You can use a microcontroller to build a clock. After all, a clock is just something that counts the passage of time. The only problem is that microcontrollers can’t track time very accurately. They ...

For something as simple as setting a timer, the built-in apps on our computers can be awfully fiddly. Usually you have to open a Clock app first, then navigate to a separate tab for timers. After that ...

One of the categories we chose for the One Hertz Challenge is “Could Have Used a 555.” What about when you couldn’t have, but did anyway? The 555 is famously easy to use, but not exactly the most ...

This 50 MHz pulse generator was built as solid as a rock. It’s almost all metal. We take the unit completely apart and look at it from a system and board level. On a visit to the MIT swapfest in 2024, ...

SiTime Corporation announced Symphonic, its first mobile clock generator with an integrated MEMS resonator (SiT30100). Symphonic provides accurate and resilient clock signals for 5G and GNSS chipsets ...

SiTime recently released the Symphonic SiT30100 mobile clock generator, which includes an integrated MEMS resonator. Providing accurate and resilient clock signals for 5G and GNSS chipsets, the device ...

No audio available for this content. SiTime Corporation has introduced Symphonic, its first mobile clock generator featuring its integrated MEMS resonator, the SiT30100. The device is designed to ...

The widget system is one of the important components in the innovative user experience that Microsoft wants to implement on Windows 11. Recently, the Clock App on Windows 11 received an update with ...

The Google Clock Timer Starter widget is making its way to Android phones. Devices running Android 15 QPR2 and Clock version 7.12 can now access the widget. The widget offers users a selection of ...

Last year, Google’s Clock app introduced a Timer Starter widget for the Pixel Tablet, and it’s now available on phones with Android 15 QPR2. Timer Starter was ostensibly released to showcase the Pixel ...