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PPS signals are used for precise timekeeping and time measurement. One increasingly common use is in computer timekeeping, including NTP.Because GPS is considered a stratum-0 source, a common use for the PPS signal is to connect it to a PC using a low-latency, low-jitter wire connection and allow a program to synchronize to it.
The serial DCD pin can be used to accurately detect a PPS signal, as described in RFC 2783: [1] One convenient means to provide a PPS signal to a computer system is to connect that signal to a modem-control pin on a serial-line interface to the computer. The Data Carrier Detect (DCD) pin is frequently used for this purpose.
The Rockwell PPS-8, short for "Parallel Processing System, 8-bit", was an early 8-bit microprocessor from Rockwell International, announced in 1974. It had a number of unique design features, which Adam Osborne described as "most unusual... more powerful... also one of the most difficult to understand."
The PPS's traditional political space (i.e. to the left of the PRI) was largely captured by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) since 1989. The PPS lost its registration as a national political party in 1997, though it is currently registered as a national political association under the name Popular Socialista.
The USB Power Delivery specification revision 3.0 defines an optional Programmable Power Supply (PPS) protocol that allows granular control over V BUS output, allowing a voltage range of 3.3 to 21 V in 20 mV steps, and a current specified in 50 mA steps, to facilitate constant-voltage and constant-current charging.
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Hailing from Japan, these digital pets were all the craze in the ’90s. By enabling users to care for a virtual pet, the pocket-sized devices mimicked all the responsibilities of real pet ...
Popular Socialist Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Popular Socialista de México, PPSM) is a communist party in Mexico, formed in 1997 after a split from the Popular Socialist Party (PPS). Cuauhtémoc Amezcua Dromundo is the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the party, Juan Campos Vega is the Second Secretary.