[time-nuts] HP 5372A speed and stability

2012-04-15 Thread Dickson Fu
Hi all,   Does somebody know the speed and stability of HP 5372A Time Interval analyzer?   in terms of the number of digit per second. Also, what's the standard built-in frequency reference?   Lastly, what's the max number of digit when performs as a frequency counter?   Thanks and Regards,

[time-nuts] HP 5372A speed and stability

2012-04-15 Thread John Raymond Dore
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Re: [time-nuts] HP 5372A speed and stability

2012-04-15 Thread Bob Camp
HI Simple answer: It's a 200 ps (single shot) box. That makes it similar to a 53132, but not in the same league as a SR--620. Being as old as it is, some of the fancy math in a CNT-90 is not included with a 5372. Still a very useful box though. Normally you see them with a HP 10811. I don't

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5372A speed and stability

2012-04-15 Thread Jerry Mulchin
Dickson, With a gate time of 10 seconds, in statistics mode you can see 13 digits at 10MHz easily. While I agree it is not an SR620, it a very worth while unit to own. Much nicer than the 5370B units to operate, and if you get the C model, you can measure all the way to a little over 2GHz.

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5372A speed and stability

2012-04-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 04/15/2012 09:55 PM, Bob Camp wrote: HI Simple answer: It's a 200 ps (single shot) box. That makes it similar to a 53132, but not in the same league as a SR--620. Being as old as it is, some of the fancy math in a CNT-90 is not included with a 5372. Still a very useful box though.

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5372A speed and stability

2012-04-15 Thread Bob Camp
Hi I think I might stand up and defend the poor old 5370. It's a beast and not anywhere as sexy as a 5371 or (better yet) the 5372. It does indeed have better single shot resolution though. Bob On Apr 15, 2012, at 4:42 PM, Jerry Mulchin wrote: Dickson, With a gate time of 10 seconds, in

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5372A speed and stability

2012-04-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 04/15/2012 11:30 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi I think I might stand up and defend the poor old 5370. It's a beast and not anywhere as sexy as a 5371 or (better yet) the 5372. It does indeed have better single shot resolution though. Indeed. While the later has spiffy 68k processors with

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5372A speed and stability

2012-04-15 Thread Jerry Mulchin
Sorry, didn't mean to imply that the 5370B was not worth owning. It is a very nice unit as well. I have one of these as well, but unfortunately I lost one input channel, bad input custom IC. If I could only find a replacement for the bad IC I would use it as well. Right now it's just a nice

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5372A speed and stability

2012-04-15 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Even back when they were new that IC was a beyond belief priced item. The same goes for the input on a 5335. You can indeed rig up something to replace either one, but I know of no direct replacements. Bob On Apr 15, 2012, at 7:19 PM, Jerry Mulchin wrote: Sorry, didn't mean to imply that