Thought this device would be useful for anyone thinking of joining the NTP Pool on a budget. It allows someone to learn about Stratum 1 NTP time serving, without making a large commitment on hardware or software configuration setup.
It could also be used to augment existing, which is what I am doing.
I am running several of these alongside my Leo NTP 1200s.
It features:
- Standalone mainboard module powered by either PoE, or USB
- GPS module with battery backup to hold ephemeral data for hot starts
- Handles up to 5700 requests a second
- Web GUI
- Bad packet reject
- Selectable Rate limiting
- Selectable Request clicker
- Selectable Hourly Time audio pulse
- MQTT stats (update configurable from GUI) providing tons of data including:
- requests served total
- requests per second
- rejected requests total
- rejected request per second.
- 12 onboard LEDs showing GPS lock on the three main constellations
- 1 LED synced to PPS
- Innovative design using data / multicore cable instead of RF RG174 cable to antenna and timing adjustment for cable length
- Low Latency mode capable of achieving around 100 microseconds latency.
- Dual stack IPv4 (DHCP or Static) and IPv6 (SLAAC or Static)
- OTA firmware updates being continuously updated.
- All opensource with Docs and code available on the web
I have been using them for the last three weeks, and they have been rock-solid, so I thought I would share my discovery with anyone interested in joining the pool on a budget.
If anyone wants to ask questions, please feel free to do so. Alternatively, the maker responds pretty-quickly to queries and questions.
I must admit I am very impressed with its performance; especially for something costing around $100 dollars…..!
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