And now for something completely different - Michael Le Blanc has taken a different approach to creating what is his "Average Clock". Based on the premise that timing crystals and inexpensive real-time clock ICs will equally either lose or gain time over a long period of use - his system then uses a host clock which determines the time by calculating the average from six other clocks. Communication between the clocks and the host is via the I2C bus - and uses simple 4051 CMOS ICs to switch I2C bus (and thus each clock) on the fly. A clever solution in itself.
Furthemore Michael has provided the details and notes to reproduce the system yourself, so visit his interesting site to get started. And for more, we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well.
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