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IEEE1588™ Now Available From ADS

Applied Applied Data Systems (ADS) now enables a new class of applications with Hardware Assisted IEEE 1588 on Intel IXP465 with Windows CE for Precision Clock Synchronization. This capability is particular important for instrumentation/automation applications which are dependent on accurate marking of time at multiple locations.

The IEEE 1588 specification has been broadly developed by many companies eager to use it to synchronize high-speed operations in multiple locations, for example multi-axis machine tools or robotics that must coordinate together. In this application, one CPU acts as network master and sends a multicast message to all the other systems, which turn it around at the low-level hardware/software level and return time stamped acknowledgements. Then the individual processors use the data on network timing to calculate and correct individual clock offset. The entire process repeats at an adjustable interval.

ADS’ embedded computer systems, with a customer-provided higher level 1588 implementation, exploits the special logic and registers included in the IXP series of CPU’s, so the limiting accuracy is extremely good- on the order of a few nanoseconds. This means that the synchronization achieved in practice is limited only by the dither/jitter in the selected network hardware.

This precise 1588 synchronization lines up naturally with the real-time performance of CE, previously measured on ADS systems at the microsecond level. Applications include location fixing using acoustic and radio time-of-flight. For example, dispersed over a global sensor net, 1588 technology might better locate seismic events. Also, the 1588 technology might be used for enhanced Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to detect Man in the Middle (MIM) attacks by packet timing.

1588 can be leveraged using ADS’ Fast Turn Custom, systems, and will soon be rolled out in upcoming standard, stocked ADS products based on the IXP series of CPU. For more information, Contact Us.