Re: [time-nuts] Oncore question

2008-11-22 Thread SAIDJACK
Hello Arnold, the current drawn by the Motorola GPS from the backup bat is not linear versus voltage. On an M12+, the real time clock takes most of the current, and will stop operating after about a day or less on a Supercap. The SRAM memory keeps maintaining it's contents for much longer

Re: [time-nuts] Oncore question

2008-11-22 Thread Arnold Tibus
Hello Morris, I am not aware what is the voltage range for the backup battery in the GPS-RX, but using a super cap or gold cap instead of a (rechargeable) battery should be ok for short backup times, Synergy does even propose the use of a SuperCap or UltraCapacitor as a backup power source for c

Re: [time-nuts] HP 53131A question

2008-11-22 Thread Magnus Danielson
Tom Van Baak skrev: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm planning to use a HP 53131A for phase measurements. >> In a limit case, just to understand, suppose that I'm >> reading, say, 100 degrees, and the next reading gives again >> 100 degrees, but meanwhile the signal under test jumped 360 >> degrees. Is ther

Re: [time-nuts] HP 53131A question

2008-11-22 Thread Tom Van Baak
> Hi all, > > I'm planning to use a HP 53131A for phase measurements. > In a limit case, just to understand, suppose that I'm > reading, say, 100 degrees, and the next reading gives again > 100 degrees, but meanwhile the signal under test jumped 360 > degrees. Is there any way to detect such a

Re: [time-nuts] HP 53131A question

2008-11-22 Thread Magnus Danielson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: > Hi all, > > I'm planning to use a HP 53131A for phase measurements. > In a limit case, just to understand, suppose that I'm > reading, say, 100 degrees, and the next reading gives again > 100 degrees, but meanwhile the signal under test jumped 360 > degrees. Is there

Re: [time-nuts] The Trimble NTPX26AB-06 / Z3801A

2008-11-22 Thread Björn Gabrielsson
Hi Roy, On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 11:29 +, Roy Phillips wrote: > at the front of the unit via a connector, and there is a location on this > PCB for a for a 9-pin D connector!. If this had been used it would have > made a serial port available at the front panel. More interesting is that > th

Re: [time-nuts] The Trimble NTPX26AB-06 / Z3801A

2008-11-22 Thread Hal Murray
> In the interests of costs, it would seem that there is no RS-232 > facility. There is a sub PCB that carries the LED's at the front of > the unit via a connector, and there is a location on this PCB for a > for a 9-pin D connector!. If this had been used it would have made a > serial port a

Re: [time-nuts] The Trimble NTPX26AB-06 / Z3801A

2008-11-22 Thread Roy Phillips
Hal Thanks for your kind help. You are certainly right about the PECL level signals from the I/O connector, but this is where the similarity stops, as the Trimble unit is to all intents a substitute for the Z3801A, but internally its quite different. In the interests of costs, it would seem tha

Re: [time-nuts] Oncore question

2008-11-22 Thread Brian Kirby
check http://www.synergy-gps.com/content/view/42/89/ the article on battery backup has some info on this Brian KD4FM Morris Odell wrote: > Hi Fellow Nuts, > > I've been following the thread on parsing the Motorola receiver code with > great interest. I have written AVR code to do this b

[time-nuts] HP 53131A question

2008-11-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all, I'm planning to use a HP 53131A for phase measurements. In a limit case, just to understand, suppose that I'm reading, say, 100 degrees, and the next reading gives again 100 degrees, but meanwhile the signal under test jumped 360 degrees. Is there any way to detect such a case? Thank