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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pps.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pps.rst index 2d6b99766e..78dded03e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/pps.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pps.rst @@ -200,11 +200,17 @@ Generators Sometimes one needs to be able not only to catch PPS signals but to produce them also. For example, running a distributed simulation, which requires -computers' clock to be synchronized very tightly. One way to do this is to -invent some complicated hardware solutions but it may be neither necessary -nor affordable. The cheap way is to load a PPS generator on one of the -computers (master) and PPS clients on others (slaves), and use very simple -cables to deliver signals using parallel ports, for example. +computers' clock to be synchronized very tightly. + + +Parallel port generator +------------------------ + +One way to do this is to invent some complicated hardware solutions but it +may be neither necessary nor affordable. The cheap way is to load a PPS +generator on one of the computers (master) and PPS clients on others +(slaves), and use very simple cables to deliver signals using parallel +ports, for example. Parallel port cable pinout:: |