[time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt

2010-09-25 Thread Heathkid
Okay, let me ask this a different way in a new thread... What is the higher resolution variant of the DS1620 and how can one tell the difference from the chip markings? Thanks... Heathkid ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubs

[time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt

2010-09-25 Thread Arthur Dent
Heathkid:"What is the higher resolution variant of the DS1620 and how can one tell the difference from the chip markings?”   If you read the middle line on the DS1620 temperature chip you may see "0310D1" where the 5th character is a capital "D". The 03 is the year and the 10 may be the month of th

[time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt

2010-09-25 Thread beale
> "E" ("bad") revision wasn't used until late 2004. My understanding of the current DS1620 data sheet is that you can better than 0.5 C resolution, by reading some extra registers and doing a subtraction and a division, as mentioned below. Just wondering if this is something that could

Re: [time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt

2010-09-25 Thread Hal Murray
heath...@heathkid.com said: > What is the higher resolution variant of the DS1620 and how can one tell the > difference from the chip markings? It's in the archives, multiple times. The only trick is to find one of them. I started with >time-nuts DS1620 rev< Try this: http://www.febo.com/pi

Re: [time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt

2010-09-25 Thread Mark Spencer
-- From: Arthur Dent To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Sat, September 25, 2010 3:37:39 PM Subject: [time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt Heathkid:"What is the higher resolution variant of the DS1620 and how can one tell the difference from the chip markings?”   If you read the middle line

Re: [time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt

2010-09-25 Thread Hal Murray
be...@bealecorner.com said: > My understanding of the current DS1620 data sheet is that you can better > than 0.5 C resolution, by reading some extra registers and doing a > subtraction and a division, as mentioned below. Just wondering if this is > something that could be accessible in a recent T

Re: [time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt

2010-09-26 Thread Heathkid
w to mount the antennas!) and see how much difference there really is. 73 Brice KA8MAV - Original Message - From: "Arthur Dent" To: Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 6:37 PM Subject: [time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt Heathkid:"What is the higher res