images/boards/clock5b/index.htm 

 

2) Decoding WWBV on Arduino with CMMP-6P module from Digi-Key ... http://duinolab.blogspot.com/2009/05/c-max-cmmr-6p-60-wwvb-60khz-receiver.html

3) CMMR-6P data WWVB receiver chip  <www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Wireless/General/CMMR-6P-A2-1.pdf>

THE BEST ARDUINO REFERENCES

 

And here again are the Arduino references from last week.  These are very useful - hence the repeat listing ...

  1. Wikipedia ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino

  2. Arduino Home Page ... http://www.arduino.cc/

  3. Arduino Software Download Page ... http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

  4. Arduino Tutorial by ladyada.net ... http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/

  5. 102 Projects from Make Magazine ... http://makeprojects.com/c/Arduino

  6. Reference Books ...

    The Definitive Guide to (All) Arduino Reference Books ... http://www.arduinobooks.com/

    The Arduino Cookbook ... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596802471/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ab-checkprice-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0596802471

    Programming Arduino - Getting Started With Sketches ... http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Arduino-Getting-Started-Sketches/dp/0071784225/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1358741928&sr=8-4&keywords=arduino

    30 Arduino Projects for the Evile Genius ... http://www.arduinoevilgenius.com/

  1. Purchase the Arduino at ...

        Adafruit Arduino Starter Pack ... http://www.adafruit.com/products/68

        Maker Shed ... http://www.makershed.com/Arduinos_Microcontrollers_s/43.htm

        Mintduino ... http://blog.makezine.com/2013/01/18/mintduino-game-pack-learning-arduino-from-the-ground-up/

        Digi-Key ... http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/A000066/1050-1024-ND/2784006?WT.mc_id=PLA_2784006&gclid=CMLp77rH-LQCFQSg4Aod5icA1Q

        Atmega AT328P chip with programmed-bootloader ... http://www.adafruit.com/products/123

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    Arduino Uno Platform Overview

        (For a complete overview and comparisons of boards, see the index of Arduino boards.

     

     

        Uno  ... http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno

     

     

     

     

     

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