Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-07 Thread Steve Rooke
Magnus, Thanks for taking the time to unravel what seems to be a lack of communication between parties here. They speak of two countries divided by a common language, well this is almost trivial to the divisions caused by misunderstandings that can occur in the areas of science and technology. I

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-06 Thread Magnus Danielson
Dear Steve, On 06/06/2010 01:08 PM, Steve Rooke wrote: I thus humbly suggest (nay, plead) that the discussion be re-focused on the two points above in a just the facts, ma'am manner. One can certainly characterize mathematically the differences between integration and LP filtering, and predict

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-04 Thread Steve Rooke
On 4 June 2010 08:32, Charles P. Steinmetz charles_steinm...@lavabit.com wrote: If I may be allowed to summarize, it appears that Warren and Bruce agree that integration is necessary to produce true ADEV results.  Warren asserts that the low-pass filtering his method uses is close enough to

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-04 Thread Steve Rooke
On 4 June 2010 08:13, Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz wrote: So you say but it is producing a result that seems to be VERY interesting. To adopt an attitude where everything has to be done a specific way totally misses out on innovation. You cant arbitrarily change the equivalent

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-04 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Steve Rooke wrote: On 4 June 2010 08:32, Charles P. Steinmetz charles_steinm...@lavabit.com wrote: If I may be allowed to summarize, it appears that Warren and Bruce agree that integration is necessary to produce true ADEV results. Warren asserts that the low-pass filtering his method

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Bruce Griffiths
WarrenS wrote: Bruce posted The RC filter doesn't accurately integrate the frequency difference over time interval Tau0. For you to even state that means you still have NO idea what I'm doing, It is getting sort of sad. Correct the RC filter is not an integrator, it is used for the

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Steve Rooke wrote: On 3 June 2010 15:46, Bruce Griffithsbruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz wrote: WarrenS wrote: As Bruce says It remains a mystery to him why this works. It doesnt, it only appears to in a very restricted set of circumstances. Bruce, I don't understand you,

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread John Miles
On 3 June 2010 15:46, Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz wrote: WarrenS wrote: As Bruce says It remains a mystery  to him why this works. It doesnt, it only appears to in a very restricted set of circumstances. Bruce, I don't understand you, when presented with visual

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread WarrenS
Bruce Posted Rectangular integration isn't particularly accurate or efficient, better techniques exist. True, but in this case it is the easiest and at these speeds, efficiency is not a big concern, It is made up for with faster oversampling. and it is obvious so far, better is not needed

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread WarrenS
is a total waste of time. ws *** - Original Message - From: Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:27 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Chuck Harris
Bruce Griffiths wrote: You seem to be unaware of just how easy it is to create a dataset for which any given algorithm will fail catastrophically. So do it, put Warren to rest, and we can all stop this bickering. -Chuck Harris ___ time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Bruce Griffiths
time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:27 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A Steve Rooke wrote: On 3 June 2010 15:46, Bruce Griffithsbruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz wrote: WarrenS wrote: As Bruce says It remains a mystery to him why

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Bruce Griffiths
WarrenS wrote: Bruce Posted Rectangular integration isn't particularly accurate or efficient, better techniques exist. True, but in this case it is the easiest and at these speeds, efficiency is not a big concern, It is made up for with faster oversampling. and it is obvious so

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread WarrenS
: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A Steve Rooke wrote: On 3 June 2010 15:46, Bruce Griffithsbruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz wrote: WarrenS wrote: As Bruce says It remains a mystery to him why this works. It doesnt, it only appears to in a very restricted set

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Rooke
Bruce, On 3 June 2010 19:27, Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz wrote: Bruce, I don't understand you, when presented with visual evidence that this method works you still deny it. What visual evidence?? There is no proof that the technique works well in every case. Only that for the

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Didier Juges
Steve Rooke sar10...@gmail.com wrote: ... Lets explore frequency measurement in a way that we all can understand. No oscillator can be measured in isolation, it has to be measured against another standard oscillator. The last part of your statement is not true. An oscillator's period

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread WarrenS
Steve Rooke posted: A whole old bunch of stuff, this is all I found really wrong: OK, we need to run the test for a longer period, ... we can never prove it true so we try to look at ways of proving it false. The important words there are proving it false. That tester probable has more

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Bob Camp
...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Didier Juges Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:49 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A Steve Rooke sar10...@gmail.com wrote: ... Lets explore frequency measurement in a way

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Bruce Griffiths
-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A Steve Rooke wrote: On 3 June 2010 15:46, Bruce Griffithsbruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz wrote: WarrenS wrote: As Bruce says It remains a mystery to him why this works. It doesnt, it only appears to in a very restricted set of circumstances

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Steve Rooke wrote: Bruce, On 3 June 2010 19:27, Bruce Griffithsbruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz wrote: Bruce, I don't understand you, when presented with visual evidence that this method works you still deny it. What visual evidence?? There is no proof that the technique works well in

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Charles P. Steinmetz
If I may be allowed to summarize, it appears that Warren and Bruce agree that integration is necessary to produce true ADEV results. Warren asserts that the low-pass filtering his method uses is close enough to integration to provide a useful approximation to ADEV, while Bruce disagrees. So,

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread John Miles
I have already commented on this in another thread but to reiterate. The test that John performed that for a range of Tau that was possible to be calculated for the given measurement period, both methods produced the same results for each and every value of Tau, not for a single value of

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread Bob Q
Maybe a pay per view event is in order. Bob Q. -- From: John Miles jmi...@pop.net Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 2:02 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread John Miles
3) To look at several different noise *slopes*, looking for specific cases where filtering or integration might cause the instruments to respond differently depending on the spectral characteristics of the noise in a given tau region. Bruce's concern is largely that of (3)... One other

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-03 Thread WarrenS
Charles pleaded to re-focus and provided a good summery of a major basic issue. He did leave off a small but subtle point that I added in because it is really what my whole point is, and that is the benefits of oversampling. 1. How close can a LPF implementation come to integration in

[time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-02 Thread John Miles
For those following this strange and wonderful saga: http://www.ke5fx.com/tpll.htm -- john, KE5FX ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-02 Thread Steve Rooke
On 2 June 2010 22:51, John Miles jmi...@pop.net wrote: For those following this strange and wonderful saga: http://www.ke5fx.com/tpll.htm Heath Robinson would be proud :) Very interesting write up John, thanks. 73, Steve -- john, KE5FX -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD A man with one clock

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-02 Thread Bruce Griffiths
John Miles wrote: For those following this strange and wonderful saga: http://www.ke5fx.com/tpll.htm -- john, KE5FX ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-02 Thread WarrenS
As Bruce says It remains a mystery to him why this works. Not one of my best skills, but I'll try to explain it once again. Now that they see it works, maybe someone else will be able to put this into words that Bruce will be able to finally understand. The only requirement needed for the

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-02 Thread Bruce Griffiths
WarrenS wrote: As Bruce says It remains a mystery to him why this works. It doesnt, it only appears to in a very restricted set of circumstances. Not one of my best skills, but I'll try to explain it once again. Now that they see it works, maybe someone else will be able to put this into

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-02 Thread John Miles
The integration secret (which is no secret to anyone but Bruce) is to analog filter, Oversample, then average the Frequency data at a rate much faster than the tau0 data rate. Which again is misleading as you specify neither the averaging method nor the analog filter. I can't speak for

Re: [time-nuts] Notes on tight-PLL performance versus TSC 5120A

2010-06-02 Thread Bruce Griffiths
John Miles wrote: The integration secret (which is no secret to anyone but Bruce) is to analog filter, Oversample, then average the Frequency data at a rate much faster than the tau0 data rate. Which again is misleading as you specify neither the averaging method nor