New multi-GHz oscillators (XOs) and jitter attenuators bring timing chips into the digital domain by employing CMOS technology.

Witness the intricate build of a fully working LEGO pendulum clock designed for precision and durability. This project features an enhanced escapement mechanism paired with a smooth gear train, ...

The clock’s quartz movement kept time accurately, and the pendulum added a nice touch of tradition. However, we noticed that the clock’s materials were not the most durable, and the pendulum ...

Mechanical resonators, such as pendulum clocks, spring clocks and quartz-crystal resonators, were designed to serve as these periodic systems. A perfect, naturally occurring oscillator — an ...

In a grandfather clock, a second may be defined as the time for the pendulum to go back and forth once; in the quartz oscillator of a wristwatch, it is typically about 32,0000 vibrations of the ...

That could be the Earth’s rotation as measured by the shadow on a sundial, the swing of a grandfather clock’s pendulum, the vibration of a quartz crystal in a wristwatch, or the subtle ...

One that still manages to make an impression is the grandfather clock, a vertically imposing timekeeper that feels more like furniture. A pendulum marks time; the case, often ornate, serves as a ...

Much of that opinion came from worries that tinkering with time has detrimental effects on the body because it confuses the body clock's sensitivity to daylight and melatonin secretions.

such as the swing of a pendulum or the rates at which water flows and incense burns. Today most electric clocks or watches measure the steady vibrations of quartz crystals. But even the best ...

from counting phases of the Moon to the inventions of the pendulum and the quartz oscillator. The current global standard for timekeeping is a type of atomic clock that is based on a microwave ...

Pendulum clocks couldn’t serve this purpose ... Two important types of clocks in operation today are the quartz clock and the atomic clock. The fundamental setup of both these instruments ...