[Gllug] MSF radio clocks for Linux

[Christopher Hunter]

On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 17:41 +0000, Ashley Evans wrote:
> A quick google returned this;
> 
> http://www.lindy.com/uk/productfolder/02/20983/index.php
> 
> It might or might not be suitable but it should serve at least as a guide.

OUCH! £70 is really expensive for a simple VLF receiver and a bit of
logic.  There's some serious money to be made here!  

All it'll take is a simple TRF receiver, a PIC and a MAX232.  The PIC
code is trivial to write - though it's probably already on the 'net
somewhere - and the rest of the work is putting the pieces together.
The total component cost (including a plastic box to house it) would be
<£10, and if you're going to make quantity of them, you could get it to
<£5!  You could sell them for (say) £40 and see a healthy profit whilst
undercutting the competition by a big margin.

Chris


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