Hi Rick, one reason why we "happy blink" at 1/2Hz :) There are other offendors as well, such as the processor and GPS going through the hoops once per second, but the 100mA surge from the 1PPS output driver trumps all else. bye, Said In a message dated 5/15/2012 16:44:08 Pacific Daylight Time, rich...@karlquist.com writes:
saidj...@aol.com wrote: > Yes, but the point is to not use end-termination for all the reasons > mentioned by others in this thread, such as massive spike in power > consumption > once per second, over-voltage spikes if the termination is faulty or FWIW, the E1938A oscillator control board had a "happy light" LED that flashed 1 time per second, and sure enough this corrupted the power supply and affected some applications. We added a command to turn it off. Rick Karlquist N6RK _______________________________________________ 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.
