Microsecond accurate NTP with a Raspberry Pi and PPS GPS(2021)
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Microsecond accurate NTP with a Raspberry Pi and PPS GPS(2021) was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 9, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 57 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #8 of 25, reached on Nov 9, 09:21 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 10, 10:51 UTC.
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It's a bit of a shame that while the original post is obviously fully hand-written, the updated post is apparently AI generated and contains verbose clanker code examples. Overall the topic is very interesting, though.
Updated with new tech: https://lobste.rs/s/trap9p/from_milliseconds_26_nanoseconds_how_20
I think these hobbyists are just having fun seeing how high they can get precision on small/cheap devices, for the fun of it. You almost certainly don't use NTP if you want very high levels of precision, you use something like [PTP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Time_Protocol). Also, some network cards have…
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Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 10, 10:51 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
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#8 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 9, 09:21 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 9, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (57 checks) since.