Re: [time-nuts] Bodnar "Precision Frequency Reference (GPS Clock)" AND LeoNTP Networked Time NTP Server Questions

2018-05-18 Thread Didier Juges
eturn common mode noise directly back to earth instead of through the cable). Didier KO4BB On Fri, May 18, 2018, 8:10 AM Clint Jay wrote: > Interested to know how much noise would be from USB signalling and how much > is " machine noise" from the PC as my understanding of USB

Re: [time-nuts] Setting correct date on Trimble Thunderbolt receiver

2018-03-28 Thread Didier Juges
Tom, In my TB monitor kit, I used your Julian date routines, adapted to the 8051 (no variable greater than 32 bits since my compiler does not support them either) to apply the GPS offset correction. It was very helpful. Didier KO4BB On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 7:13 AM Tom Van Baak wrote: > Hi M

Re: [time-nuts] Recommendations for Mains Power Monitor / Logger

2018-03-11 Thread Didier Juges
I like the sound card idea. However I believe it's much better to use the two channels. At least under Windows, it is much easier to track the relative phase of the two channels of one sound card than the absolute phase of one channel compared to the system clock. I have written an audio VNA in Vis

Re: [time-nuts] Replacement A9 boards for the HP 5065A

2018-03-05 Thread Didier Juges
It depends on the quantity they buy. I just looked for X7R 0.1uF in 0805 at Digikey and the automotive grade (10%, -55 to +125) is cheaper than the non automotive grade with worse tolerance and more limited temperature range. Next time you buy it may be reversed... On Feb 25, 2018 1:51 PM, "Gerhar

Re: [time-nuts] Furuno GT-8031 breakout board

2018-02-19 Thread Didier Juges
Got the answer in the previous email :) On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 5:28 PM Didier Juges wrote: > What do you mean by “Adafruit” pinout? > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:50 AM Mark Sims wrote: > >> No, the Tbolt does not have a separate receiver board... plus its' GPS is >

Re: [time-nuts] Furuno GT-8031 breakout board

2018-02-19 Thread Didier Juges
What do you mean by “Adafruit” pinout? On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:50 AM Mark Sims wrote: > No, the Tbolt does not have a separate receiver board... plus its' GPS is > rather special... the RF chain is locked to the OCXO so it does not produce > any sawtooth error. > > The Lucent KS firmware expe

Re: [time-nuts] On the IETF leap-seconds.list SHA1

2017-12-21 Thread Didier Juges
I am so glad that my laziness has a new name that does not sound nearly as bad as the original one... I will be sure to remember that next time I do my "self appraisal". Merry Christmas everyone (I know I am early but my clock is fast...) Didier KO4BB On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:0

Re: [time-nuts] Oscilloquartz 8600-3 Disassembly pictures...

2017-12-16 Thread Didier Juges
You are always welcome to upload time-nuts related material to my manual site www.ko4bb.com Didier KO4BB On Dec 14, 2017 1:03 AM, "Ulf Kylenfall via time-nuts" wrote: > > Tried to mail the pictures to Magnus. The mail bounced back. > Ole Petter Ronningen was kind to a

Re: [time-nuts] Weird GPSDO behavior

2017-09-29 Thread Didier Juges
Where I work, we had a high power system tripping and occasionally blowing up at 7:00 AM. It turned out that it was when the power company switched big capacitors across the lines as businesses got started to keep the power factor within their target range. It was creating just the kind of transien

Re: [time-nuts] Weird GPSDO behavior

2017-09-29 Thread Didier Juges
It makes me feel better (not good, just better) to know it's not just me... On Sep 29, 2017 7:19 AM, "Bob kb8tq" wrote: > Hi > > > > On Sep 28, 2017, at 6:59 PM, Mark Sims wrote: > > > > I suspect that it is either temperature related (the funkiness starts > around when the temperature reaches

[time-nuts] KO4BB Manual Pages

2017-08-13 Thread Didier Juges
need one or more files that are in the Upload folder and that I have not moved yet, fire up your ftp client (info is on the Manuals page). Thank you for your patience and patronage. Didier KO4BB ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt question

2017-08-03 Thread Didier Juges
"If the Thunderbolt loses satellites, does it still put out a 10 Mhz signal?" Yes of course. When that happens, the Thunderbolt is said to be in holdover. On Aug 3, 2017 9:29 PM, "Chris Waldrup" wrote: > Hi, > > I just noticed the laptop that is always connected to my Thunderbolt had a > yellow

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt - trouble locking with some types of antennas

2017-08-01 Thread Didier Juges
" having around 20 dB of gain at the antenna greatly decreases the effect of feed line loss on noise figure." And that would be consistent with usage for a timing receiver which is expected to have a well exposed antenna and a significant line length, as opposed to navigation receivers where the a

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt - trouble locking with some types of antennas

2017-08-01 Thread Didier Juges
l 31, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Didier Juges wrote: > > > > The Thunderbolt is well known for not having the best sensitivity among > GPS > > receivers. It seems that timing receivers in general, particularly those > of > > the same generation as the Thunderbolt are not

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt - trouble locking with some types of antennas

2017-07-31 Thread Didier Juges
The Thunderbolt is well known for not having the best sensitivity among GPS receivers. It seems that timing receivers in general, particularly those of the same generation as the Thunderbolt are not as sensitive as navigation (possibly newer) GPS receivers. It may be because they are expected to ru

Re: [time-nuts] A look inside the DS3231

2017-07-30 Thread Didier Juges
That device also has analog circuitry for the oscillator itself and the temperature sensor and the temperature compensation. I believe I have read an app note some time ago, it may have been from Maxim describing a kind of ring oscillator being used as a temperature sensor which drew much less powe

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt no longer determines the correct date

2017-07-27 Thread Didier Juges
Since the Thunderbolt is hard coded to detect a particular week to determine if it should add 1024 to the week number, I would guess that each product has a magic date based on the anticipated release date of the product (week 936 for the Thunderbolt), and it will work for 1024 weeks from that date

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B Input Board Repair [WAS: 5370B Question / help needed]

2017-07-19 Thread Didier Juges
That is very good information. I will add your email to the 5370 page on my web site. Didier KO4BB On Jul 18, 2017 4:02 AM, "Thomas Allgeier" wrote: > Hello All Again, > > > > I’ve got my 5370B going now and in the process made a “discovery” which I > thought mig

Re: [time-nuts] Power connectors continued

2017-06-24 Thread Didier Juges
I have been forced to use micro-D by a customer on a military power supply, not even space rated, it was well over $100 each in 50 piece quantity (I think it was a 25 pin). However, unless they are mistreated (which is easy for the reason you listed), they seem reliable. I do not believe we have r

Re: [time-nuts] GPS Antenna on Tower.

2017-06-20 Thread Didier Juges
If that is not time-nutty, I do not know what will :) On Jun 20, 2017 7:04 AM, "jimlux" wrote: > > for geodetic measurements, they drill a hole down to bedrock, and run a > pipe down to anchor the antenna to the bedrock. > > "All holes shall be drilled straight enough so that PVC casing can be >

Re: [time-nuts] backfill (was: Poor man's oven)

2017-06-09 Thread Didier Juges
The difficulty with hydrogen is to keep it where you want it. It does not take very much for it to leak out (or in, as the case may be) On Jun 8, 2017 4:58 PM, "Alan Melia" wrote: > Hi Bob, it also depends on what you allow to leak into the vacuum. > Hydrogen is a pretty effective remover of hea

Re: [time-nuts] uC ADC resolution (was: Poor man's oven)

2017-06-07 Thread Didier Juges
near that and I gave up on that chip. Didier KO4BB On Jun 6, 2017 4:17 PM, "Attila Kinali" wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 16:37:27 -0400 Bob kb8tq wrote: > Often when you dig into the details of MCU ADC’s they have a little note “optimized for audio” or > “not recommended for contro

Re: [time-nuts] Line Frequency standard change - Possible ?

2017-02-11 Thread Didier Juges
One issue with power factor corrected power supplies is that in the short term (as a minimum, at the line frequency), they do behave like resistors (current goes up when voltage goes up) but as they have a slow voltage regulation loop to provide regulated output, they do behave like constant power

Re: [time-nuts] Dropbox is cool, but...

2017-02-05 Thread Didier Juges
Yes, I noticed that before. I have a number of tools that don't like running off a Dropbox folder, including several software development tools for starter. Too many files opened at the same time. Don't assume that because it looks like a normal folder, it works like one, even though for many thing

Re: [time-nuts] Li-ion Battreries

2017-01-22 Thread Didier Juges
Well worth mentioning that you have found a reputable vendor. I may give them a try. A while back, I bought a dozen 18650 inexpensive(<$5 each) cells from 3 vendors picked at semi-random on eBay (4 from each) for evaluation and I tested each one of them with a data logger. The best one had about h

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Eagle PC CAD now Autodesk, $500/year

2017-01-20 Thread Didier Juges
I use Copper Connection, a $50 package (PWB layout only) that works very well for me. There is a free eval version that has some limitations. Didier KO4BB On Jan 19, 2017 11:01 PM, "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" wrote: > Off topic, but probably a lot of disgrunted Eagle users on thi

Re: [time-nuts] Temperature (environmental) sensors

2017-01-04 Thread Didier Juges
b.com/tps/plottemp.php?file=D8B04CF343D6.csv&length=day This is my wife's green house, with temperature in C and F and humidity. Let me know if you are interested. Didier KO4BB On January 4, 2017 1:32:24 PM CST, Dan Kemppainen wrote: >Hi All, > >Just ordered a few of the

Re: [time-nuts] HP53132A Firmware Version 4613

2016-12-27 Thread Didier Juges
Hopefully that will be tomorrow. Didier KO4BB On December 27, 2016 2:37:23 PM CST, GandalfG8--- via time-nuts wrote: >I have just uploaded this firmware to Didier's (KO4BB) manuals site so >it >should be available for download in the near future. > >Regar

Re: [time-nuts] Ublox M8N - have I a XO or TCXO ?

2016-12-22 Thread Didier Juges
TCXO usually refers to Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (no heater), as opposed to Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator (OCXO) which has an oven. I would not expect a TCXO to become warm or draw more current at power up. An OCXO would. Didier KO4BB On December 21, 2016 1:29:00 PM CST

Re: [time-nuts] OT: ExpressPCB (cross-post from volts-nuts)

2016-12-10 Thread Didier Juges
There is a free tool (Robot Room Copper Connection) that will take EcpressPCB files and spit Gerber files. It is actually a full fledged PCB design software that seems to be significantly more capable than the ExpressPCB software even though I have not used it as such. Alternately you can send

Re: [time-nuts] Oscilloquartz Star-4 GPSDO (was: Thermal impact on OCXO)

2016-11-26 Thread Didier Juges
Re: Manual uploads to my site: I have limited internet access for another week. Uploads will be processed the week of December 5th. Didier KO4BB On November 19, 2016 7:05:52 PM GMT+01:00, Mark Sims wrote: >There was a copy uploaded to EEVBLOG. I uploaded it and another one >that

Re: [time-nuts] HP 59309A Clock runs, sets via GPIB, but no GPIB output?

2016-10-13 Thread Didier Juges
I am out of town but will be back over the week end. All uploads will be sorted by then. Didier KO4BB On October 11, 2016 1:54:06 PM EDT, Francesco Messineo wrote: >1818-2295A dump has been uploaded to ko4bb site, probably there's need >to be moved in the right place before it&

Re: [time-nuts] Prologix USB-GPIB Controller

2016-10-13 Thread Didier Juges
throw away $40 and getting junk that at best will not be very useful and at worse will burn your house. Batteries are a tough business, ask Samsung... Didier KO4BB On October 10, 2016 1:13:45 PM EDT, "Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)" wrote: >On 10 October 2016 at 0

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO - probably a stupid question.

2016-08-17 Thread Didier Juges
. Didier On August 17, 2016 5:25:39 PM CDT, Magnus Danielson wrote: >Hi, > >I agree. > >There is however a subtle detail, how they leak out over time. > >At one time we had to lock an 155,52 MHz oscillator up to 8 kHz, this >for a 2,48832 Gb/s link, which needs to pass t

Re: [time-nuts] Speaking clock

2016-08-17 Thread Didier Juges
r the Olympics but I remember it as if it was yesterday... (I used to travel a lot) Didier KO4BB On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 6:28 AM, Morris Odell wrote: > Hi all, > > There was a thread about this a few weeks ago and I mentioned that I was > working on one with a "Stephen Hawking&qu

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO - probably a stupid question.

2016-08-17 Thread Didier Juges
In fact, you do not want to "update the crystal one million times/second". The whole point of a GPSDO is to combine the excellent short term stability of the crystal with the excellent long term stability of the GPS signal. If you update the crystal in real time from the GPS data, you do not need t

Re: [time-nuts] Mini ovens packaging

2016-08-13 Thread Didier Juges
If you have to regulate over ambient temperature as high as 120C, you need an oven that regulates at a higher temperature, maybe 125 at least or 130C. You will have a lot of issues with long term reliability with something that operates 24/7 above 120C. Have you looked at a Peltier junction that wo

Re: [time-nuts] Working with SMT parts.

2016-08-13 Thread Didier Juges
I did not know Futurlec accepted ExpressPCB files, so I checked. The equivalent to ExpressPCB mini board pro service (2 sided, solder mask and silk screen, 3 pieces, same size) is $86 + shipping and one week to shipment. ExpressPCB is $75 in 3-4 days in your mailbox including FedEx (they do offer

Re: [time-nuts] Working with SMT parts.

2016-08-12 Thread Didier Juges
from emailing them the Gerber's. Didier KO4BB On August 12, 2016 9:22:42 AM CDT, wb6bnq wrote: >Hi Didier, > >I use ExpressPCB as well, but I send the ExpressPCB file to a company >called Futurlec >( http://www.futurlec.com/PCBService.shtml ). They have reasonable >

Re: [time-nuts] Working with SMT parts.

2016-08-12 Thread Didier Juges
I just installed CopperConnection and it opens the ExpressPCB layouts just fine :) Thanks for the tip, I will give it a go. Didier KO4BB On August 12, 2016 9:22:42 AM CDT, wb6bnq wrote: >Hi Didier, > >I use ExpressPCB as well, but I send the ExpressPCB file to a company >cal

Re: [time-nuts] Working with SMT parts.

2016-08-12 Thread Didier Juges
be proficient with Eagle, but Express PCB works for me. Didier KO4BB On August 11, 2016 10:45:45 PM CDT, Chris Albertson wrote: >This seems totally backwards. Typically a Gerber file is something >you make yourself on your computer then send it in for a prototype. >Seems odd to buy t

Re: [time-nuts] Safely getting the electrical length of a connected antenna feedline

2016-08-12 Thread Didier Juges
Good point! It is only an issue when you try to calibrate/correlate to the physical length. Didier On August 11, 2016 1:56:09 PM CDT, Bob Stewart wrote: >Why is velocity factor an issue?  Aren't we only interested in the >electrical time from one end of the coax to the

Re: [time-nuts] Safely getting the electrical length of a connectedantenna feedline

2016-08-12 Thread Didier Juges
Thank you Tom and yes, the spell checker tends to be overbearing at times Didier On August 11, 2016 3:19:04 PM CDT, Tom Van Baak wrote: >FYI: In Didier's post below, the correct URL is: > >http://www.ko4bb.com/getsimple/index.php?id=coax-cable-impedance-matching > >I'

Re: [time-nuts] Safely getting the electrical length of a connected antenna feedline

2016-08-11 Thread Didier Juges
5 ohm mismatch. The biggest variable will be the velocity factor. Didier KO4BB On August 8, 2016 2:18:02 PM CDT, Bob Albert via time-nuts wrote: >I host a group called something like HF Antennas.  There I posted a >link to an article on how to measure coaxial cable.  The easiest way

Re: [time-nuts] Working with SMT parts.

2016-08-11 Thread Didier Juges
, then if you are happy with those, buy the Gerbers for that design. Didier KO4BB On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Brooke Clarke wrote: > Hi: > > I've had good luck using any of the the ExpressPCB services that include > solder mask with surface mount parts where the pitch is 0.05&qu

[time-nuts] KO4BB Manuals

2016-08-11 Thread Didier Juges
pport! Didier KO4BB www.ko4bb.com ___ 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 instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Very Accurate Delta Time RF Pulse Measurements

2016-08-01 Thread Didier Juges
Have you looked at the blitzortung.org system? There may be some ideas to glean from that On July 28, 2016 6:12:54 PM CDT, Jerome Blaha wrote: >Hi Guys, > >This is a little outside of time-nuts scope, but not by much. I'm >interested in finding the time between two rising edges above a set >th

[time-nuts] KO4BB out of space

2016-07-20 Thread Didier Juges
I had planned to clean up at some point. I was just not planning to do that NOW!!! The problem has been temporarily fixed, I have freed 10GB and hopefully I will have made more space (or bought more space...) over the week end. Thank you for your patience and your support. Didier KO4BB

Re: [time-nuts] KS-24361 rom

2016-04-16 Thread Didier Juges
machine to unzip it instead of just moving/renaming via ftp. Didier KO4BB On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 5:36 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: > Adrian, > > Thanks for doing that. And you're now a member of the hp Smartclock pForth > appreciation club ;-) > > You can send the ROM to me or Mag

Re: [time-nuts] Unix software to generate nice looking *DEV plots

2016-03-19 Thread Didier Juges
Here is what my tool looks like: www.eds-fl.com/misc/graph/index.php You need to download a data file first, I added a link to download a small file 9kB. Again, this is not an ADEV tool, the file format is binary (came out of an old DOS tool that could not plot to save its life...) but it's a

Re: [time-nuts] Unix software to generate nice looking *DEV plots

2016-03-19 Thread Didier Juges
I have done something similar at work (not for adev, for plots of corona test results on HV transformers) but since most engineers here are Linux/UNIX challenged, I put the Perl scripts on a Linux box and let people send their data through a web page via cgi, which returns the plot as graphic. E

Re: [time-nuts] For those of us that did the CPU upgrade for the 5370

2016-03-15 Thread Didier Juges
Hopefully, they will have installed the U.FL connector on the WiFi board so that you can install the antenna outside the enclosure with a short coax cable. Besides, it's low power ;) Didier KO4BB On March 15, 2016 2:10:21 PM CDT, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >In messag

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt monitor kits available doon

2016-03-14 Thread Didier Juges
Finally, by popular demand, another batch of Thunderbolt Monitors are coming... Check http://www.ko4bb.com/getsimple/index.php?id=the-thunderbolt-monitor-kit Didier KO4BB -- Sent from my Moto-X wireless tracker while I do other things. ___ time

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather Server On Raspberry Pi 2 Model B?

2016-01-14 Thread Didier Juges
should be available in a couple of months. Didier KO4BB On January 10, 2016 4:06:51 PM CST, Ben Hall wrote: >On 1/10/2016 1:06 PM, Mark Sims wrote: >>> Porting the GUI client to anything else would be a fair bit of >>> work, though. >> Not all that much work. There a

Re: [time-nuts] Einstein Special on PBS

2015-11-29 Thread Didier Juges
Wow. So elegantly simple explanation, thanks John! On November 27, 2015 2:54:51 PM CST, John Miles wrote: >So, here's how I finally grokked this stuff. c, the speed of light in >a vacuum, is often spoken of as a "speed limit" that nothing can ever >exceed. That's a bad way to put it, and people

Re: [time-nuts] beaglebones, time, web services

2015-07-05 Thread Didier Juges
(art major with CSS experience...) Here is a demo: http://www.ko4bb.com/AjaxDemo/x-web.html The back end of that runs on php, but it could be python just the same. Obviously failing the "pretty" test :) Didier KO4BB On July 4, 2015 8:13:06 AM CDT, Jim Lux wrote: >I've

Re: [time-nuts] Manuals heading for the dumpster

2015-05-29 Thread Didier Juges
, but the handwriting was on the wall a long time ago and it is unfortunate. Didier KO4BB PS: I intent to keep my site up as long as I can afford it, and if someone comes up with a dumpster's worth of scanned manuals, I will find the disk space for it, but unfortunately, I can't afford

Re: [time-nuts] HP 10544A repair

2015-05-03 Thread Didier Juges
The quarantine is officially over (for this week :) Thanks for the uploads Didier KO4BB PS: I am now trying to move the manuals and equipment specific docs out of the GPS Timing folder into the manufacturer's folders. I realize it may be less convenient for those who are only interest

Re: [time-nuts] Modern HW replacement for ATOM based NTP server?

2015-04-07 Thread Didier Juges
Is the new RPi2 any different in that regard? On April 7, 2015 8:17:12 AM CDT, Daniel Mendes wrote: > >Internally the rPI is a ver awkward beast: the CPU is connected to a >GPU, and the GPU is connected to the GPIOs... so lots of jitter and >latency. > >It was designed to be a video decoder... t

Re: [time-nuts] Seeking Racal 9480 Manuals

2015-03-13 Thread Didier Juges
Not at home right now but if you send me an email with what needs to be done, I'll be glad to do it. Didier KO4BB On March 12, 2015 6:54:06 PM CDT, Dan Rae wrote: >On 3/12/2015 1:47 PM, George Atkinson wrote: >> Done. >> >But you might want to get Didier to correct th

Re: [time-nuts] 50 ohm driver

2015-03-07 Thread Didier Juges
a few nS edges while driving significant capacitance at several hundred kHz. They can be very useful for "low" frequency clock drivers. Didier KO4BB On March 7, 2015 10:10:45 AM CST, Graham / KE9H wrote: >The question is not the frequency, but the edge rate. For a 1 PPS >sig

Re: [time-nuts] Pinout of FEI 5680B

2015-03-07 Thread Didier Juges
I have added this info to the wiki: http://www.ko4bb.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=precision_timing:fe5680a_pin-out Thanks Didier KO4BB On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Bob Camp wrote: > Hi > > Just so it goes into the archives. Here’s the pinout for the FE-5680B with > a 15 pin con

Re: [time-nuts] 50 ohm driver

2015-03-07 Thread Didier Juges
). It would not work at 10MHz (because of propagation delay and self heating), but at lower frequencies, they work very well. The UCC27531 has lower propagation time and comes in an SOT-23 package, the others are available in DIP-8 and SO-8. Didier KO4BB On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Martyn Smith

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt NMEA ?

2015-03-04 Thread Didier Juges
ebay) and you are in business. Total cost about the same as a dedicated GPS receiver with antenna and NMEA output. Choose your poison :) Didier KO4BB On March 3, 2015 10:23:56 PM CST, Chris Albertson wrote: >Is the code in C? If so I bet it would run on some development board. >No &g

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt NMEA ?

2015-03-03 Thread Didier Juges
e code at the moment, but I have released the source code for the kit. Didier KO4BB On March 2, 2015 5:06:21 PM CST, Tim wrote: >On 3/03/2015 4:33 AM, Didier Juges wrote: >> Tim, >> >> NMEA is normally used for navigation. It would seem unlikely that >anyone would want to

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt NMEA ?

2015-03-02 Thread Didier Juges
Tim, NMEA is normally used for navigation. It would seem unlikely that anyone would want to use a Thunderbolt for navigation. Can you elaborate on what you are trying yo do? Didier KO4BB On February 25, 2015 10:11:08 PM CST, Tim wrote: >Hi all, > >Is there a way to get NMEA instea

Re: [time-nuts] SR620 question

2015-01-29 Thread Didier Juges
e document. I am trying to come up with a scheme that will create a permanent link. Bear with me a little longer... Didier KO4BB On January 28, 2015 7:41:59 AM CST, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: >Am 28.01.2015 um 00:23 schrieb Magnus Danielson: >> >> It locks it up with a PLL. See p

Re: [time-nuts] D term (was no subject)

2015-01-26 Thread Didier Juges
ven itself and from that optimize the PID terms in real time as a function of the load. This was in the early 80's. It was pretty hot stuff then, even for an oven :) Didier KO4BB On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Jim Lux wrote: > On 1/25/15 1:30 PM, WarrenS via time-nuts wrote: >

Re: [time-nuts] Questions regarding tuning Thunderbolt with Lady Heather --> GPSDO's

2015-01-25 Thread Didier Juges
ging bridge and sawtooth correction is not required. I am not aware of any other GPSDO implementing that scheme, which is very elegant in its simplicity. Didier KO4BB On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Bob Camp wrote: > Hi > > Maybe a bit more information, much of it applies to all GPSDO

Re: [time-nuts] (no subject)

2015-01-25 Thread Didier Juges
target value. The D term slows it down just enough and minimizes that overshoot while maintaining a high gain (low steady state error) and a fast response. Didier KO4BB On January 24, 2015 8:05:38 PM CST, Bob Camp wrote: >Hi > >A classic control loop in it’s simplest form has only

Re: [time-nuts] GPS leap second pending (TBolt/Heather)

2015-01-22 Thread Didier Juges
Re: "Note that this is not a GPS problem, nor a Trimble problem. It's just a problem with user written software." I agree with Mark's comment. His software makes no attempt to "interpret" or "correct" the information put out by the Thunderbolt, it simply reports it. My Thunderbolt Monitor does the

Re: [time-nuts] Shera VXCO Controller and PCM61P

2015-01-18 Thread Didier Juges
The MAX5318 is available at Digikey. Not cheap, and not sure if it is electrically compatible, but it has good specs (not an audio DAC). And it is in a TSOP package, so can be soldered on a small adapter board Didier KO4BB On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Jerry Pixton wrote: > Hello

Re: [time-nuts] Current state of optical clocks and the definition of the second

2015-01-15 Thread Didier Juges
I have a page that illustrates how you can use a delay line and a mixer to separately obtain AM and PM http://www.ko4bb.com/Timing/Phase_Detector Didier KO4BB On January 14, 2015 1:19:11 PM CST, Mike Feher wrote: >At those low levels, how does one differentiate between phase or AM >

Re: [time-nuts] June 30 2015 leap second

2015-01-12 Thread Didier Juges
within uS or better and this is a system that deliberately introduces an error a million times bigger. I am just surprised Time-Nuts would not go nuts about it :) Didier KO4BB On January 11, 2015 8:31:12 AM CST, Tom Van Baak wrote: >> Keep in mind that this system drives you to having

Re: [time-nuts] Arduino GPIB

2015-01-12 Thread Didier Juges
Yes, you can get an Arduino R3 on eBay for <$4 with shipping... The GPIB connector will cost you more! Didier KO4BB On January 12, 2015 8:45:12 AM CST, paul swed wrote: >That certainly is a hack. But its something I have often thought about >and >never did. He is right its

Re: [time-nuts] June 30 2015 leap second

2015-01-11 Thread Didier Juges
cast on a wooden leg. Didier KO4BB On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Henry Hallam wrote: > Such slewing solutions are OK for Google. They wouldn't work well for > one of the systems I work with, which uses system time to calculate > the position of a LEO satellite for purpose of point

Re: [time-nuts] HP 58503A Com 4 conflict

2015-01-05 Thread Didier Juges
To add a small dose of additional complexity, Visual Basic 6.0 (and I suspect other dev tools of that generation) only support COM ports up to 16. Not as bad as 4, but still a problem on occasion. Didier KO4BB On January 4, 2015 12:03:05 PM CST, Bob Camp wrote: >Hi > >Ok, off in

Re: [time-nuts] Are these PRS10's worth it ?

2014-12-30 Thread Didier Juges
e the performance of a GPSDRb is mostly driven by the GPS and PLL anyhow. Didier KO4BB On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:14 AM, Didier Juges wrote: > > You can get a working LPRO for $150 with very reasonable shipping. > To me, that's a better deal unless you absolutely need the thrill of

Re: [time-nuts] Downloaded HP"s SmartClock / Size of Lucent modules.

2014-12-29 Thread Didier Juges
force it to run anyhow) The 3rd wire is pretty small (because it carries negligible current) and it is sometimes the first one to break. You are then left with a perfectly usable 19.5V power supply that cannot power a Dell laptop but that is fine for many GPSDO and Rb oscillators :) Didier KO4BB On

Re: [time-nuts] LNA and Alias

2014-12-22 Thread Didier Juges
always work. Didier KO4BB On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Bob Camp wrote: > Hi > > At the moment Comcast and ko4bb.com don’t seem to like each other. I > can’t refer directly to the schematic or the page. > > What you *should* have (assuming 10 MHz inputs for clarity): > >

Re: [time-nuts] Simple AC mains zero-cross detector

2014-12-21 Thread Didier Juges
would then get double isolation. Didier KO4BB On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 2:52 AM, Charles Steinmetz wrote: > > Mike wrote: > > From a Time-Nut perspective, isn't phase/frequency of the (nominal) 60 Hz >> all we'd be interested in? Phase is best measured at a zero c

Re: [time-nuts] Documents relevant to SR620

2014-12-16 Thread Didier Juges
Apologies to Jean Louis, I obviously missed that part... :) On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Jean-Louis Oneto wrote: > > I just uploaded the file to K04BB. com. > Best regards, > Jean-Louis > > > On 10/12/2014 19:10, Charles Steinmetz wrote: > >> Jeaen-Luis wrote: >> >> The size of the file is a

[time-nuts] Manual repository

2014-12-15 Thread Didier Juges
x27;s normal folder) but the file would not show up in search, while being in the normal folder. This problem has now been fixed. Let me know if you come across any new issue. Thank you Didier KO4BB www.ko4bb.com/manuals ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time

Re: [time-nuts] Linear voltage regulator hints...

2014-12-09 Thread Didier Juges
:) I observe that the LT1034 has two outputs, the high quality 2.5V and a lower quality 7V. http://www.linear.com/parametric/Shunt_Voltage_References Didier KO4BB On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist < rich...@karlquist.com> wrote: > On 12/9/2014 1:30 PM,

Re: [time-nuts] Linear voltage regulator hints...

2014-12-09 Thread Didier Juges
bipolar transistor yields a simple and high performing regulator (at least much higher than most 3 terminal series regulators) particularly if you use the Linear Tech equivalent part (forgot the part number at the moment, but look for shunt regulators) Didier KO4BB On December 8, 2014 4:59:24 PM CST

Re: [time-nuts] PRS-45 Cs Standard

2014-12-06 Thread Didier Juges
Thanks Magnus, and apologies to all for the "not-so-smooth" conversion to the new site. I still have a few random bugs that I am trying to squash and I appreciate your patience... On the other hand, performance of the new server seems to be good. Didier KO4BB On Sat, Dec 6, 2014

Re: [time-nuts] PRS-45 Cs Standard

2014-12-06 Thread Didier Juges
bout the document as suggested and click "Upload". Didier KO4BB On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 5:44 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote: > Charles, > > On 12/06/2014 02:30 AM, Charles Steinmetz wrote: > >> >> Do open up and take a look. Do take photos. Do share. :) &g

Re: [time-nuts] Upgrade an HP 5342A microwave frequency counter to have an oven oscillator.

2014-11-27 Thread Didier Juges
"Just remove the TCXO the 10811 just plugs in" Note that there are many different versions of the 10811. I am familiar with at least two incompatible mechanical configurations: one is connectorized and the other is not. Didier KO4BB On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Scott McGrath wrot

Re: [time-nuts] Minicircuits 10% discount in December

2014-11-27 Thread Didier Juges
Another reason is reproducibility. If you or someone else wants to reproduce your design, using a well defined and available commercial part makes it much easier to achieve the same performance, particularly for RF components. Didier KO4BB On November 27, 2014 12:41:34 PM CST, "Richard

Re: [time-nuts] NMEA Parser

2014-11-27 Thread Didier Juges
any exotic ocx or dll, just the standard stuff that is installed with VB 6.0. Didier KO4BB On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Didier Juges wrote: > The Visual Basic NMEA Parser (with source code) has been posted: > http://www.ko4bb.com/NMEAParser > > It is work in progress, is not a

[time-nuts] NMEA Parser

2014-11-27 Thread Didier Juges
created myself. I welcome any constructive comment(s) via direct email. If you make useful addition or bug fix, I would like to get your updates so that everyone can benefit. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Didier KO4BB ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] LTE-Lite Plans

2014-11-26 Thread Didier Juges
Said, Your drawing looks better than those by Bob Pease, and he was never embarrassed by his :) Thank you for your extensive contributions to time nuts Didier KO4BB On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 7:28 PM, S. Jackson via time-nuts < time-nuts@febo.com> wrote: > Guys, > > I never e

Re: [time-nuts] LTE-Lite Plans

2014-11-25 Thread Didier Juges
ou started. Didier KO4BB www.ko4bb.com On November 25, 2014 1:42:42 PM CST, Jim Miller wrote: >I have one of the LTE-Lite 20Mhz units and plan to use it as a >frequency >reference for my ham radio gear. My planned setup is as follows: > >I'm putting it in the recommended Hammond enc

Re: [time-nuts] rs-422 rs-232 to fast ethernet converter

2014-11-23 Thread Didier Juges
, you can use Digi XBee modules that work like wireless RS232 isolators. I use the XSC Pro 900 MHz for a number of projects, including data loggers that are out of WiFi range. You can get well over a mile in open space with those. They are limited to 19200 bauds at the most. Didier KO4BB On

Re: [time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361 Web Page

2014-11-21 Thread Didier Juges
resistors. That means that the 3 V microcontroller was powered from 5V. I am actually amazed that they worked at all, let alone worked for a while. It is a shame that fluke.l saved on the cost of 3 diodes that way. The 1N4148 is $.02 at Mouser in 25 pieces lots. Didier KO4BB On November 18, 2014

Re: [time-nuts] 10MHz Rubidium reference source for frequencycounter

2014-11-03 Thread Didier Juges
Charles, You can always upload time-related material to my Manuals page: www.ko4bb.com/manuals Didier KO4BB On November 3, 2014 2:43:47 PM CST, Charles Steinmetz wrote: >Tom wrote: > >>As I understand it, his project is to use the high frequency output >>of a ublox NEO-

Re: [time-nuts] Phase, One edge or two? (was Digital mixing with a D Flip Flop)

2014-10-22 Thread Didier Juges
single point at the zero crossing. I wish my signal processing were better than they are and that I had some time to evaluate that. Didier KO4BB On October 22, 2014 1:09:11 PM CDT, WarrenS via time-nuts wrote: > > >The recent discussions about the simple digital mixer got me thinki

Re: [time-nuts] GPS for ntp

2014-10-21 Thread Didier Juges
Check lightningmaps.org, mentioned on this list before for lightning location via TOA using STMicro Cortex -M4 devices. Didier KO4BB On October 20, 2014 8:39:16 PM CDT, Joseph Gray wrote: >What does everyone think of this GPS module for ntp use? According to >the >specsheet, it use

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680 Linux command line tool

2014-10-12 Thread Didier Juges
:) Didier KO4BB On October 11, 2014 3:19:52 PM CDT, Tom Wimmenhove wrote: >It's a chip (PSD813F) which has 1MBit flash, 16Kbit SRAM and 256Kbit >EEPROM. It's old school with parallel data/address bus and all that :) >It >does have JTAG. > >Regards, > Tom >

Re: [time-nuts] locking oscillators - an increase in power and/or stability ?

2014-10-11 Thread Didier Juges
that was the reason for that observation? Didier KO4BB On October 8, 2014 2:07:31 PM CDT, cdel...@juno.com wrote: >Hi, > >I came across this phenomena when transmitting with two 5KW >transmitters >via separate parabolic antennas to a satellite. > >If the phase of the TXs was

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