The Second generation of the Timecard mini ecosystem brings precision timing, precision location and the essentials.
Tailored for industries such as 5G, Broadcast, IoT, Automotive and more these low cost high performance systems will change how you deploy your PNT system ensuring the highest level of resilience.

Check out the Timecard Mini 2.0 Ecosystem

  • Precision Timing

    Perfect for 4G/5G/LTE & Broadcast implementations

    • Full multi-band GNSS receiver
    • <5ns accuracy to UTC
    • 1.5us holdover within 24 hours
    • State of the art Clock Gen with 4x Frequency outputs and 3x event time stampers

  • Precision Location

    High scalability for industrial and automotive applications

    • Centimeter-level GNSS corrections globally
    • Fast convergence times and reliable performance
    • L-Band GNSS correction Data
      Point Perfect compatible

  • Precision Timing Lite

    The perfect balance of cost and performance

    • Unaffected by ionospheric errors
    • Combines accurate timing with low power consumption
    • Built-in security for highest robustness against malicious attacks

  • Essential

    Ideal for the home or test lab

    • L1/L5 dual-band GNSS receiver
    • Effective multi-path mitigation to boost urban accuracy
    • Proven excellent performance, even with small antennas
    • Matches Raspberry Pi CM4 form factor (or alternative clones)

Why Open Timecard Mini 2.0?

  • Innovative Sandwich boards

    3 New Sandwich boards, each with their own unique performance specs.
    From high-precision timing for PTP/NTP Grandmaster clock solutions, to high-precision location services for Industrial IoT and Automotive. The new mini 2.0 range has what you need.

  • Save space

    The CM4 PCIe base board makes it easy to integrate your CM4 into existing devices such as PCs or servers, saving space and simplifying your workspace.

  • Full featured

    The base board takes complete advantage of all the CM4 IO board features with the 40Pin GPIO available, 2 USB-C ports, microHDMI port eMMC boot port and a USB-A port.

What's inside the new Open Timecard Mini?

Build your own Open Timecard Mini 2.0

By timebeat.app

Open Timecard Mini 2.0
£895.90
£895.90

General Features
1x ANT: u.fl IPEX-1 connector for connecting GNSS antenna input.
4x PPS OUT: u.fl IPEX-1 connectors
1x PPS IN : u.fl IPEX-1 connector
3 x EVENT IN/OUT : u.fl IPEX-1 connectors
200 Pin top: Direct connection for the Raspberry Pi CM4 footprint

Ublox LEA-F9T
GNSS Features
184-channel U-blox F9 engine:
- GPS L1C/A, L2C, L5 GLO L1OF GAL E1B/C, E5b, E5a BDS B1I, B1C, B2a QZSS L1C/A, L2C, L5 NavIC L5 SBAS L1C/A: WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS, GAGAN* Frequency Bands: L1 and L2
- Position Accuracy: 1.5 m CEP
- Timing Accuracy (1 PPS): <5ns (typical)
Time-to-First-Fix (TTFF):
- Cold Start: 26 seconds
- Reacquisition: 1 second

SiT5812 1.5us/24h mems OCXO
Frequency Stability: Down to ±1 ppb (parts per billion) over temperature
Frequency Tuning:
- Supports fine frequency adjustments in steps as low as 1 ppt (parts per trillion)
- Digital control for precise frequency tuning and correction

Aging Stability:
- ±0.1 ppb/day
Performance
Holdover and Retrace:
- 1.5us/24 hours
Temperature-Compensated MEMS:
- MEMS technology with built-in temperature compensation for high accuracy across temperature ranges
- Stratum 3e Holdover: Supports holdover mode for telecom and network applications to meet Stratum 3e timing requirements

SiT95317 clock generator

Frequency and Output
- Output Frequency Range: 1 Hz to 725 MHz (on request 1Hz default)
- Number of Outputs: Up to 7 programmable outputs (on request 1Hz default)
Frequency Tuning and Accuracy:
- Tuning Resolution: Down to 0.1 Hz increments

General Features
1x ANT: u.fl IPEX-1 connector for connecting GNSS antenna input.
1x PPS OUT: u.fl IPEX-1 connectors
200 Pin top: Direct connection for the Raspberry Pi CM4 footprint
Highlights:
- Multi-band receiver delivers centimeter-level accuracy in seconds
- Concurrent reception of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou
- Multi-band L1/L5 RTK with fast convergence times and reliable performance
- Centimeter accuracy in a compact and energy-efficient module
- Easy integration of RTK for fast time-to-market
- Native support for PointPerfect simplifies integration
- Small form factor

Ublox NEO-F9P

84-channel u-blox F9 engine GPS L1C/A L5, GLO L1OF, GAL E1B/C E5a, BDS B1I B2a, QZSS L1C/A L1S L5, SBAS L1C/A NavIC L5

RTK Accuracy:
- Nav. update rate RTK up to 20 Hz1
- Position accuracy RTK 0.01 m + 1 ppm CEP
- Convergence time2 RTK < 10 sec

Ublox NEO-D9S
Highlights:
- First mass-market L-band GNSS correction module
- Access to centimeter-level GNSS corrections globally
- Freedom to select GNSS correction data delivery channel
- High scalability for industrial and automotive applications
- Allows selection of desired L-band GNSS correction service

GNSS Feature
- Purpose: GNSS correction data receiver for high-precision applications
- Supported Correction Data: Receives GNSS correction data for augmentation services like Precise Point Positioning (PPP)
- Frequency Bands: L-band (1525 - 1559 MHz), commonly used for correction data transmission
- Channel Support: Dual-channel capability, allowing reception of multiple correction data streams
- PPP-RTK Compatibility: Enables Precise Point Positioning with Real-Time Kinematic (PPP-RTK) for cm-level accuracy

General Features
1x ANT: u.fl IPEX-1 connector for connecting GNSS antenna input.
1x PPS OUT: u.fl IPEX-1 connectors
200 Pin top: Direct connection for the Raspberry Pi CM4 footprint

GNSS Features
- Ublox NEO -F10T supports all four global satellite constellations, it is ideal for global deployments with single HW SKU
- Supports the L1/L5/E5a configuration
- Receiver type: GPS L1C/A, L5 GLO L1OF GAL E1B/C, E5a BDS B1C, B2a QZSS L1C/A, L5 NavIC L5 SBAS L1C/A: WAAS, EGNOS, L1Sb, GAGAN
- Timing accuracy: 10 ns (1-sigma, clear sky, dual-band mode)
- Time pulse jitter: ±8 ns
- Reacquisition: 1ns
- Cold starts Acquisition: 26s

General Features
1x ANT: u.fl IPEX-1 connector for connecting GNSS antenna input.
1x PPS OUT: u.fl IPEX-1 connectors
200 Pin top: Direct connection for the Raspberry Pi CM4 footprint

GNSS Features
- U-blox F10 dual-band receiver
- GPS / QZSS L1C/A (1575.42 MHz), L5 (1176.450 MHz) Galileo E1-B/C (1575.42 MHz), E5a (1176.450 MHz) BeiDou B1C (1575.42 MHz), B2a (1176.450 MHz) NavIC SPS-L5 (1176.450 MHz)
- Timing Accuracy : 30ns-60ns (typical)
- Time-to-First-Fix (TTFF):
- Cold Start: 28 seconds
- Reacquisition: 1 seconds

- Broadcom BCM2711 quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz
- H.265 (HEVC) (up to 4Kp60 decode), H.264 (up to 1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode)
- OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.0
- Options for 1GB, 2GB, 4GB or 8GB LPDDR4-3200 SDRAM (depending on variant)
- Options for 0GB ("Lite"), 8GB, 16GB or 32GB eMMC Flash memory (depending on variant)
- Option for fully certified radio module: 2.4 GHz, 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac wireless;
-Bluetooth 5.0, BLE; On-board electronic switch to select either external or PCB trace antenna

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