Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-25 Thread Hal Murray
I have a old data device that is spitting out TTL data at 10 MHz. There's just a data line (no clock) but the edges clearly indicate an internal 10 MHz clock. I'd like to do a continuous capture of the bits, for up to tens of minutes, into a PC. That comes to about 1 GB of raw data. I can

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-25 Thread John Miles
It might make sense to layout something on the front section of the board. As long as that section isn't stuffed it won't get in the way. Whatever is likely to be most popular. Does anybody know of an inexpensive FPGA card like that? Tom eventually went with a USBee SX board. The

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-25 Thread Tom Van Baak
There are two issues with this problem. One is clock recovery. The other is getting a large chunk of data into memory and presumably on to disk. This leads in to a question I've been meaning to ask for a while. I've been looking for a low cost FPGA on PCI board. This might be a wild goose

[time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread Tom Van Baak
I have a old data device that is spitting out TTL data at 10 MHz. There's just a data line (no clock) but the edges clearly indicate an internal 10 MHz clock. I'd like to do a continuous capture of the bits, for up to tens of minutes, into a PC. That comes to about 1 GB of raw data. I can handle

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread David Forbes
Tom Van Baak wrote: I have a old data device that is spitting out TTL data at 10 MHz. There's just a data line (no clock) but the edges clearly indicate an internal 10 MHz clock. I'd like to do a continuous capture of the bits, for up to tens of minutes, into a PC. That comes to about 1 GB

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread Magnus Danielson
Tom Van Baak skrev: I have a old data device that is spitting out TTL data at 10 MHz. There's just a data line (no clock) but the edges clearly indicate an internal 10 MHz clock. I'd like to do a continuous capture of the bits, for up to tens of minutes, into a PC. That comes to about 1 GB

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread J.D. Bakker
I have a old data device that is spitting out TTL data at 10 MHz. There's just a data line (no clock) but the edges clearly indicate an internal 10 MHz clock. I'd like to do a continuous capture of the bits, for up to tens of minutes, into a PC. That comes to about 1 GB of raw data. I can handle

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread WB6BNQ
Tom Van Baak wrote: I have a old data device that is spitting out TTL data at 10 MHz. There's just a data line (no clock) but the edges clearly indicate an internal 10 MHz clock. I'd like to do a continuous capture of the bits, for up to tens of minutes, into a PC. That comes to about 1 GB

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread Chris Mack / N1SKY
I am on the road right now, so I am not in front of it, but I have the HandyScope HS3 100MHz USB which can run a strip chart recorder for days / years if you like; depending on hard drive space. The strip chart may be only available at lower speeds? I dunno... I can't remember but

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread WB6BNQ
WB6BNQ wrote: Tom Van Baak wrote: I have a old data device that is spitting out TTL data at 10 MHz. There's just a data line (no clock) but the edges clearly indicate an internal 10 MHz clock. I'd like to do a continuous capture of the bits, for up to tens of minutes, into a PC.

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread J.D. Bakker
At 14:31 -0700 10-04-2009, WB6BNQ wrote: As others have suggested, perhaps a Software Defined Receiver would do the trick. The best one on the market and the cheapest uses a very high speed A/D process for a range of 500Hz to 30MHz. Look at the following URL: http://www.rfspace.com/SDR-IQ.html

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message f75434b2bb1f4c31b339d06b495ed...@pc52, Tom Van Baak writes: What is the best/quickest/easiest way to capture data like this? I've looked at various USB or LAN logic analyzer and 'scopes but most seem to work on batches of data. I need a continuous capture. GNUradios USRP ? --

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread Elio Corbolante
-- Forwarded message -- From: Tom Van Baak t...@leapsecond.com To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:38:55 -0700 Subject: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help I'd like to do a continuous capture

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread SAIDJACK
of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:38:55 -0700 Subject: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help I'd like to do a continuous capture of the bits, for up to tens of minutes, into a PC. That comes to about 1 GB of raw data. I can handle