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italie MAME owes italie many thank yous, hah Reged: 09/20/03 Posts: 15246 Loc: BoomTown Send PM Re: What time is it? (rant) 07/02/12 07:48 PM Reply > > > Oy. > > > > > > What I don't understand is why they don't just measure the crystal frequency at > the > > > factory and program the ROM to compensate. (Clocks tend to be consistent in their > > > errors.) Or provide a software equivalent of the "slow/fast" lever one sees on > > > mechanical alarm clocks. > > > > > > If oscillator compensation was that easy, I'm sorry I left the field. > > ??!!! > > For me, the clock was running a wee bit too fast, so... > I told it that there were 500012 microseconds in half a second! Problem solved! Problem solved at that specific temperature. Mess with your thermostat in the slightest and you might have just made things worse. What you said isnt untrue, as long as ambeint is not a variable. I have some nice temp vs frequency charts I can post later, if you would like.

Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on What time is it? (rant) amused 07/02/12 12:46 PM Did an elephant sit on your fence? GatKong  07/02/12 09:51 PM For reasons I can't explain, I love this thread. *nt* Stiletto  07/02/12 05:51 PM Re: What time is it? (rant) Gor  07/02/12 04:21 PM Re: What time is it? (rant) amused  07/02/12 05:05 PM Re: What time is it? (rant) Gor  07/02/12 06:45 PM Re: What time is it? (rant) JWJr  07/02/12 05:25 PM Re: What time is it? (rant) amused  07/02/12 07:18 PM Re: What time is it? (rant) italie  07/02/12 07:30 PM Re: What time is it? (rant) amused  07/02/12 07:36 PM Re: What time is it? (rant) italie  07/02/12 07:48 PM Re: What time is it? (rant) amused  07/03/12 03:45 AM Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 1 italie  07/03/12 05:45 AM Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 2 italie  07/03/12 06:23 AM Re: Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 2 amused  07/03/12 11:04 AM Re: Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 2 italie  07/03/12 01:42 PM Re: Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 2 amused  07/03/12 04:24 PM Re: Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 2 italie  07/03/12 05:29 PM Re: Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 2 Bekki Doll  07/07/12 12:05 AM Re: Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 2 Vas Crabb  07/03/12 04:27 PM Re: Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 2 Gor  07/03/12 05:20 PM Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 3 italie  07/03/12 07:25 AM Re: What time is it? (rant) lharms  07/02/12 10:01 PM Re: What time is it? (rant) amused  07/03/12 03:50 AM Just one question (yes, only one) italie  07/02/12 02:02 PM Re: Just one question (yes, only one) amused  07/02/12 02:40 PM Re: Just one question (yes, only one) Tomu Breidah  07/02/12 03:52 PM Re: Just one question (yes, only one) italie  07/02/12 03:47 PM Re: Just one question (yes, only one) amused  07/02/12 04:02 PM Re: Just one question (yes, only one) italie  07/02/12 04:22 PM Re: Just one question (yes, only one) amused  07/02/12 05:07 PM Re: Just one question (yes, only one) italie  07/02/12 07:51 PM Re: Just one question (yes, only one) TriggerFin  07/02/12 08:36 PM Re: Just one question (yes, only one) italie  07/02/12 09:07 PM

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