{"id":955,"date":"2022-11-29T22:32:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/?page_id=955"},"modified":"2022-11-29T23:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:00:55","slug":"time-base-in-computers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/home\/course\/unit-ii\/test-gear-and-time\/time-base-in-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Base in Computers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Time measurement is needed for computers to work and components to speak to each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"376\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/files\/2022\/11\/Commodore64-950pxElectronics.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-927\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/files\/2022\/11\/Commodore64-950pxElectronics.jpg 950w, http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/files\/2022\/11\/Commodore64-950pxElectronics-300x119.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/files\/2022\/11\/Commodore64-950pxElectronics-768x304.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/files\/2022\/11\/Commodore64-950pxElectronics-24x9.jpg 24w, http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/files\/2022\/11\/Commodore64-950pxElectronics-36x14.jpg 36w, http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/files\/2022\/11\/Commodore64-950pxElectronics-48x19.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See our videos below which highlight very visibly the quartz crystal used in early computers. The Commodore Vic-20 and the Atari 2600 Computer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Time Base in Commodore Vic-20 Computer\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3WYTs8h-QDs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Time Base in an Atari 2600 Computer in 1980\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JqwS7KGcP-4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In our next section you will learn about use of time base in mobile phones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/home\/course\/unit-ii\/test-gear-and-time\/spectrum-analyzers\/\">Back<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/home\/course\/unit-ii\/time-measurement-in-cell-phone-technology\/\">Nex<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edisontc.org\/ui\/home\/course\/unit-iii\/\">t<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time measurement is needed for computers to work and components to speak to each other. 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