Silabs has a uC, I think it is the C8051F350 but I may be wrong, that has a 24
bit ADC with 1-128 gain PGA and offset DAC (and two 8 bit DACs).
Most their chips are available already soldered to a small development board
called Toolstick that typically costs $10. You will also need a $20 base
Adapter (the USB programmer/debugger)
You can use the demo Keil compiler, but it is severely crippled, so instead I
recommend the free SDCC.
Silabs has lots of sample software for their chips, and an excellent (free)
IDE/debugger that supports Keil, SDCC and other compilers.
I do have an article on the wiki on my web site about it www.ko4bb.com
I also have a page about a simple audio generator using an 8051 as DDS on my
web site that describes the tools I use and how to configure the IDE for SDCC.
Didier KO4BB
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless thingy while I do other things...
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Lux <jim...@earthlink.net>
Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:37:13
To: <time-nuts@febo.com>
Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
<time-nuts@febo.com>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Mechanical Question
On 1/13/12 8:15 AM, Chris Albertson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:19 AM,<ewkeh...@aol.com> wrote:
>> What we know is that you can set the Rb in 7 E-13. Dithering would allow
>> even closer setting, the question is what rate will the Rb accept with out
>> loosing lock or deterioration of the performance. Some one should explore
>> that. I am still waiting to se some aging. Taking the 10 MHz output and than
>> use an analog loop and something like a Morion OCXO and you have the best of
>> all.
>> Digitally controlling the Rb will cut the cost of the control loop in half.
>> For $10 in parts and a PC board for less than $10 using Shera like
>> controller can be realized. What is needed is some one able to do the PIC.
>> If some one is interested and able, please contact me off list. A low cost
>> GPS or a 1 pps output of a Tbolt be perfect source.
>> Bert Kehren
>
> Don't use a PIC for the prototype. A desktop PC could work as well
> and everyone here already has one. Connect the FE5680 to the PC's
> serial port and send commands to adjust it. The PC also needs to be
> able to read a voltage. Many already have audio input with 24-bit
> ADC chips.
>
But those audio inputs are almost always AC coupled.
Bringing up a question: Does anyone know of a cheap (<$20ish) USB
voltage sensor (16 bits or better, ideally).. I can see one of those
Atmel USB capable micros (like the one on the Arduino Uno) hooked to a
dual slope or successive approximation ADC.
There seem to be an amazing number of times that I want something like
that. The DATAQ $29 widget is only 10 bits, unfortunately. A USB
interface DMM would work nicely, but I haven't found one that's in the
under $50 price range.
_______________________________________________
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.
