Re: [time-nuts] Multiple Voltage monitoring

2009-07-31 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
The $25 widget from Dataq. 4 channels, 10 bits, serial port http://www.dataq.com/products/startkit/di194rs.htm They have others. I've also used the Eval boards from Maxim or Nat Semi, but these day's they're usually USB. Sometimes, the protocol isn't published, but is trivially reverse

Re: [time-nuts] looking for good description/generalized model for time adjustments

2009-07-29 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Hal Murray Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:51 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] looking for good description/generalized model for

Re: [time-nuts] Posting style Was: looking for good description/generalized model for time adjustments

2009-07-29 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
ask, that at minimum, you don't put chevrons in front of your new reply lines when you respond to previous messages. -Rex Lux, James P (337C) wrote: -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Hal Murray Sent: Wednesday, July 29

Re: [time-nuts] Posting style Was: looking for good description/generalized model for time adjustments

2009-07-29 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
Test of quoting of responses.. This looks better, at least from here.. James Lux, P.E. Task Manager, SOMD Software Defined Radios Flight Communications Systems Section Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Mail Stop 161-213 Pasadena, CA, 91109 +1(818)354-2075 phone +1(818)393-6875 fax

Re: [time-nuts] What's the cleanest way to produce 1 and 5 MHz from10 MHz?

2009-07-28 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
On 7/28/09 4:47 AM, J. L. Trantham jlt...@worldnet.att.net wrote: If you want a 'vintage' solution, the HP 5087A can be configured to take a single 5 or 10 MHz and divide/multiply it to 10 MHz, 5 MHz, 1 MHz and even 0.1 MHz then feed that to various output amplifiers of 10, 5, 1 or 0.1 for

Re: [time-nuts] What's the cleanest way to produce 1 and 5 MHz from10 MHz?

2009-07-28 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Richard W. Solomon Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:21 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] What's the cleanest way to produce 1 and 5 MHz

Re: [time-nuts] Position accuracy to improve Thunderbolt performance

2009-07-27 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Brooke Clarke Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:04 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Position accuracy to improve Thunderbolt performance Hi Warren: I've found Google

Re: [time-nuts] Phase shifter circuit for DTMD

2009-07-24 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
On 7/24/09 6:32 AM, Stephan Sandenbergh step...@rrsg.ee.uct.ac.za wrote: Hi, Many sources and papers refer to the actual DMTD mixer system (and zero-crossing detector etc.). But, I've seen very little on the phase shifter circuits, that are used in conjunction with this system. I was

[time-nuts] adjustable gain/offset amplifiers

2009-07-24 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
I'm looking for some amplifiers with adjustable gain (say from 0 to 5) and offset (say +/- 5V) for general benchtop use (e.g. you have some widget you want to test as a replacement, but the original device had different input ranges, and before you go redesign the rest of the circuit..) with at

Re: [time-nuts] adjustable gain/offset amplifiers

2009-07-24 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of J. Forster Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 11:35 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] adjustable gain/offset amplifiers Hi Jim, A couple of

Re: [time-nuts] adjustable gain/offset amplifiers

2009-07-24 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Robert Atkinson Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:55 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] adjustable gain/offset amplifiers I have an EGG

Re: [time-nuts] Tbolt not talking

2009-07-22 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
Hey Chuck, I just learnt a new word: Gonzo :-) I has a nice feel to it -- out of interest do you have the etymology? I assume of US/Mexican origin? Does it have any implied meaning other than that which I inferred: i.e. idiotic? See: Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas From

Re: [time-nuts] Where does 28V come from?

2009-07-21 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Poul-Henning Kamp Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:45 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Where does 28V come from? In message

Re: [time-nuts] US ebay sellers who won't ship outside the US

2009-07-16 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
In message c6848687.91d9%james.p@jpl.nasa.gov, Lux, James P (337C) writ es: ITAR and EAR are complex and[...] Actually, the Vasenaar Convention made all that a lot simpler. --- Not that much simpler.. You still have the Basic List and Munitions list, and the terms on the list are vague enough

Re: [time-nuts] US ebay sellers who won't ship outside the US

2009-07-16 Thread Lux, James P (337C)
The issue of returning equipment for repair is a significant concern. Unless you have the appropriate licenses both ways.. Company A in Germany, say, ships a widget to company B in the US, all nicely approved by whoever in Germany (maybe they didn't even need a license). Widget breaks and Company