Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time

2015-03-23 Thread James via time-nuts
I've downloaded NI-VISA and got that working I probably don't need to download tek-VISA. Best Regards, James -Original Message- From: Bill Byrom To: time-nuts Sent: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:28 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time Was the website pr

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time

2015-03-22 Thread Bill Byrom
ctly so has forwarded my > case to Tek IT. > > I intend repeating my TTi TF930 experiment with my FCA3100 when I've got > everything working ok and am looking forward to seeing the results. > > James > > > > > > > > -Original Message

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time

2015-03-22 Thread James via time-nuts
en I've got everything working ok and am looking forward to seeing the results. James -Original Message- From: Bill Byrom To: time-nuts Sent: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 2:27 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time Hi, James. I'm a Tektronix RF Application E

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time

2015-03-21 Thread Bill Byrom
en the two - hence my > puzzlement. > > The fca3100 calculates ADEV directly so I'll have a check on my code. > > James > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Dave Martindale > To: jpbridge > CC: Discussion of precise time and frequency meas

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time

2015-03-18 Thread James via time-nuts
Martindale To: jpbridge CC: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Sent: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:22 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time The counter always has a 1 count uncertainty in the timebase measurement, which is a 2e-8 error with a 1 second gate ti

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time

2015-03-18 Thread Dave Martindale
bottom of this if only to understand my counter > better. > > James > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Dave Martindale > To: jpbridge ; time-nuts > Sent: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 1:26 > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate t

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time

2015-03-18 Thread James via time-nuts
o understand my counter better. James -Original Message- From: Dave Martindale To: jpbridge ; time-nuts Sent: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 1:26 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time I believe I see the pattern. As you figured out, you wouldn't expect a si

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time

2015-03-18 Thread Dave Martindale
#x27;ve worked out how to program it). James -Original Message- From: Dave Martindale To: jpbridge ; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Sent: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 0:27 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time How is the counter configured? A

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time

2015-03-17 Thread James via time-nuts
) and that should give something to compare (once I've worked out how to program it). James -Original Message- From: Dave Martindale To: jpbridge ; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Sent: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 0:27 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs count

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV noise floor vs counter gate time

2015-03-17 Thread Dave Martindale
How is the counter configured? Are you reading period or frequency? Are you in "E?" (Every Result) mode, or "C?" (Continuous Result) mode? The former should give you continuous but independent measurements, while the latter gives heavily overlapped measurements. (For example, with a 100 second