Stratum 1 PTP Grandmaster: CM4 + SR1723U10
I work with industrial infrastructure that requires nanosecond-accurate time synchronization. The commercial GPS-disciplined PTP grandmaster clocks that solve this problem run from several thousand dollars on the low end, and considerably more with options and support. I had CM4s and CM4 IO boards already sitting in the lab. A TimeHAT with an OCP M.2 GNSS module would have been the cleaner path at around $400, but that is steep when the goal is learning how PTP actually works, not deploying production infrastructure. This build came in at around $103 in new parts. ...