Bi-directional GUI for the Global Positioning System
Senior Project: 1999-2000
Timing Solutions Corporation (TSC) has developed a GPS receiver which is used
to synchronize laboratory clocks all over the world to UTC (Universal Time
Coordinated). The GPS receiver collects data from up to eight GPS satellites as
the satellites fly over the various laboratory sites. Data collected from the
receiver are used to determine the offset between the laboratory clock and UTC.
This offset is used to steer the laboratory's atomic clock to within ten
nanoseconds of UTC.
The goal of the project was to develop a networking solution that gathers
pertinent GPS data, allowing clients to display the data and to adjust the way
the data is compiled in a user-friendly, graphical manner. This was done in a
manner compatible with the real-time nature of the existing system. The system
was implemented primarily in Java.
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