Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Tom Van Baak
> Tom > > In comparing 2 oscillators do you mean > > 1) Connecting one oscillator to the FREQ STD input at the rear of the > 5370A, selecting the external timebase and connecting the other > oscillator to the Front panel FREQ/PERIOD input and then selecting > frequency measurement which in eff

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Tom Van Baak
> Both links are great, thank you. Particularly, the 2nd one links to a > program to isolate the noise of 3 oscillators from 3 pairs of > comparisons. That's what I was looking for. Too bad the source code is > not provided, but if the program works, that'll be fine. The 3-cornered hat code loo

Re: [time-nuts] FW: HP-IB Commands or Manual for 59309A DigitalClock

2006-10-23 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Tom: Thanks. Knowing about the secret door sure makes a difference. Having Fun, Brooke Clarke w/Java http://www.PRC68.com w/o Java http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/PRC68COM.shtml http://www.precisionclock.com Tom Van Baak wrote: >>Setup Instruction 3) Set Front Panel switch to Int or

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread John Miles
> Can you send me the pdf of the HP journal about the 5370? > If it's too big to attach, can you upload it to my web site? > dns: ftp.ko4bb.com > login: manuals > password: manuals You can download the August 1978 issue directly from the HP Archive site http://www.hparchive.com/hp_journals.htm .

Re: [time-nuts] FW: HP-IB Commands or Manual for 59309A DigitalClock

2006-10-23 Thread Tom Van Baak
> Setup Instruction 3) Set Front Panel switch to Int or Ext, but my clock > has no front panel switch. There are a whole set of cute switches behind the bottom half of the front panel. Open the panel from that tiny square cut-out on the lower left corner. http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/hp59309a

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: > >> Didier Juges wrote: >> >> >>> Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: >>> >>> >>> Didier Juges wrote: > I do not understand the signal on the rear trigger outputs. At

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Didier Juges
Hi Bruce, Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Didier Juges wrote: > >> Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: >> >> >>> Didier Juges wrote: >>> >>> >>> I do not understand the signal on the rear trigger outputs. At the moment, I have a single 10 MHz sine signal fed to the START cha

Re: [time-nuts] HP-IB Commands or Manual for 59309A Digital Clock

2006-10-23 Thread Tom Van Baak
> I'm looking for the HP-IB commands (or better a manual) for the HP > 59309A Digital Clock. http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/hp59309a/bottom-label.gif /tvb ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/t

Re: [time-nuts] FW: HP-IB Commands or Manual for 59309A Digital Clock

2006-10-23 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Daun: I found the sticker on the bottom of my clock, (although your image is much much easier to read than the actual size one) but it's not at all clear what some of it means. For example: Setup Instruction 3) Set Front Panel switch to Int or Ext, but my clock has no front panel switch.

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: > Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: > >> Didier Juges wrote: >> >> >>> I do not understand the signal on the rear trigger outputs. At the >>> moment, I have a single 10 MHz sine signal fed to the START channel, and >>> the 5370 is set to TI, MEAN, SAMPLE SIZE 1, + TI ONLY,

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Didier Juges
Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Didier Juges wrote: > >> I do not understand the signal on the rear trigger outputs. At the >> moment, I have a single 10 MHz sine signal fed to the START channel, and >> the 5370 is set to TI, MEAN, SAMPLE SIZE 1, + TI ONLY, START channel >> triggers on rise and

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier START and STOP selection is even more complex than I indicated. START SOURCE STOP SOURCE REAR PANEL START TRIGGER REAR PANEL STOP TRIGGER Front panel START Front Panel STOP Front Panel START Front Panel STOP Front panel STOP

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: > I do not understand the signal on the rear trigger outputs. At the > moment, I have a single 10 MHz sine signal fed to the START channel, and > the 5370 is set to TI, MEAN, SAMPLE SIZE 1, + TI ONLY, START channel > triggers on rise and STOP channel triggers on fall, and ST

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Didier Juges
Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Didier > > Did you get my comment on HP5370A differential linearity errors. > It made it to the list but I didn't receive a bounced copy. > > Bruce > > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list > time-nuts@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Didier Juges
Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Didier > > You may also find this useful > > http://www.wenzel.com/documents/waveform.html > > There are some other items that may be of interest at: > > http://www.wenzel.com/documents/library.html > > Though you may not want to build the water barometer!! > > Bruce >

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: > Here are my $0.02... > > Magnus Danielson wrote: > >> From: Dr Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation? >> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:52:21 +1300 >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >>> Tom >>> >>>

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Didier Juges
Here are my $0.02... Magnus Danielson wrote: > From: Dr Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation? > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:52:21 +1300 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Tom >> > > Hi Bruce, > > >> In comparing 2 oscillators

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Didier Juges
Hi Tom, comments are embedded: Tom Van Baak wrote: > Didier, > > I've been out of town and I see a flurry of postings to > your original query about Allan deviation. It sounds > like your goal is to measure the stability of various > oscillators that you have lying around? > That's what happen

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread SAIDJACK
Hi there, I concur, Ulrich's Plotter program is really great! And extremely fast too. Ulrich, some points for additional features (maybe the latest version has these already?): * Settings such as trace color, Values Format, highlighted traces etc get lost when re-loading the data fil

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Did you get my comment on HP5370A differential linearity errors. It made it to the list but I didn't receive a bounced copy. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

[time-nuts] HP-IB Commands or Manual for 59309A Digital Clock

2006-10-23 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi: I'm looking for the HP-IB commands (or better a manual) for the HP 59309A Digital Clock. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke -- w/Java http://www.PRC68.com w/o Java http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/PRC68COM.shtml http://www.precisionclock.com ___ time-

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: > Hi Ulrich, > > comments are embedded: > > Ulrich Bangert wrote: > >> the Datum LPRO User's Guide / Installation Guide discusses some methods >> of sine to square wave conversion in terms of lowest phase noise. >> >> >> > This is good to know. Do you have any sugges

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Didier Juges
Hi Ulrich, comments are embedded: Ulrich Bangert wrote: > the Datum LPRO User's Guide / Installation Guide discusses some methods > of sine to square wave conversion in terms of lowest phase noise. > > This is good to know. Do you have any suggestion how I might get a copy of the relevant pa

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Dr Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation? Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:35:43 +1300 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Magnus > > The drawback with a CPLD is that most have a relatively high dc supply > current. The good old XC9536 will dra

[time-nuts] HP5370 differeential linearity errors

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
There is a potential problem, particularly with the 5370A and possibly the 5370B which may not be generally known. 1) Crosstalk between the microstriplines from the Schmidt trigger outputs (XA4: U1, U2) to the arming board amplifier inputs (XA22: U19, U20) 2) Cross talk between the microstripli

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Magnus The drawback with a CPLD is that most have a relatively high dc supply current. I have a couple of CPLD designs that work the way you advocated. A CMOS divider has the attraction that its power supply current can be relatively small even when the (small duty cycle) output drives a 50 ohm

[time-nuts] Pathological PPS divider designs

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
As a first submission to a collection of pathological PPS divider designs where the input clock to output delay is so large that its jitter and more particularly its tempco are significant I suggest that the following: Input stage HEF4017 with 10V power supply clock to output delay 110 ns max a

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Dr Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation? Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:52:21 +1300 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tom Hi Bruce, > In comparing 2 oscillators do you mean > > 1) Connecting one oscillator to the FREQ STD input at the rear

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Tom Van Baak wrote: > Didier, > > I've been out of town and I see a flurry of postings to > your original query about Allan deviation. It sounds > like your goal is to measure the stability of various > oscillators that you have lying around? > > First, your 5370 or any other TIC (Time Interval Cou

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Tom Van Baak
Didier, I've been out of town and I see a flurry of postings to your original query about Allan deviation. It sounds like your goal is to measure the stability of various oscillators that you have lying around? First, your 5370 or any other TIC (Time Interval Counter) will be adequate for this. I

Re: [time-nuts] How to measure Allan Deviation?

2006-10-23 Thread Ulrich Bangert
Didier, > I need to find the best way to go from the 10 MHz sinewave to the > divider, probably through an LM119 comparator with modest > hysteresis. the Datum LPRO User's Guide / Installation Guide discusses some methods of sine to square wave conversion in terms of lowest phase noise. Since

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 27, Issue 28

2006-10-23 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Hi Dave -- I'll try to get it uploaded in the next day or two. I'll report back the URL once I know what it will be. 73, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interestingly I asked around 50% of this question in person to John > Ackermann at microwave update saturday afternoon. My special inte

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 27, Issue 28

2006-10-23 Thread fre_eng
Interestingly I asked around 50% of this question in person to John Ackermann at microwave update saturday afternoon. My special interest was what commands to send to the 5370a through the HPIB to generate the txt file need by Alavar John Did you get round to uploading the .ppt...especially in

Re: [time-nuts] GPS unit for car navigation -OT ??

2006-10-23 Thread James Maynard
Robert Lutwak wrote: > How's the timing accuracy? > > Does it display GPS time or does it have it's own clock? > > > -RL > > > Robert Lutwak, Senior Scientist > Symmetricom - Technology Realization Center > 34 Tozer Rd. > Beverly, MA

Re: [time-nuts] GPS unit for car navigation -OT ??

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Hawkins
Check out http://www.deluoelectronics.com/customer/home.php The stuff is designed to work with a laptop via USB or Bluetooth, under $100. I tried it several years ago and found it OK, but I seldom get lost. Regards, Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL