Re: [time-nuts] FLL errors

2015-08-27 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Azelio wrote: Since I have not found a strong definition for the FLL, I assumed: if PLL= zero phase error (and so zero frequency error) the FLL= same frequency, random phase. The XOR with RC is a perfect fit for this: same frequency all the time but phase determined by the EFC needed to have tha

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese GPSDO 10 MHz error

2015-08-27 Thread Bob Camp
Hi At the most basic level: FLL is frequency locked. Consider a lock system driven by an FM discriminator. (That’s how the idea originally was done.) The output of the detector is a voltage proportional to the frequency error. With a simple loop (gain only / no integrator) you have a static

[time-nuts] DAC voltage on KS-24361 during holdover from jamming tests

2015-08-27 Thread Hal Murray
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Re: [time-nuts] More GPS testing, KS-24361 quirk

2015-08-27 Thread Bob Camp
Hi It would be really interesting to eventually dig up a spec on just what these two boxes are supposed to do. There are far to many “interesting features” for them all to have been un-intentional. Bob > On Aug 27, 2015, at 5:41 AM, Hal Murray wrote: > > More testing... > I lost everything

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese GPSDO 10 MHz error

2015-08-27 Thread Bob Benward
Attila, I concur with you, what Azelio described is a standard off the shelf PLL. An XOR for a Type I phase discriminator, characterized by a 90 degree phase lock, and with more complicated logic, a Type II PLL which locks at zero degrees. In a well designed loop, in both cases over the long term

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese GPSDO 10 MHz error

2015-08-27 Thread Azelio Boriani
Since I have not found a strong definition for the FLL, I assumed: if PLL= zero phase error (and so zero frequency error) the FLL= same frequency, random phase. The XOR with RC is a perfect fit for this: same frequency all the time but phase determined by the EFC needed to have that frequency. The

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese GPSDO 10 MHz error

2015-08-27 Thread Alex Pummer
it is a bit more complicated FLL need circuit which is sensitive to frequency difference, it looks always, PLL need a phase detector and has a capture range, which is depend mainly on the bandwidth of the loop filter there are combined phase /frequency detectors, which are sequential circuits

Re: [time-nuts] looking for SMT oscillator SC cut, with no oven

2015-08-27 Thread Bob Camp
Hi > On Aug 27, 2015, at 3:58 AM, Hal Murray wrote: > > > kb...@n1k.org said: >>> Is there anything fundamental about SC that forces the turn over > temperature >>> to be high? > >> Simple answer yes. More complicated answer : that depends. > >> The crystal curve on an AT or an IT centers ro

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese GPSDO 10 MHz error

2015-08-27 Thread Bob Camp
Hi > On Aug 26, 2015, at 11:54 PM, Bob Benward wrote: > > So how does a frequency lock work? How is it implemented? Can someone sketch > a schematic? > > And what equipment or technique is used to measure a 2hz error at 100GHz? As with all things, this is a “that depends" sort of thing. You

Re: [time-nuts] FLL errors [WAS: Chinese GPSDO...]

2015-08-27 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Tim wrote: Many hobbyist GPSDO's work, by counting OCXO cycles between some number of GPS PPS assertions. Software adjusts EFC based on frequency count. Often times the frequency count used as input to the software has not just random +/- 1 bobble in last digit, but also an extra count or two i

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese GPSDO 10 MHz error

2015-08-27 Thread Attila Kinali
On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:19:34 +0200 Azelio Boriani wrote: > The simplest form of a frequency locked loop is the XOR gate, when the > driving signals are 50% square waves. To achieve lock, the phase > difference will be proportional to the voltage needed to the VCO to > generate the desired frequen

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese GPSDO 10 MHz error

2015-08-27 Thread Azelio Boriani
The simplest form of a frequency locked loop is the XOR gate, when the driving signals are 50% square waves. To achieve lock, the phase difference will be proportional to the voltage needed to the VCO to generate the desired frequency. Start with a 5V digital gate, suppose your VCO needs 2.5V to be

[time-nuts] HP5065A in the word

2015-08-27 Thread timeok
Hi all the HP5065A owner. I thought it was very interesting to have a list of existing HP5065A in the world. In particular, it would be nice to see where is situated the old and the new still operating. I prepared then a list with some information such as serial number, options etc. . If you

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese GPSDO 10 MHz error

2015-08-27 Thread Mike Feher
Look in the manual for the 8640B as they use FLL there when the lock button is pushed on the front panel. Simply, in one case, in lock, the numbers driving the frequency readout is saved and then when the oscillator drifts one way or the other, an EFC is applied that attempts to make the new rea

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese GPSDO 10 MHz error

2015-08-27 Thread Tim Shoppa
Many hobbyist GPSDO's work, by counting OCXO cycles between some number of GPS PPS assertions. Software adjusts EFC based on frequency count. Often times the frequency count used as input to the software has not just random +/- 1 bobble in last digit, but also an extra count or two in last digit d

[time-nuts] More GPS testing, KS-24361 quirk

2015-08-27 Thread Hal Murray
More testing... I lost everything from roughly 12:00-24:00 UTC Tue and 10:00-20:00 UTC Wed I stumbled into an interesting quirk in the KS-24361. Short version: After it has been in holdover for 5 or 6 minutes, the GPS unit switches to tracking the non-GPS unit and says it isn't in holdover

[time-nuts] Wavecrest 2079 and Timelab

2015-08-27 Thread timeok
Hi, I would like to receive some feedback on the Wavecrest 2079 using Timelab. The main question is: can someone send me some outputs related to the noise floor of the Wavecrest? I would like to be reassured that, as written in the manual, the function double(:meas:data) get the equivalent

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese GPSDO 10 MHz error

2015-08-27 Thread Bob Benward
So how does a frequency lock work? How is it implemented? Can someone sketch a schematic? And what equipment or technique is used to measure a 2hz error at 100GHz? Bob >>> -Original Message- >>> From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Tim >>> Shoppa >>> Sent: W

Re: [time-nuts] looking for SMT oscillator SC cut, with no oven

2015-08-27 Thread Hal Murray
kb...@n1k.org said: >> Is there anything fundamental about SC that forces the turn over temperature >> to be high? > Simple answer yes. More complicated answer : that depends. > The crystal curve on an AT or an IT centers roughly at room temperature. > When you fiddle the angles to get a stres

Re: [time-nuts] looking for SMT oscillator SC cut, with no oven

2015-08-27 Thread Mike Garvey
You might start with Leeson's equation to calculate the resonator Q that you need to get the phase noise you desire. Overtone resonators have higher Q, but they are too "stiff" to keep on frequency (with a reactive tuning network) under conditions in which the resonator is exposed to any practical