Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-02-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Wow, that guy did a *lot* of work on all that. Congratulations to the him and those kind enough to translate it. Per an off list request there’s at least one additional circuit to add to his list: Wire the RF as shown on page 17 of the MAdS slides but: 1) Use an RPD-1 (or modern equivalent

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-02-12 Thread Attila Kinali
On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:39:13 +0100 Attila Kinali wrote: > 2-3 years ago, i got a presentation of an italian amateur radio on > how to measure phase noise of osciallators using this technique in quite > detail. Only draw back is that the presentation is in italian. If someone > wants this presenta

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-02-08 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hej Attila, On 02/06/2015 01:22 PM, Attila Kinali wrote: Moin Magnus, On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:07:54 +0100 Magnus Danielson wrote: For oscillators, they should have been turned on long enough such that any drift is negligible. Alternatively you process out the quadratic trend out of it. The la

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-02-06 Thread Attila Kinali
Moin Magnus, On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:07:54 +0100 Magnus Danielson wrote: > For oscillators, they should have been turned on long enough such that > any drift is negligible. Alternatively you process out the quadratic > trend out of it. The later should be accompanied by some quality measure >

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-27 Thread steph.rey
15 19:01 À : Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Hi The approach in the original NIST paper below was sort of a “best guess” about how to do the limiting and filtering. When the paper was present

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
-Message d'origine- De : time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Bob Camp Envoyé : dimanche 25 janvier 2015 19:01 À : Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Hi The approach i

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-26 Thread Stéphane Rey
e and frequency measurement Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Hi The approach in the original NIST paper below was sort of a “best guess” about how to do the limiting and filtering. When the paper was presented, a number of us questioned how that

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-25 Thread Bob Camp
8:08 > À : Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and > counters > > Stephane wrote: > >> I'm now trying to evaluate various architectures of 2-channels squarers >> and a DMDT

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-25 Thread Stéphane Rey
ment Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Stephane wrote: >I'm now trying to evaluate various architectures of 2-channels squarers >and a DMDT. For that I'm designing a PCB with 4 squarers : >simple 74ac04 gate biased at VCC/2, a LT10

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-25 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Stephane wrote: I'm now trying to evaluate various architectures of 2-channels squarers and a DMDT. For that I'm designing a PCB with 4 squarers : simple 74ac04 gate biased at VCC/2, a LT1016 comparator, the transistor based differential amplifier from Winzel and the one from Charles. Note t

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-24 Thread Magnus Danielson
uts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Stéphane Rey Envoyé : mardi 20 janvier 2015 23:15 À : 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Hi, Following the tests results in the p

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-24 Thread Adrian
Hi Stéphane, have you read W. Riley's paper on a DMTD system? http://www.wriley.com/A%20Small%20DMTD%20System.pdf Cheers, Adrian Stéphane Rey schrieb: > Hi guys. > > After several experiments I could discover that the "bad" ADEV from the two > GPSDO DUT are due to GPS lock losses. This is proba

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-24 Thread Bob Camp
[mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Stéphane Rey > Envoyé : mardi 20 janvier 2015 23:15 > À : 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' > Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and > counters > > Hi, &

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-24 Thread Stéphane Rey
-- De : time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Stéphane Rey Envoyé : mardi 20 janvier 2015 23:15 À : 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Hi, Following the tests

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-24 Thread Stéphane Rey
i 20 janvier 2015 23:15 À : 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Hi, Following the tests results in the previous email, today I've performed additional measurements showing that the repeatab

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-21 Thread Magnus Danielson
John, On 01/20/2015 01:55 AM, John Miles wrote: John, Your new three-corner hat feature is really cool. Already tried it, even if I did not spend quality time on setting source labels correctly. Whenever I have a setup capable of running it, I will test-spin it again. I suspect that when you

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-20 Thread Stéphane Rey
Message d'origine- De : time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Stéphane Rey Envoyé : lundi 19 janvier 2015 22:32 À : 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and count

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 08:59:58 -0500 Bob Camp wrote: > The most basic way to do phase noise in the basement is with a single mixer > setup running into some sort of audio FFT device. A sound card can be used or > an audio spectrum analyzer. Parts are < $100 to get one setup once you can do > the

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-19 Thread John Miles
> John, > > Your new three-corner hat feature is really cool. Already tried it, even > if I did not spend quality time on setting source labels correctly. > > Whenever I have a setup capable of running it, I will test-spin it again. > > I suspect that when you make separate measurements, the noi

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-19 Thread Magnus Danielson
John, Your new three-corner hat feature is really cool. Already tried it, even if I did not spend quality time on setting source labels correctly. Whenever I have a setup capable of running it, I will test-spin it again. I suspect that when you make separate measurements, the noise of the in

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-19 Thread steph.rey
e Rey; 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Cc : mag...@rubidium.se Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Bonsoir Stéphane, On 01/18/2015 10:34 PM, Stéphane Rey wrote: Thanks a lot Bob and Magnus for your very helpful comm

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-19 Thread Bob Camp
ag...@rubidium.se] > Envoyé : dimanche 18 janvier 2015 22:46 > À : Stéphane Rey; 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' > Cc : mag...@rubidium.se > Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and > counters > > Bonsoir Stéph

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-19 Thread Stéphane Rey
janvier 2015 22:46 À : Stéphane Rey; 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Cc : mag...@rubidium.se Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Bonsoir Stéphane, On 01/18/2015 10:34 PM, Stéphane Rey wrote: > Thanks a lot Bob an

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-19 Thread Magnus Danielson
Bonsoir Stéphane, On 01/18/2015 10:34 PM, Stéphane Rey wrote: Thanks a lot Bob and Magnus for your very helpful comments. The HP5370a was indeed in TI mode. By the way what is the difference with +/-TI, the button just aside... But I guess I understand where I've missed something : I've tried

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread John Miles
> One way to get around problems with things like GPSDO’s is to have multiple > standards and use them for different ranges of Tau. OCXO’s have good ADEV > close in. Picking up a few and comparing them is pretty cheap. Rb’s have > better > ADEV at longer tau (> 300 sec). Comparing three or four is

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread Bob Camp
ff… Bob > > > Stephane > > > -Message d'origine- > De : time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Magnus > Danielson > Envoyé : dimanche 18 janvier 2015 16:47 > À : time-nuts@febo.com > Cc : mag...@rubidium.se > Objet : Re: [t

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread Stéphane Rey
time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Magnus Danielson Envoyé : dimanche 18 janvier 2015 16:47 À : time-nuts@febo.com Cc : mag...@rubidium.se Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Bonjour Stéphane, On 01/18/2015 03:37 PM, Stéphane Rey wrote: > H

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread Magnus Danielson
Bob, On 01/18/2015 02:44 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi Ok, I didn’t think I’d seen the plots before. I agree that the plots look like “counter limited” data. That’s a fine explanation at the shorter Tau’s. I also agree that some sort of periodic “stuff” is getting into one of the signals and creati

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread Bob Camp
y field. > > Ah, by thay Magnus, for the downmixed test I've forgotten to change this > value, I will check on monday when back at the office. > > > Stephane > > > > > -Message d'origine----- > De : time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Bob Camp

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread Magnus Danielson
Bonjour Stéphane, On 01/18/2015 03:37 PM, Stéphane Rey wrote: Hello, First, please do apologize for the confusion answering in the bad email. That's things I'm absolutely able to do when replying at 3 am ! Again, sorry for that and thanks Magnus for having corrected this. Ah well, that's wa

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread Stéphane Rey
e. Stephane -Message d'origine- De : time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Bob Camp Envoyé : dimanche 18 janvier 2015 14:44 À : Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counte

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Ok, I didn’t think I’d seen the plots before. I agree that the plots look like “counter limited” data. That’s a fine explanation at the shorter Tau’s. I also agree that some sort of periodic “stuff” is getting into one of the signals and creating the ripple. What I’m wondering about (and w

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Bob, On 01/18/2015 04:25 AM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi I’m a little concerned about the measurement setup here. Based on the quoted text, there have been a few messages in the thread that have not showed up here. The messages got accidentally posted in the wrong thread. = The “start”

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Stephane wrote: I need to make a squarer. I was hesitating between several methods : using a CMOS gate, but this will increase the flicker noise from what I've read, using an amplifier and clamping diodes or a fast comparator which might create some noise around the trigger point... Any reco

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-18 Thread Bob Camp
Hi I’m a little concerned about the measurement setup here. Based on the quoted text, there have been a few messages in the thread that have not showed up here. = The “start” input on the counter is defined below. The “stop” input is not defined. Is the counter running in time interv

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-17 Thread Magnus Danielson
Bonsoir Stéphane, (For Stéphane's unedited reply, look in the Current state thread) On 01/17/2015 12:36 AM, Stéphane Rey wrote: > Hi, > > I've took the time to read carefully your long and detailed message Magnus and this was very interesting. I've learned many things that have enabled me to i

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-14 Thread Stéphane Rey
the moment... Stephane -Message d'origine- De : time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Magnus Danielson Envoyé : mercredi 14 janvier 2015 08:04 À : time-nuts@febo.com Cc : mag...@rubidium.se Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and co

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-14 Thread Magnus Danielson
Bonjour Stéphane, On 01/14/2015 02:16 AM, Stéphane Rey wrote: Hi Magnus, For some reason I've missed this message and the one from Jim until now ! This answers many of the questions I had. For my defense, I've 3000 messages since the last 3 months on the list !!! ah, yes, I'd like to get eve

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-14 Thread Stéphane Rey
he Timepod Will investigate further today -Message d'origine- De : time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de John Miles Envoyé : mercredi 14 janvier 2015 07:26 À : 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Objet : Re: [time-nuts] questio

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-13 Thread John Miles
> - Can I use Frequency difference mode from Timelab to monitor time intervals ? > If no is there a way to use the time interval measurement from the counter > with > Timelab to plot ADEV ? If you feed in frequency samples, it will convert them to phase-difference samples internally, so the prog

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-13 Thread Stéphane Rey
nvier 2015 02:05 À : time-nuts@febo.com Cc : mag...@rubidium.se Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Stephane, On 01/09/2015 12:53 PM, steph.rey wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm trying to measure Alan Deviations using Timelab and some

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-13 Thread Stéphane Rey
: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] De la part de Bob Camp Envoyé : vendredi 9 janvier 2015 23:57 À : Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Objet : Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters Hi If your only instrument is a counter. — and — Yo

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-09 Thread Magnus Danielson
Stephane, On 01/09/2015 12:53 PM, steph.rey wrote: Dear all, I'm trying to measure Alan Deviations using Timelab and some frequency counters. The device under test is a GPSDO using a TCXO as référence I've an HP58503B GPSDO which feeds my counters. I've tried an HP5342A, 0-18 GHz, 1 Hz resolut

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-09 Thread Bob Camp
Hi If your only instrument is a counter. — and — You never measure past 1x10^-10 with that counter — and — Measurements that bounce around with a standard deviation of the difference between readings of 1x10^-10 are ok. — then — No, you don’t need anything better than a 1x10^-10 ADEV. Mo

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-09 Thread Jim Lux
On 1/9/15 7:42 AM, steph.rey wrote: Hi Bob, Many thanks for your prompt and detailled answer. My question on applications wasn't on good ADEV where I perfetcly understand the need, but actually what could be the applications of measuring BAD ADEV (>10e-7). That was my point asking what king of

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-09 Thread steph.rey
Hi Bob, Many thanks for your prompt and detailled answer. My question on applications wasn't on good ADEV where I perfetcly understand the need, but actually what could be the applications of measuring BAD ADEV (>10e-7). That was my point asking what king of application can we cover by measur

Re: [time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-09 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Welcome to the world of trying to measure this stuff … > On Jan 9, 2015, at 6:53 AM, steph.rey wrote: > > Dear all, > > I'm trying to measure Alan Deviations using Timelab and some frequency > counters. > The device under test is a GPSDO using a TCXO as référence > > I've an HP58503B GPSD

[time-nuts] question Alan deviation measured with Timelab and counters

2015-01-09 Thread steph.rey
Dear all, I'm trying to measure Alan Deviations using Timelab and some frequency counters. The device under test is a GPSDO using a TCXO as référence I've an HP58503B GPSDO which feeds my counters. I've tried an HP5342A, 0-18 GHz, 1 Hz resolution and a Philipps PM6654C, 0.01Hz resolution. I