Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-28 Thread Bill Hawkins
Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> In message <4956d31b.8040...@kasperkp.dk>, Kasper Pedersen writes: >> >>> Bruce Griffiths wrote: >>> The charge redistribution adc would have been good, true, but there >>> wasn't one in my junkbox. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, coul

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-28 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> In message <4956d31b.8040...@kasperkp.dk>, Kasper Pedersen writes: >> >> >>> Bruce Griffiths wrote: >>> >>> >> >> >>> The charge redistribution adc would have been good, true, but there >>> wasn't one in my junkb

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-28 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <4956d31b.8040...@kasperkp.dk>, Kasper Pedersen writes: > >> Bruce Griffiths wrote: >> > > >> The charge redistribution adc would have been good, true, but there >> wasn't one in my junkbox. >> > > I'm pretty sure the ADC in most, if not all, m

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-28 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <4956d31b.8040...@kasperkp.dk>, Kasper Pedersen writes: >Bruce Griffiths wrote: >The charge redistribution adc would have been good, true, but there >wasn't one in my junkbox. I'm pretty sure the ADC in most, if not all, micrcontrollers are charge redistribution types. -- Poul-Henni

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-27 Thread Kasper Pedersen
Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Yet another option is to use the simple TAC (figure 2) in: > http://n1.taur.dk/permanent/frequencymeasurement.pdf > > The only drawback with this circuit is that the capacitor voltage at > reset isn't zero. > The capacitor reset voltage is also temperature dependent. > Sinc

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-27 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Mark Sims wrote: > >> Another possible thing to try is one of the Miller integrator chips that >> Tektronix used in their scopes and time base modules. I seem to remember >> that at least one could yield 0.01% linearity. The 5Bxx and 7Bxx modules >> for the 5000 and

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-27 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Mark Sims wrote: > Another possible thing to try is one of the Miller integrator chips that > Tektronix used in their scopes and time base modules. I seem to remember > that at least one could yield 0.01% linearity. The 5Bxx and 7Bxx modules for > the 5000 and 7000 series scopes are available

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-27 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Mark Sims wrote: > Another possible thing to try is one of the Miller integrator chips that > Tektronix used in their scopes and time base modules. I seem to remember > that at least one could yield 0.01% linearity. The 5Bxx and 7Bxx modules for > the 5000 and 7000 series scopes are available

[time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-26 Thread Mark Sims
Another possible thing to try is one of the Miller integrator chips that Tektronix used in their scopes and time base modules. I seem to remember that at least one could yield 0.01% linearity. The 5Bxx and 7Bxx modules for the 5000 and 7000 series scopes are available in vast quantities, oft

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-26 Thread Richard H McCorkle
Bruce, Thank You for posting a proper TAC, I'll give your circuit a try so I improve my education in interpolator design before sharing any further work with this list. Richard > Richard > > The attached circuit illustrates how to construct a simple high > linearity ramp TAC. > The circuit has

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Richard The attached circuit illustrates how to construct a simple high linearity ramp TAC. The circuit has been used in various guises for decades. The latest incarnations use ultra high speed IC processes to integrate all components on chip to minimise interconnection inductances and achieve sub

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Richard Richard H McCorkle wrote: > Bruce, > > Thank you for your critical evaluation of the interpolator circuitry. > I have no doubt that further improvements to the design are possible > and hope to inspire other amateurs on the list to come up with an > improved interpolator design. The circui

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-26 Thread J. L. Trantham
st year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Joe -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Richard H McCorkle Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 2:05 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays Ho Ho Ho Merry Christm

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Richard H McCorkle wrote: > >> Ho Ho Ho >> >> Merry Christmas from the far north to all the >> Time-Nuts. As a gift for the holidays I have >> created a free version of the PICTIC for you >> and Didier has kindly posted the files at: >> >> http://www.ko4bb.com/dokuwiki/d

Re: [time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Richard H McCorkle wrote: > Ho Ho Ho > > Merry Christmas from the far north to all the > Time-Nuts. As a gift for the holidays I have > created a free version of the PICTIC for you > and Didier has kindly posted the files at: > > http://www.ko4bb.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=precision_timing:pictic > >

[time-nuts] Happy Holidays

2008-12-26 Thread Richard H McCorkle
Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas from the far north to all the Time-Nuts. As a gift for the holidays I have created a free version of the PICTIC for you and Didier has kindly posted the files at: http://www.ko4bb.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=precision_timing:pictic And to all a good night, Richard _