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A radio clock or radio-controlled clock (RCC), and often colloquially (and incorrectly [ 1]) referred to as an "atomic clock", is a type of quartz clock or watch that is automatically synchronized to a time code transmitted by a radio transmitter connected to a time standard such as an atomic clock. Such a clock may be synchronized to the time ...
WWVB is a time signal radio station near Fort Collins, Colorado and is operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). [ 1] Most radio-controlled clocks in North America [ 2] use WWVB's transmissions to set the correct time. The normal signal transmitted from WWVB is 70 kW ERP and uses a 60 kHz carrier wave yielding a ...
The Greenwich Time Signal ( GTS ), popularly known as the pips, is a series of six short tones (or "pips") broadcast at one-second intervals by many BBC Radio stations to mark the precise start of each hour. The pips were introduced in 1924, generated by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and from 1990 were generated by the BBC in London. [ 1]
Real-time clock. A real-time clock ( RTC) is an electronic device (most often in the form of an integrated circuit) that measures the passage of time. Although the term often refers to the devices in personal computers, servers and embedded systems, RTCs are present in almost any electronic device which needs to keep accurate time of day .
A watchdog timer ( WDT, or simply a watchdog ), sometimes called a computer operating properly timer ( COP timer ), [ 1] is an electronic or software timer that is used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions. Watchdog timers are widely used in computers to facilitate automatic correction of temporary hardware faults, and to prevent ...
The digital time code is formatted so that a Bell 103-compatible 300-baud modem can decode it, [5] and CHU is the only time signal station that uses this format for its time code transmissions. For the last 9 seconds of each minute (seconds 51 to 59), the once-per-second tones are again cut to 10 milliseconds each, while CHU transmits a brief ...
Clock signal and legend. In electronics and especially synchronous digital circuits, a clock signal (historically also known as logic beat) [ 1] is an electronic logic signal ( voltage or current) which oscillates between a high and a low state at a constant frequency and is used like a metronome to synchronize actions of digital circuits.
SMPTE timecode ( / ˈsɪmptiː / or / ˈsɪmtiː /) is a set of cooperating standards to label individual frames of video or film with a timecode. The system is defined by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers in the SMPTE 12M specification. SMPTE revised the standard in 2008, turning it into a two-part document: SMPTE 12M-1 ...