Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Hal Murray
[context is SERDES inputs to FPGA] > Also, one has to count the number of 0->1 transitions in each word, such > that the event counter can be accumulated with the contribution from each > word. That gets complicated. My straw man would be to get a single transition per word working first. L

Re: [time-nuts] Yes, Virginia, $200 5370B's do happen

2011-01-06 Thread gary
I made a somewhat similar deal on ebay. The ad was for a Radio Shack Pro-2042. The photo was for the Opto Electronics version of the radio, which added a serial port for computer control. The only problem was another bidder noticed the same thing. I got it, though at a premium over the stock ra

Re: [time-nuts] Changes in new LH 3 beta of 5-Jan?

2011-01-06 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 01/07/2011 06:52 AM, John Miles wrote: Not much -- I just increased the stack space in an effort to fix (or at least track down) an issue I'm seeing on one machine here. Also renamed the desktop shortcuts to clarify that one will access a remote unit and the other will access a local unit on

Re: [time-nuts] Changes in new LH 3 beta of 5-Jan?

2011-01-06 Thread John Miles
Not much -- I just increased the stack space in an effort to fix (or at least track down) an issue I'm seeing on one machine here. Also renamed the desktop shortcuts to clarify that one will access a remote unit and the other will access a local unit on COM1. -- john, KE5FX > -Original Messa

Re: [time-nuts] Yes, Virginia, $200 5370B's do happen

2011-01-06 Thread Kevin Rosenberg
On Jan 6, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Bob Bownes wrote: > After the discussion a few weeks ago, I started looking for a 5370. In > [...] > Only a full checkout will tell, but so far, I'm pretty optimistic. Wow, Bob -- great story and great price. Nice pickup on finding photo evidence of the PS voltage switc

Re: [time-nuts] Changes in new LH 3 beta of 5-Jan?

2011-01-06 Thread Tim Tuck
On 07/01/2011 15:31, k6...@comcast.net wrote: bob k6rtm in silicon valley -- looking for grain of wheat lamps for an hp 8660C Question. why not replace them with LED's ? I've replaced incandescent lamps in all sorts of equipment with LED's, looks much nicer :) regards Tim -- VK2XTT :

[time-nuts] Changes in new LH 3 beta of 5-Jan?

2011-01-06 Thread k6rtm
Okay, I'll bite -- what are the changes in the new Lady Heather 3.0 Beta dated 5 Jan? bob k6rtm in silicon valley -- looking for grain of wheat lamps for an hp 8660C ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.f

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread John Miles
> > I am currently playing around with some designs in a spartan-6 and a > > spartan-3e. The spartan-6 design has more promise resolution > wise, but it > > is also not very hobby friendly (bga package). So if this is ever to be > > built using hobby level soldering skills it will be spartan-3e. T

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 01/07/2011 12:42 AM, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: Am 07.01.2011 00:24, schrieb Magnus Danielson: For a SERDES to be useable as a high frequency input, the Rx SERDES needs to be able to use the reference clock as clock source rather than doing clock recovery. While the SERDESes I have seen is able

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Gerhard Hoffmann
Am 07.01.2011 00:24, schrieb Magnus Danielson: For a SERDES to be useable as a high frequency input, the Rx SERDES needs to be able to use the reference clock as clock source rather than doing clock recovery. While the SERDESes I have seen is able to do that, one always want to check that det

[time-nuts] Yes, Virginia, $200 5370B's do happen

2011-01-06 Thread Bob Bownes
After the discussion a few weeks ago, I started looking for a 5370. In answer to the question about affordable 5370's, yes, there are sub $200 5370's out there. I just acquired one from eBay. Listed as 'won't power up'. Close look at the pictures showed intact Agilent calibration stickers on the to

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 01/06/2011 11:54 PM, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: Am 06.01.2011 22:45, schrieb Gerhard Hoffmann: I was thinking about abusing the built-in SERDES-Units in the Spartan6 as a prescaler. It would be necessary to sort out the transitions after the 1:16 gearbox, but given the amount of logic in a Spart

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Gerhard Hoffmann
Am 06.01.2011 22:45, schrieb Gerhard Hoffmann: I was thinking about abusing the built-in SERDES-Units in the Spartan6 as a prescaler. It would be necessary to sort out the transitions after the 1:16 gearbox, but given the amount of logic in a Spartan6 that should be possible. While I have not se

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 01/06/2011 08:02 PM, Tijd Dingen wrote: To whom it may concerns, Currently I am building a DIY frequency counter. Since this is my first serious counter project I am trying to keep things simple, hence It Will Not Be State Of The Art. Maybe a not-too-difficult hobby level counter will be of

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Tijd Dingen
Didier, Thanks. I doubt Hittite will send me a couple of samples for "this one and that one and oh that one", but you do raise a good point. I can always try! :) With respect to fpga development boards, for this project I am all set! I am currently tinkering with these two boards: http://www.dig

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Gerhard Hoffmann
Am 06.01.2011 20:02, schrieb Tijd Dingen: Also note the glaring lack of a prescaler. This can and will be added at a later date to extend the range of the counter. For now I just want to get the basics working properly first. On the subject of prescalers, does anyone know where to order Hittit

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Achim Vollhardt
Hi Tijd, what about MC12026A ? Farnell No. 1468725, <10 EUR single quantity 1.1 GHz div 8, 9, 16 or 17 Project sounds great! 73s Achim, DH2VA ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual

2011-01-06 Thread EWKehren
Arthur, you mention that the 204 can select 60 KHz by thumbwheel. Do you have a schematic of that synthesizer? I know they had a 60 KHz down converter I have modified my unit and in my TI days modified quite a few for our cal labs by setting the oscillator to 122 KHz dividing it by two and d

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread shalimr9
Fred, Good luck on your project, it sounds exciting. I have been able to get a couple of samples for free from Hitite. That was several years ago (before the recession...) Regarding FPGA, Actel has a demo board for their SmartFusion device (big flash-based FPGA + Cortex M3 processor + 256k pro

Re: [time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Don Latham
Hi Fred: prescalers in convenient package for experimentation at RFBay. SMA connectors, though. Don Tijd Dingen > To whom it may concerns, > > Currently I am building a DIY frequency counter. Since this is my first > serious counter project I am trying to keep things simple, hence It Will > Not Be

[time-nuts] No State Of The Art Counter

2011-01-06 Thread Tijd Dingen
To whom it may concerns, Currently I am building a DIY frequency counter. Since this is my first serious counter project I am trying to keep things simple, hence It Will Not Be State Of The Art. Maybe a not-too-difficult hobby level counter will be of interest to some, so I'd thought I'd post h

[time-nuts] Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual

2011-01-06 Thread Arthur Dent
There were quite a few variations of the Tracor 599 receivers. Actually the 599K had the synthesizer built into the 599-204 receiver module and had a thumbwheel switch that you could use to to select 60.0Khz for WWVB reception plus a srtipchart recorder to plot the phase difference. The 599-201 re