[LinuxPPS] FW: Linux PPS with Garmin 18xLVC using 2.6.35.7 linux Kernel

[Rodolfo Giometti]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 09:19:56AM -0700, Kent Headley wrote:
> 
> Thank you very much Rodolfo - This definitively answers my question!
> I will keep this in mind as I choose different hardware to work from.
> 
> In another note, you said that using USB for PPS is wrong...I'm not familiar
> enough with USB to understand why it can't work.
> 
> Is it due to latencies in the signal chain or implementation differences
> that make it non-deterministic?

It's due the USB bus works... please refer to USB specifications for
further info.

> Thanks again for taking time to answer, and for your great work on linuxPPS.

You are wellcome. ;)

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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