Time-measurement to align far-apart timing systems like air traffic control introduced by Microchip

Summary points:

• Microchip's SkyWire technology, embedded in the BlueSky Firewall 2200, measures, aligns, and verifies clocks to within nanoseconds, even when geographically dispersed.
• Enables air traffic control, transportation, utilities, and financial services to synchronize timing networks precisely, safeguarding operations regardless of clock locations.
• Builds on the NIST Time Measurement and Analysis Service as a COTS solution for scalable, traceable time standards in large deployments.

CHANDLER, Ariz. – Microchip Technology Inc. in Chandler, Ariz., is introducing the SkyWire time-measurement tool to measure, align, and verify time to within nanoseconds even when clocks are long distances apart.

SkyWire is embedded in the Microchip BlueSky Firewall 2200, and compares geographically dispersed timing systems to each other and compares to the time scale systems deployed at metrology labs within nanoseconds.

Critical timing networks for air traffic control, transportation, public utilities and financial services can achieve alignment within nanoseconds between its clocks to protect their infrastructure no matter where the clocks are located.

Originated with NIST TMAS

The concept originated as an extension to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) pre-existing service called Time Measurement and Analysis Service (TMAS), which is for maintaining an accurate local time standard.

The BlueSky GNSS Firewall 2200 with SkyWire technology provides a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) product to enable critical infrastructure operators to connect with the NIST TMAS data service for large-volume clock deployments.

For more information contact Microchip Technology online at www.microchip.com/en-us/about/news-releases/products/skywire-technology-from-microchip-makes-it-easier-to-align-and-compare-clocks.