Collaborate Disseminate
We think of crystals as the gold standard of frequency generation. However, if you want real precision, you need something either better than a crystal or something that will correct …read more Continue reading Inside a Rubidium Frequency Standard
[Cameron Meredith] starts the Hackaday.io page for one of his projects by quoting a Hackaday write-up: “A timepiece is rather a rite of passage in the world of hardware hacking“. We stand by that assertion, but we’d say most of the clocks we feature aren’t as capable as his project. He’s made a real-time-clock module controlled by a rubidium frequency standard, and since it also includes a GPS clock he can track local time dilation effects by comparing the two.
Surplus rubidium standards are readily available, but each description of one seems to feature a lot of old-fashioned …read more
