Just wondering about the internal 3.3 volt antenna supply. A switchable 3.3 or 5 volt supply would be nice. Antennas such as the Symmetricom 58532A still want 5 volts. Also if possible a waas only hold over mode would be nice (sorry I don't know if this is feasible or not.)
Sent from my iPad On 2012-07-19, at 3:33 PM, saidj...@aol.com wrote: > Hi guys, > > thanks so much for all the great suggestions on how to make this product > better! > > Yes, cost targets are a very important goal here, and we are looking into > adding options that make sense for most customers and don't add excessive > cost or delay to the schedule. We definitely will improve the performance of > the unit over the original Mini-T though, because we feel that the Mini-T > had sub-par performance on many fronts, and don't want to make the same > mistakes. Some of the improvement items we have already decided upon are: > > * 50 channels GPS with WAAS/EGNOS/MSAS and Position-Hold mode with > automatic initialization of the Auto-Survey process by default. > Alternatively, the > unit can be put into mobile mode, with Auto-Kalman filter optimization > depending on vehicle velocity. -160dBm GPS tracking capability > > * A secondary 10MHz output (SMA or SMB connector, only the connector needs > to be stuffed onto the PCB) to have access to the +13dBm output signal > > * Internal +3.3V antenna supply, that is automatically over-driven by the > externally applied antenna supply > > * USB connector for command/control, RS-232 option, and TTL serial port for > legacy compatibility > > * RoHs 6/6 for compatibility, and RoHs 5/6 option for much longer life and > better MTBF than Mini-T > > * more than 3x better thermal stability, and at the same time more than > double the temperature range (+/-5ppb over -40C to +85C versus +/-10ppb from > only 0C to +60C) standard, and DOCXO option for even higher thermal > stability performance and low-g sensitivity/ruggedized crystal options. > > * Better phase noise > > * Status LED's on board > > * TTL lock/ALARM indicator > > * External 1PPS input option on unused pin 1 of the main connector > > * Fully field-upgradable firmware, no FPGA programmer needed > > * Support for NMEA and SCPI commands > > * 3-axis accelerometer built-in > > * lower height: 0.47 inches OCXO height versus 0.75 inches > > * Much better ADEV performance > > * Factory-testing for crystal-jumps on every unit > > We also had several folks ask for alternative frequency outputs, and are > currently investigating if we could use the secondary 10MHz connector to add > another VCXO to generate any output frequency from 10MHz to 120+MHz such as > is done on our ULN-1100 boards. This would add some cost though, and may > just end up in a secondary version of the board so that customers who don't > need it won't have to pay for it.. > > The most important item to get feedback on is the TSIP port, we cannot > implement the entire TSIP command set as this is quite complex, most > customers > probably only use a handful of actual commands, and we believe the > SCPI/NMEA command/control/status interface is much superior over the > proprietary > binary TSIP port. > > We are however open to implement a couple of useful and common TSIP > outputs, and would greatly appreciate feedback and suggestions on this, for > example a minimum set to make Lady Heather work..? > > Thanks, > Said > > > In a message dated 7/19/2012 13:41:07 Pacific Daylight Time, wb6...@cox.net > writes: > > Hi Said, > > I know everyone is going to ask for the kitchen sink to be thrown in. > BUT, how about > just making a replacement that does exactly the same job with no added > thrills ? > That way your spending the least amount to produce a product and keeps the > cost down > to the customer which may cause them to want to keep designing with that > particular > product. > > just saying........ > > Bill....WB6BNQ > > _______________________________________________ > 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.