IEEE

So Timely, Yet So Stale: The Impact of Clock Drift in Real-Time Systems

Abstract: In this letter, we address the problem of timely delivery of status update packets in a real-time communication system, where a transmitter sends status updates generated by a source to a ...
IEEE

A Real-Time Junction Temperature Evaluation Method Based on the Reduction Thermal Model for IGBT Module of Traction Converter

Abstract: The insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module is a critical component of the traction converter in rail transit vehicles, and its reliability is essential for the safe operation of ...
NPR

How a power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time to be 4.8 microseconds off

The U.S. government calculates the country's official time using more than a dozen atomic clocks at a federal facility northwest of Denver. But when a destructive windstorm knocked out power to the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How to Keep Time on Mars: Clocks on the Red Planet Would Tick a Bit Differently Than Those on Earth

Time passes by faster on Mars than on Earth. ESA & MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / RSSD / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA, 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO The question “What time is it on Mars?” is far ...