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- Intro to PTP
IEEE 1588-2008 "IEEE Standard for a Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement and Control Systems"
- The Linux PTP project
- Example of ethernet cards with PTP hardware support
- A plausible Din Rail mountable HCU type computer is here. The UNO-1483G is an Intel 4th generation Core i3 DIN-Rail controller with lots of ports etc. It uses the I210 network chip so may work with linuxptp.
- There is linuxptp support in Redhat 6 with decent documentation here.
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