Re: [time-nuts] Another use for a Trimble Thunderbolt

2014-12-24 Thread Bob Camp
Hi > On Dec 24, 2014, at 8:28 PM, Arthur Dent wrote: > > Those of you who know I had hacked the RFTG-u REF 1 GPS years > ago and had one running for 4 years before other time nuts > discovered these units probably won't be too surprised that > I have tried another hack that may have limited int

[time-nuts] Another use for a Trimble Thunderbolt

2014-12-24 Thread Arthur Dent
Those of you who know I had hacked the RFTG-u REF 1 GPS years ago and had one running for 4 years before other time nuts discovered these units probably won't be too surprised that I have tried another hack that may have limited interest but works for me. Having owned a large number of Thunderbolt

Re: [time-nuts] schematics of frequency counter

2014-12-24 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Very interesting !! Thanks for sharing. As you can see from the Fluke schematics, the input amplifiers on counters can get quite complex. I would definitely recommend playing a bit with the input channels on your board. Here’s what I would do, there are many other approaches: 1) Set up a h

Re: [time-nuts] schematics of frequency counter

2014-12-24 Thread Bruce Griffiths
The CLK1 input circuit produces an output incompatiblr with the 3.3V CMOS deice it drives.A pair of pnp transistors in an otherwise similar circuit is capable of producing a 3.3V CMOS compatible output signal. Using independent voltage dividers to bias the transistor bases is a bad idea in that

Re: [time-nuts] schematics of frequency counter

2014-12-24 Thread paul swed
Li I had not been following the thread and for some reason followed your links. Very nice to see your work. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Li Ang wrote: > http://www.qsl.net/bi7lnq/freqcnt_bi7lnq_v4.pdf this is my current board. > I'm not a hardware guy, feel free to corr

Re: [time-nuts] Ball/Efratom MFS-209 Rubidium GPSDO...

2014-12-24 Thread Chuck Harris
I agree that in some ways it is not too swift, but it is as I said, a direct DC path... not even a resistor, nor, as far as I can tell, any diode clamp. The GPS RF path does have a blocking capacitor, and all sorts of protection diodes and bandpass filters. Because the antenna of the 40dB preamp

Re: [time-nuts] Ball/Efratom MFS-209 Rubidium GPSDO...

2014-12-24 Thread Tom Miller
Nice work Chuck. So now you have a many port house reference that should last for many years. My unit took a long time to start from cold, I think it is operating in position mode and takes time to settle on the location. Regards - Original Message - From: "Chuck Harris" To: "Discus

[time-nuts] schematics of frequency counter

2014-12-24 Thread Li Ang
http://www.qsl.net/bi7lnq/freqcnt_bi7lnq_v4.pdf this is my current board. I'm not a hardware guy, feel free to correct my mistakes. :) http://assets.fluke.com/manuals/6690smeng.pdf schematic of cnt90 aka pm6690 Happy holidays Li Ang ___ tim

Re: [time-nuts] Ball/Efratom MFS-209 Rubidium GPSDO...

2014-12-24 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The ADC0808 is a (relatively) slow multi-input 8 bit ADC. It’s a good candidate for built in test chores on a board that does not have a MCU with built in ADC capability (or where you have used all the pins). They are cheap and easy to use. Current limiting the antenna supply is a pretty

Re: [time-nuts] Ball/Efratom MFS-209 Rubidium GPSDO...

2014-12-24 Thread Azelio Boriani
An ADC0808 directly connected to the GPS antenna? Not even a DC blocking capacitor? So it receives also the 5V antenna supply? On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Chuck Harris wrote: > It's Alive!!! > > The MGPS module was saying there was an A-to-D fault > and a Feedline fault. Suspicious of the c

[time-nuts] solved: HP 53131A - reset security code

2014-12-24 Thread Mod Mix
Adrian made me to try something which turned out to work. It's just a bit tricky: * 7 times arrow left gives 7 zeros (0.00) * most left 0 changed to 1 (up arrow: 1.0) * proceed to habe 1.053131 * change it to 0.05313 (down arrow at first 1 position * press Enter * Bingo! GPS 10 M