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@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@ In LinuxPPS the PPS sources are simply char devices usually mapped
66into files /dev/pps0, /dev/pps1, etc.. 66into files /dev/pps0, /dev/pps1, etc..
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69PPS with USB to serial devices
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72It is possible to grab the PPS from an USB to serial device. However,
73you should take into account the latencies and jitter introduced by
74the USB stack. Users has reported clock instability around +-1ms when
75synchronized with PPS through USB. This isn't suited for time server
76synchronization.
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78If your device doesn't report PPS, you can check that the feature is
79supported by its driver. Most of the time, you only need to add a call
80to usb_serial_handle_dcd_change after checking the DCD status (see
81ch341 and pl2303 examples).
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69Coding example 84Coding example
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