Bluetooth GPS for timekeeping?

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Wed Aug 10 03:08:19 GMT 2005


In message: <17145.8001.349961.334759 at canoe.dclg.ca>
            David Gilbert <dgilbert at dclg.ca> writes:
: >>>>> "Warner" == Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> writes:
: 
: Warner> You'd likely be money ahead by using a simpler, wired GPS
: Warner> receiver directly into a legacy serial port.
: 
: Heh.  But I don't have one of those.  You see, this was just a hey
: ... I have this ... and it's not currently in use... so it could have
: a cool second life ... type project.
: 
: I suppose what you're saying is that to get accurate time ... since
: bluetooth has the characteristics of a "network" that there would have
: to be a somewhat sophisticated NTP over bluetooth protocol.  Heh.

If all you care about is millisecond accuracy, it may be sufficient.

Warner


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