document: Toward an Experimental Timing Standards Lab : benchmarking precision in the real world Much discussion has taken place over the relative merits of various platforms and operating systems for real-time data collection . Most would agree that , provided great care is taken , many are capable of millisecond timing precision . However , to date , much of this work has focused on the theoretical aspects of raw performance . It is our belief that researchers would be better informed if they could place confidence limits on their own specific paradigms in situ and without modification . To this end , we have developed a millisecond precision test rig that can control and time experiments on a second presentation machine . We report on the specialist hardware and software used . We elucidate the importance of the approach in relation to real-world experimentation
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