Hi The issue that killed it was at least one member objecting quite strenuously to the bandwidth used.
The counter project was the initial spark that started it all, but the objective of the polls was more general. You can indeed build a piece of hardware and then tell it what it is after it's built. The one you have might be a general purpose counter, the one somebody else has might be something totally different. With modern parts, design isn't to hard, the big constraint on it is construction techniques. Most of the cheap / neat stuff you would use is tough to put on a board. There's no use in starting a design effort and ruling out all the likely solutions after it's started. Bob -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob Bownes Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 11:56 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Results parts selection + commercial assembly poll? I'll add that for some reason the discussion never morphed over to an alternate list created just to discuss a counter project without taking up bandwidth here. Not sure that there was enough interest. Other Bob On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Bob Camp <li...@rtty.us> wrote: > Hi > > The polls ran for less than a day before they drew considerable fire for > using too much bandwidth. Since we still had several steps to go (what to > design, what to design it with, and who to design what), it was dropped. > Doing a group general purpose FPGA based timing board isn't going to happen > within the perceived bandwidth limits here. > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of Tijd Dingen > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 5:04 PM > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: [time-nuts] Results parts selection + commercial assembly poll? > > Incidentally, did something ever come of these two polls? I was trying find > the conclusion / results, but could not find it on the list. Entirely > possible that I am blind for which I apologize in advance. Anyone know what > came of it? > > regards, > Fred > _______________________________________________ > 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 instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 instructions there. > _______________________________________________ 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 instructions there. _______________________________________________ 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 instructions there.