IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol
Thanks to the availability of real-time extensions and low-cost components, Ethernet is increasingly used in automation and metrology. For many automation applications, exact time synchronization of...
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Highly accurate synchronization of system time in distributed systems with IEEE 1588 IEEE 1588 is a standard to synchronize the clocks of distributed devices in a network. Current protocol versions are...
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