GPS Clock Design Survey, Please help a student out. - Page 1
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author: varno
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: August 31, 2014, 05:49:36 am
content: My designing partner and I are designing a GPS clock for our EE design course and would be very grateful if you would take our survey in order to better focus our design efforts. It can be found. A preliminary design concept picture can be found below:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VHW5HTTSurvey link added courtesy of 8086

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2014, 09:50:23 am
content: Quote from: varno on August 31, 2014, 05:49:36 amNo it can't

author: 8086
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2014, 10:32:04 am
content: I just found his post on reddit, so I'll be helpful and post the link to the survey for him:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VHW5HTT

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2014, 06:52:08 pm
content: Quote from: 8086 on August 31, 2014, 10:32:04 amI can't fill the survey since it has not choice for under $50 and I don't get good GPS reception in my bedroom.

author: PointyOintment
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2014, 11:43:52 pm
content: 1. Do you own a digital alarm clock?Yes, but I only use it to glance at the time. I use my phone for alarms becauseit's easier to setI can set more than one alarmI can choose a ringtone or song to wake up toI can set the alarms to repeat only on certain daysI can use apps to force me to solve a puzzle to turn off the alarm, to wake me up when I'm at the right point in my sleep cycle to wake up, etc.2. About how much would you be willing to pay for an ultra accurate clock?$0. I don't need one. My phone is accurate enough for my purposes—it gets the time from the cell network.

author: eneuro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2014, 08:40:41 pm
content: QuoteIt's a joke?I've made last time sun alarm and since this time I do not set any alarm time-simply when sun rises light detector directed outside window (small garden PV solar panel) turns on NPN transistor gate which trigers triack driving a huge electromagnet which can even hit gongs or other big staff to wake me up when neededNo time setup needed, but the only thing I want to add is +/- hours potentiometer which will allow me to setup how much time before sun rise or after it should switch on-this requires only cheap RTC clock, while it can learn itself when was sun rise a day ago

author: motocoder
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 01, 2014, 09:07:49 pm
content: If you figure out how to automatically adjust for time zones, let me know. As it turns out, the boundaries between them are not at all regular, and so it is nontrivial task to handle it correctly. There are some online services that handle it, but they cost money and require a connection to the internet.

author: varno
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: September 05, 2014, 06:18:54 am
content: Hi guys,I was wondering if anyone who ticked the box saying they would be interested in the oscillator reference would be willing to have a brief chat on IRC about it. I would be most great fullAlso thanks guys for being so helpful with my mistake above. I have been bogged down as of late.