IRIG-B
IRIG-B is a time code standard developed by the Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) for synchronizing clocks and time-stamping data in instrumentation and control systems. It encodes time information (year, day, hour, minute, second) into a serial digital signal, typically transmitted over electrical or optical interfaces. Widely used in industries like aerospace, defense, power generation, and telecommunications, it ensures precise time coordination across distributed devices.
Developers should learn IRIG-B when working on systems requiring high-precision time synchronization, such as in data acquisition, network timing, or industrial automation. It is essential for applications where accurate timestamping is critical, like in GPS-denied environments, power grid monitoring, or scientific experiments, as it provides a reliable and standardized method for time distribution with millisecond to microsecond accuracy.