[time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-22 Thread Mark Sims
Remove the inverter circuit!  It is not needed and might severely degrade the performance due to temperature issues, etc.   You can specify the Tbolt DAC gain volts/Hz (both positive and negative values can bee used) and save it into EEPROM.  Lady Heather has an oscillator autotune function (&

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-22 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
I removed the defective Trimble oscillator module. I suspect it is practically unrepairable. I did have a Micro Crystal OCXO-BV5 left over from a dead Odetics GPSDO. I installed it after poking around with a multimeter to locate the various connections. I had to add an inverter because the sen

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-22 Thread J. L. Trantham
: Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator?? > I couldn't tell from the picture but it looks like there is a diode > from +12 VDC to ground... That's just for reverse-power protection. I loaned this unit out for a few weeks, so I added the diode to make it less accident-prone.

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-22 Thread J. L. Trantham
2 VDC to ground. Joe -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of John Miles Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 6:39 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator?? > -

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-22 Thread John Miles
> -Original Message- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]On > Behalf Of J. L. Trantham > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 3:34 AM > To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Fix Tri

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-22 Thread J. L. Trantham
: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:23 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator?? Hi, Bill / Chuck -- I can confirm that the whole oscillator including oven runs on 12 volts. However, you do have to connect two different pins to +12 and two

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-22 Thread John Miles
> > jmi...@pop.net said: > > > I can confirm that the whole oscillator including oven runs > on 12 volts. > > > However, you do have to connect two different pins to +12 and > > two different > > > pins to ground to make it work (see attached). ... > > > > Nice pictures/graphs. Thanks. > > > > W

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-22 Thread John Miles
> jmi...@pop.net said: > > I can confirm that the whole oscillator including oven runs on 12 volts. > > However, you do have to connect two different pins to +12 and > two different > > pins to ground to make it work (see attached). ... > > Nice pictures/graphs. Thanks. > > What's the spike at 6

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-22 Thread Hal Murray
jmi...@pop.net said: > I can confirm that the whole oscillator including oven runs on 12 volts. > However, you do have to connect two different pins to +12 and two different > pins to ground to make it work (see attached). ... Nice pictures/graphs. Thanks. What's the spike at 60KHz? There is

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-21 Thread WB6BNQ
--- > > From: "Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R" > > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:31 AM > > To: "time-nuts" > > Subject: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator?? > > > >> Is it possible to open up the Trimble o

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-21 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
:37 AM, jmfranke wrote: A precision oscillator that far off usually indicates the oven is malfunctioning. John WA4WDL -- From: "Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R" Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:31 AM To: "time-nuts" Subj

Re: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-21 Thread jmfranke
A precision oscillator that far off usually indicates the oven is malfunctioning. John WA4WDL -- From: "Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R" Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:31 AM To: "time-nuts" Subject: [time-nuts] Fix Trimble

[time-nuts] Fix Trimble Oscillator??

2011-04-21 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
Is it possible to open up the Trimble oscillator module and adjust its frequency? It is off by 60 to 120 Hz, too far for the DAC voltage to pull it in. -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R c...@omen.com www.omen.com Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications Omen Technology