time-code generator
time-code generator
[′tīm ¦kōd ‚jen·ə‚rā·dər] (electronics)
A crystal-controlled pulse generator that produces a train of pulses with various predetermined widths and spacings, from which the time of day and sometimes also day of year can be determined; used in telemetry and other data-acquisition systems to provide the precise time of each event.
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