Re: [time-nuts] Stable Watch Clocks

2012-12-11 Thread M. Simon
asurement >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 5:20 AM >Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stable Watch Clocks > >Hi Simon, > >Thanks for the URL. That's one of those tiny 6x2 mm crystals, 20 ppm crystals >(ouch). The tempco (-0.034 ± 0.006 ppm/ T²) is excellent, though. Now, you can

Re: [time-nuts] Stable Watch Clocks

2012-12-11 Thread Tom Van Baak
M. Simon To: Tom Van Baak ; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stable Watch Clocks http://www.abracon.com/Resonators/AB26T.pdf This quotes .038 ppm/C^2 delta T from the turn o

Re: [time-nuts] Stable Watch Clocks

2012-12-11 Thread M. Simon
e art of making what you want from what you can get at a profit. > > From: Tom Van Baak >To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:55 AM >Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stable Watch Clocks > &g

Re: [time-nuts] Stable Watch Clocks

2012-12-11 Thread Tom Van Baak
> Typical 32KHz clock crystals are very stable in frequency if you can keep > them > close to the turnover temp. If you can hold 1 degC it is .04 ppm. That's far better than I thought. Do you have a reference for this spec? I agree you might be able to make one accurate to 0.04 ppm, however br

[time-nuts] Stable Watch Clocks

2012-12-11 Thread M. Simon
Typical 32KHz clock crystals are very stable in frequency if you can keep them close to the turnover temp. If you can hold 1 degC it is .04 ppm. That is 40ppb - very good. If you can hold .1 deg C it is .0004 ppm. That is .4 ppb.  Very expensive.  (it goes as the square of the difference in t