[time-nuts] Clock level conversion 5V -> 3.3V

2014-09-30 Thread Mark Haun
Is there a "best" way to do this without adding phase noise? For example, a 5V OCXO into an ADF4002, or a 3.3V or even 1.8V logic input. Is a resistive divider the way to go? Mark ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] GPS-disciplining an ordinary VCXO?

2014-09-30 Thread Mark Haun
Hi Hal, I'm familiar with 1-bit D/As and plan to use something a bit more evolved than the MCU/counter approach. I am already working in an FPGA as that is absolutely required to deal with the 80-MSPS 16-bit radio data stream. (This is an SDR project first, a GPSDO project second, or maybe third

Re: [time-nuts] GPS-disciplining an ordinary VCXO?

2014-09-29 Thread Mark Haun
Said, would you suggest implementing the dividers and PFD in the FPGA, along with the digital filtering? Or feeding the FPGA with some version of the PFD output? I am trying to avoid an extra A/D step here, but I have no experience with it. Post-filter, I am satisfied that a simple one-bit D/A w

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO with all-digital phase/time measurement?

2014-02-28 Thread Mark Haun
Thanks to everyone who responded. I had this bright idea that I would turn off mail delivery and just read the list through the pipermail interface. It works great, until you want to reply to a message. Sorry if this breaks the thread in two. Language is imprecise even when carefully thought ou

[time-nuts] GPSDO with all-digital phase/time measurement?

2014-02-26 Thread Mark Haun
Hi everyone, I'm new to the list, and have been reading the recent threads on Arduino-based GPSDOs and the pros/cons of 10-kHz vs 1-Hz time pulses with interest. As I understand it, there are a couple of reasons why one needs a time-interval / phase measurement implemented outside the MCU: 1) Ti