Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-28 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Not sure if you could do it with just a straight PRNG or not. The idea is normally approached as picking the codes you hop between so the errors (phase and amplitude null out. In practice that may not be any different than random since you don't really know what the D/A is doing. Bob On Ma

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-28 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message , Bob Camp writes: >The 9852 can be dithered from an external source. Of course, to >be effective, you need a source that can calculate and transmit a >multi megabit / second bit stream to do it. That gets you right >back to the FPGA. There are dedicated PRNG chips which would do a pre

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-28 Thread Bob Camp
he Symmetricom AOG 110 must be similar in design. > > Best regards > Ulrich Bangert > >> -Ursprungliche Nachricht- >> Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com >> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von Bruce Griffiths >> Gesendet: Mont

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-28 Thread Ulrich Bangert
and frequency measurement > Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design? > > > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > In message<4fc2a5e9.7050...@partiallystapled.com>, Michael Tharp > > writes: > > > > > >> Does anyone have any comments or experie

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-28 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message<4fc2a5e9.7050...@partiallystapled.com>, Michael Tharp writes: Does anyone have any comments or experience with DDS-based frequency references? I belive that is basically how the optional "output generator" works for hydrogen masers. The Symmet

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-28 Thread Bruce Griffiths
cell -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Griffiths Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 1:44 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design? Since the Taylor series

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <4fc2a5e9.7050...@partiallystapled.com>, Michael Tharp writes: >Does anyone have any comments or experience with DDS-based frequency >references? I belive that is basically how the optional "output generator" works for hydrogen masers. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Z

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Mike Feher
[mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Griffiths Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 1:44 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design? Since the Taylor series correction is done entirely within the FPGA there should be no settling

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Behalf Of Bruce Griffiths Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:36 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design? These Xilinx datasheets indicate the performance of some techniques: http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/ip_doc

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Mike Feher
uency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design? These Xilinx datasheets indicate the performance of some techniques: http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/ip_documentation/ds794_dds_compi ler.pdf http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/ip_documentation/dds.pdf The T

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Bruce Griffiths
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Griffiths Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:10 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design? Michael Tharp wrote: On 05/27/2012 06

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Griffiths Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:10 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design? Michael Tharp wrote: On 05/27/2012 06:23 PM

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Mike Feher
...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Griffiths Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:10 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design? Michael Tharp wrote: > On 05/27/2012 06:23 PM, Bruce Griffiths wrote: >> The

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Michael Tharp wrote: On 05/27/2012 06:23 PM, Bruce Griffiths wrote: The principal problem with conventional DDS implementations is phase truncation spurs which can occur close to the desired carrier. Virtually all commercial DDS chips produce such phase truncation spurs. It is possible to elimi

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Michael Tharp
On 05/27/2012 07:10 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: How far off? What Rb do you have? Most Rb:s not having a EFC input should be possible to modify for EFC in one way or another, since the C-field needs to be applied regardless. I don't know how far off it is. It's an Efratom 102100-001, which th

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Michael Tharp
On 05/27/2012 06:23 PM, Bruce Griffiths wrote: The principal problem with conventional DDS implementations is phase truncation spurs which can occur close to the desired carrier. Virtually all commercial DDS chips produce such phase truncation spurs. It is possible to eliminate such spurs if one

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Bruce Griffiths
standards with variable DSS output that can be real handy. Thomas Knox Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 18:08:41 -0400 From: g...@partiallystapled.com To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design? Greetings, I've been pondering topologies for a custom GPSDO design and two obv

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Tom Knox
utput that can be real handy. Thomas Knox > Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 18:08:41 -0400 > From: g...@partiallystapled.com > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design? > > Greetings, > > I've been pondering topologies for a custom GPSDO design and

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 05/28/2012 01:41 AM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi Simple answer - good resolution is a challenge to get. It's much easier to modify the Rb to make it pull able. It can be as simple as a wire and a resistor into the right place. Cheers, Magnus ___ time-nu

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Simple answer - good resolution is a challenge to get. It's much easier to modify the Rb to make it pull able. Bob On May 27, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Michael Tharp wrote: > Greetings, > > I've been pondering topologies for a custom GPSDO design and two obvious > choices seem to present themsel

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 05/28/2012 12:08 AM, Michael Tharp wrote: Greetings, I've been pondering topologies for a custom GPSDO design and two obvious choices seem to present themselves. The first, and seemingly more popular by far, is to use a "pullable" oscillator as many OCXO and Rb oscillators are and discipline

Re: [time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Michael Tharp wrote: Greetings, I've been pondering topologies for a custom GPSDO design and two obvious choices seem to present themselves. The first, and seemingly more popular by far, is to use a "pullable" oscillator as many OCXO and Rb oscillators are and discipline it using a slow but p

[time-nuts] DDS in GPSDO design?

2012-05-27 Thread Michael Tharp
Greetings, I've been pondering topologies for a custom GPSDO design and two obvious choices seem to present themselves. The first, and seemingly more popular by far, is to use a "pullable" oscillator as many OCXO and Rb oscillators are and discipline it using a slow but precise DAC. But unfor