[time-nuts] display on sale

2013-05-20 Thread J.D. Schoedel
Most of you like to DIY, but this might be of interest to some. http://www.symmetricom.com/lp/gbu/email/time-display-promo-landing-page/?emailid=GBU078_NTD_Promo_ProdPg&lead_source=Web J.D. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscrib

Re: [time-nuts] Server Issues?

2013-05-20 Thread J. Forster
A couple of messages posted Friday, 5/17, showed up today 5/20, just before I posted the query. The issue is relatively recent... since late last week. -John > I'm not aware of any specific server issues here (the configuration is > fairly stock Debian with Mailman and Postfi

Re: [time-nuts] Server Issues?

2013-05-20 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Yes J. Forster wrote: Is anyone else seeing posts to this list showing up many hours to days late? -John ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Server Issues?

2013-05-20 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
I'm not aware of any specific server issues here (the configuration is fairly stock Debian with Mailman and Postfix) but there can be delays due to the vagaries of the internet and there are interactions that can cause delays for some folks and not others. I'll keep an eye on things to see if I

Re: [time-nuts] Server Issues?

2013-05-20 Thread KD0GLS
Yes. My most recent post showed up many hours (maybe six or eight) after I sent it. That was perhaps two or three weeks ago. 73, Brent, KD0GLS, Minneapolis On 20 May 2013, at 18:18, J. Forster wrote: > Is anyone else seeing posts to this list showing up many hours to days late? > > -John >

Re: [time-nuts] Server Issues?

2013-05-20 Thread paul swed
yes On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 6:15 PM, J. Forster wrote: > Is anyone else seeing posts to this list showing up many hours to days > late? > > -John > > > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > ht

Re: [time-nuts] apple Xcode

2013-05-20 Thread Scott McGrath
Same here If you are building apps for apple you don't have any options other than to use XcodeFor portable code just use GNU autoconf to build GCC Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: > If you are going to produce Mac or IOS apps you don't have a choice

Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom TS2100-GPS - 1PPS has 10uS offset

2013-05-20 Thread Greg Dowd
Hi Esa, Sorry, I haven't tracked this group for a while. Too much work :-) You are intuitive. I expect that the TS21 is triggering on the wrong edge. Way, way back when the TS21 was invented, we were using an external Acutime antenna that had an open collector pps, hence falling edge

[time-nuts] Server Issues?

2013-05-20 Thread J. Forster
Is anyone else seeing posts to this list showing up many hours to days late? -John ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructio

Re: [time-nuts] apple Xcode

2013-05-20 Thread Don Latham
Got it. Thanks, everyone. Don bownes > Oh, you can do it, but you really need to know what you're doing. > > > As the prev poster said, it depends on what you are doing. Simple > compiles are straightforward, autoconf if its a bit more complex, use > Xcode. > > If you are doing work on an app that

Re: [time-nuts] Ground loops in measurements?

2013-05-20 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The braid becomes less effective at lower frequencies due to skin effect. Once that happens you have a magnetic loop that is not as effective at rejecting signals as a twisted pair. Looking at it another way, the threat signal is induced on the shield (braid) and it penetrates to couple to th

Re: [time-nuts] Ground loops in measurements?

2013-05-20 Thread engineering
A couple of good references regarding noise minimization in electronic systems are: "Grounding and Shielding: Circuits and Interference" by Ralph Morrison & "Noise Reduction Techniques in Electronic Systems" by Henry W. Ott And the old fallback has been MIL-HDB-419 volumes I and II which mos

Re: [time-nuts] apple Xcode

2013-05-20 Thread bownes
Oh, you can do it, but you really need to know what you're doing. As the prev poster said, it depends on what you are doing. Simple compiles are straightforward, autoconf if its a bit more complex, use Xcode. If you are doing work on an app that needs a GUI, Xcode makes it easy. On May 20, 2

Re: [time-nuts] 10Mhz Sine from Square Wave Synthesizer

2013-05-20 Thread johncroos
Andy - Glad to be of some small help. A couple of remarks re your comments John, thanks for your input, you reminded me that LFP performance often depends on source impedance. To the MMIC amplifier, you'd be amazed what you can do with an opamp these days. I was amazed reading the datasheet f

Re: [time-nuts] 10Mhz Sine from Square Wave Synthesizer

2013-05-20 Thread WB6BNQ
Hi Andy, If it is at 9.8304 MHz, don't even consider trying to fool with anything inside. While it does have a DDS inside, it is of the newer design where the DDS is inside the loop that determines frequency for locking the Rubidium. It requires a crystal, coil and firmware change to move it to 1

Re: [time-nuts] apple Xcode

2013-05-20 Thread k6rtm
Don-- As others have offered, if you're developing for iOS or OSX, you have little choice. It has a comprehensive suite of tools -- for some, too comprehensive, leading to that old adage about how to eat an elephant -- one bite at a time. The entire Xcode suite has a large learning curve, y

Re: [time-nuts] Ground loops in measurements?

2013-05-20 Thread Alan Melia
Hi Bob whats the problem at low freqs ?? I thought leakage was a function of the size of the "holes"v the wavelengthor are we into braid skin effect below 100kHz?? so as not to drag this OT a reference will suffice in answer. Best Wishes Alan G3NYK - Original Message - From: "Bob C

Re: [time-nuts] 10Mhz Sine from Square Wave Synthesizer

2013-05-20 Thread Andy Bardagjy
Alright, so it seems that it's possible the Symmetricom SA.22c that I've got might be set to 9.8304MHz. That may be programmable to 10MHz, but it might require a DDS otherwise. Nevertheless, if the oscillator is set to 10MHz it seems the consensus is to construct a LPF. Luciano, thank you for sha

Re: [time-nuts] apple Xcode

2013-05-20 Thread Chris Albertson
If you are going to produce Mac or IOS apps you don't have a choice. You pretty much have to use it.If you are building portable apps I tend to just use terminal sessions and a text editor and GNU's "autoconf" to create the .configure files. Depends on what you are doing On Mon, May 20, 201

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt, any easy way to create 500 MHz reference from one?

2013-05-20 Thread ed breya
I assume the question is about going from 10 Mhz to 500 MHz. The possible solutions depend on how clean the result has to be. For "counting" grade use, this has been done in a number of test instruments like the HP5345A and HP5370A that I'm familiar with, and certainly others. If you look at th

[time-nuts] RB reference info on EG&G TS-RFS

2013-05-20 Thread paul swed
Several years ago there was a thread on EG&G RBs. But no documentation was ever shared. Looking at the web there seems little still. However at one time EG&G might have been a good reference and company. Not interested in what happened to the company its in the threads. Did anyone ever find techni

Re: [time-nuts] Ground loops in measurements?

2013-05-20 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Coax is interesting stuff. The shielding is only good down to some lower frequency limit. For anything practical that's going to be > 100 KHz. At the frequencies you *should* use coax at, transformer coupling is the easy way to break the ground loop. In this era of cell phones all over the pla

[time-nuts] apple Xcode

2013-05-20 Thread Don Latham
Have any tnuts used the Apple Xcode programming setup? If so, quick comments? tnx Don -- "Neither the voice of authority nor the weight of reason and argument are as significant as experiment, for thence comes quiet to the mind." De Erroribus Medicorum, R. Bacon, 13th century. "If you don't kno

Re: [time-nuts] Ground loops in measurements?

2013-05-20 Thread Tom Knox
Anyone who is serious about Time and Freq has run into ground loop problems, and finding a solution is often more "Art then Science" A common solution is star grounding, Another approach is grid work grounding, another possible solution is to isolate each instrument. Most often some trial and e

Re: [time-nuts] aging/failure of un-powered xtal oscillators?

2013-05-20 Thread ed breya
If there are plenty of them, I'd recommend dissecting one to see how well they're made, and what sort of components are inside. If the crystal is hermetically sealed, it's probably OK. If there are any aluminum electrolytic caps in there, they may be no good. Most other parts from that era shou

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO shock protection

2013-05-20 Thread Tom Knox
Several co-workers have researched this subject extensively and have published a number of interesting papers on the subject. The other question is what is the nature of seismic activity in general, and specifically in your area. If I am not mistaken the force vectors can vary greatly depending

Re: [time-nuts] 10Mhz Sine from Square Wave Synthesizer

2013-05-20 Thread Luciano Paramithiotti
Hi Andy, The simplest way is to use a low pass filter with a notch capability for the second and third harmonics. You can find the schematic and response for 5 and 10 MHz here: http://www.timeok.it/files/5_and_10mhz_low_pass_notch_filter.pdf ciao, Luciano timeok see: www.timeok.it On Mon, Ma

[time-nuts] Ground loops in measurements?

2013-05-20 Thread johncroos
Attila Kinali One effective and sure fire way to deal with ground loops is to use a minature 1:1 50 or 200 ohm (not critical as most instruments are not matched inputs anyway ) in the line from your distribution amplifier to the driven device. Coilcraft has these for both PC and SMT Just drive

[time-nuts] silicon/silicon oxide based solid state atomic clocks? (was: Flawed diamonds promise sensory perfection)

2013-05-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sat, 11 May 2013 13:50:23 -0700 Brooke Clarke wrote: > The first article at R&D magazine cites another article in Nature, but it's a > $ article. > http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/05/flawed-diamonds-promise-sensory-perfection > > Solid-state electronic spin coherence time approaching one seco

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO shock protection

2013-05-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 20 May 2013 07:35:18 -0700 "Tom Van Baak" wrote: > If the quake is strong, the temporal acceleration is on the order of 0.1 g. > See: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_ground_acceleration Interesting. This would mean that the usual "noise" in an office environment is at the same magni

Re: [time-nuts] time transfer over USB

2013-05-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:12 -0700 Jim Lux wrote: > On 5/20/13 2:43 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: > > > Oh.. and connect the whole thing to a port on the PC that does _not_ > > have an internal USB hub. > > > That's a bit of challenge, I suspect.. A casual look at the PCs I have > around here runni

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO shock protection

2013-05-20 Thread Tom Van Baak
> We will be moving to southern California in the near future. > > My question if for people who live in that area is do you need to do > additional shock mounting for OCXO’s because of the ongoing, > usually minor, earth tremors that take place? Hi Perry, Your OCXO will be fine, unless it falls

Re: [time-nuts] Ground loops in measurements?

2013-05-20 Thread Volker Esper
Moin Attila, yes ground loops can cause serious measurement problems. And solving those could fill a hole book. Here's what I do in practical: 1.) avoid the loop 2.) if you can't, try harder to avoid it - depending on the problem: break up the dc loop by using capacitors (most often you only

Re: [time-nuts] time transfer over USB

2013-05-20 Thread lists
I suspect the idea is to use a port where no other devices, that is internal, are on the hub. Like you, I never saw a usb port not on a hub. -Original Message- From: Jim Lux Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:12 To: Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and

Re: [time-nuts] Time Nut Pickens at the MIT Flea ?

2013-05-20 Thread Tom Van Baak
A gentle reminder to keep postings to time-nuts as technical as possible, and on-topic. The occasional mention of upcoming local events or conferences is welcome (it's a great way to build community), but I suggest subsequent details, follow-up, meeting arrangements, and where to get pizza shou

Re: [time-nuts] time transfer over USB

2013-05-20 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/20/13 2:43 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: Oh.. and connect the whole thing to a port on the PC that does _not_ have an internal USB hub. That's a bit of challenge, I suspect.. A casual look at the PCs I have around here running windows all seem to have on-mobo hubs when you check Device Manag

Re: [time-nuts] Time Nut Pickens at the MIT Flea ?

2013-05-20 Thread J. Forster
IMO, it would be good to have any gathering place w/in easy walking distance of the flea. Parking in Cambridge is not easy in the best of times. YMMV, -John = > Plenty of good stuff in the area; Flour, Area Four, Catalyst, Friendly > Toast, Blue Room, CBC, and so on. > > I live in

Re: [time-nuts] Time Nut Pickens at the MIT Flea ?

2013-05-20 Thread Andy Bardagjy
Plenty of good stuff in the area; Flour, Area Four, Catalyst, Friendly Toast, Blue Room, CBC, and so on. I live in the area - recent MIT graduate - and would be happy to set something up (though I think my gf's birthday is that day, so maybe not) Andy Bardagjy bardagjy.com On Mon, May 20, 2013

Re: [time-nuts] Time Nut Pickens at the MIT Flea ?

2013-05-20 Thread J. Forster
It is surprizingly difficult to find other shoppers at the Flea. I suspoect it's because people sort of 'shop with the flow'- all moving in the same direction. -John = > Paul, > So you were there and I missed you then. It was hard to find anything. > Looking in all the corners.

Re: [time-nuts] Time Nut Pickens at the MIT Flea ?

2013-05-20 Thread J. Forster
There are cafe/pizza options in the Strattion Student Center, although seating is somewhat limited. But there are other places in the same building. It's a short walk from the flea site (Mass Ave at Vasser Street) Bldg W-20 -John > I was there as well, but did not see much of

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring Phase diference between different, GPSDO

2013-05-20 Thread Dan Kemppainen
Try Stabilant. http://www.amazon.com/Stabilant-5ml-Kit-Makes-30ml/dp/B001E50GQS I have no affiliation with this product. I've used it to fix intermittent connections that drove me crazy. It's not a contact cleaner, and you'll have to read the details to understand what it does. It's also aval

Re: [time-nuts] Time Nut Pickens at the MIT Flea ?

2013-05-20 Thread paul swed
Paul, So you were there and I missed you then. It was hard to find anything. Looking in all the corners. Most of its now the monthly repeat stuff that doesn't seem to move. John, You are right it would be a TM5000 3 bay. The color is tek blue, not the brown of the 5000 series. Funny I don't care a

Re: [time-nuts] Time Nut Pickens at the MIT Flea ?

2013-05-20 Thread Ziggy
I was there as well, but did not see much of interest. That might be because Paul Swed scooped up the good stuff before I could finish the first pass :) Nice find Paul, hope they settle down for you. Would love to see a post-flea get together and put some faces with names, but I don't know of an

[time-nuts] Ground loops in measurements?

2013-05-20 Thread Attila Kinali
Moin, A couple of weeks ago, there was a short discussion on "bad" connectors and cables and the coupled in noise of those. Summarized it said that measurements in the time-nuts scale are very sensitive to even the lowest noise levels and coupled in signals. But, all the measurements we do are do

Re: [time-nuts] Can I get 1 millisecond accuracy with a USB GPS-18

2013-05-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 13 May 2013 12:17:42 -0700 Hal Murray wrote: > Anybody know if uBlox over USB units are available? I just took a quick look > and didn't find anything. IIRC all LEA-5 and newer have an USB port for communication. I couldnt find anything in the protocol specs whether it supports interru

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO shock protection

2013-05-20 Thread johncroos
Re: [time-nuts] OCXO shock protection Water heaters must be bolted to the wall studs. Other wise they go over. Several hundred pounds of water is a big mass. Lived there for 50 years. Generally earthquakes are pretty localized and not a huge hazard with just a little thought. You do have

Re: [time-nuts] time transfer over USB

2013-05-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Tue, 14 May 2013 07:22:26 +0200 Herbert Poetzl wrote: > > If the best-case response time is calibrated out, how good > > can this get? Microseconds? > > With 125us latency and a fixed interval, it should be > possible to calculate the relation between the transfer > intervall (USB clock crys