[time-nuts] CSAC purchase

2018-01-20 Thread Ronald Held
I am thinking of buying a CSAC plus evaluation board. Eventually I might want to make it portable. Any suggestions including where to buy it? Ronald ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi

Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase

2018-01-20 Thread jimlux
On 1/20/18 5:05 PM, Ronald Held wrote: I am thinking of buying a CSAC plus evaluation board. Eventually I might want to make it portable. Any suggestions including where to buy it? MicroSemi is the manufacturer - Find a distributor and order it. For instance, Digikey has the CSAC ($5312.50)

Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase

2018-01-21 Thread Ronald Held
Thanks for all the information. Have not kept up with the price, but ~$6K is too much to afford right now By the time I can I hope it doesn't go up . Ronald Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 17:50:48 -0800 From: jimlux To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase Messa

Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase

2018-01-21 Thread Magnus Danielson
> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 17:50:48 -0800 > From: jimlux > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase > Message-ID: <5b9271c4-734d-e8e0-f092-a143126c2...@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 1/20/18 5:0

Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase

2018-01-21 Thread Bob kb8tq
o up . >> >> Ronald >> >> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 17:50:48 -0800 >> From: jimlux >> To: time-nuts@febo.com >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase >> Message-ID: <5b9271c4-734d-e8e0-f092-a143126c2...@earthlink.net> >> Content-Type: text/

Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase

2018-01-22 Thread Ronald Held
Magnus: I wanted one since they were announced in 2005, AFAIR. Incorporated into a watch was my first choice, but that price is out of range. A portable old cell phone size version is next. Ronald What exactly motivated specifically CSAC for you? There might be other cheaper alternatives

Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase

2018-01-22 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi For something portable, the good old RBXO approach might well be worth considering. Bob > On Jan 22, 2018, at 3:05 PM, Ronald Held wrote: > > Magnus: > I wanted one since they were announced in 2005, AFAIR. Incorporated > into a watch was my first choice, but that price is out of range.

Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase

2018-01-22 Thread jimlux
On 1/22/18 12:05 PM, Ronald Held wrote: Bob: OCXO and TCXO are larger then the CSAC? How much more power would they need to get within a factor of ten to the 1.5s/1000 years? Ronald OCXO and TCXO are both available smaller than the CSAC (particularly tcxo). I'm u

Re: [time-nuts] CSAC purchase

2018-01-22 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi I’m guessing there was a question to me that somehow got lost in the world of ones and zeros …. My comment was in terms of temperature stability. The CSAC has a temp stability specification of +/-4x10^-10 over -10 to +70C. There are TCXO’s that will get below 5x10^-9 over that range and use