You can use the ATmega328 16 bit timer/counter in input capture mode to count the number of 10 MHz OCXO cycles per pulse per second period to a resolution of 100ns but there are some problems:
The ATmega328 16 bit timer/counter external clock is limited to 1/4 of the CPU frequency with an asynchronous source so the 10 MHz OCXO would need to be divided down which would further limit performance and require an external divider. Modifying the Aruino board to use the 10 MHz OCXO in place of the CPU clock solves that problem. Then operating the counter/timer in input capture mode with the GPS pulse per second signal connected to the input capture pin would allow almost Shera like performance. The timing resolution would be 2.4 times lower (and not asynchronous) limiting performance over short time spans. On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 14:57:19 -0800, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: >You'd have to seriously divide down the output from the 10MHz OCXO if you >were going to use it as an interrupt. Maybe to divide by 10,000? and even >at the higher clock rate you'd still have poor resolution. > >I image each interrupt handler would sample some internal counter and the >background task would look at the delta between the two and adjust the DAC >to drive the OCXO to close the difference. The resolution would be >(maybe?) a "handful" of clock cycles. Given enough time, say a 1000 >second period it might wrk well enough. I can't know without doing a more >detailed design > > >On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Don Latham <d...@montana.com> wrote: > >> Chris: >> >> > The question I have again is about a simple phase detector. >> >> I did ask if the arduino interrupt ports could be used as a phase >> detector; one on the GPS and one on the OXCO. Too much jitter? If the 12 >> MHz clock is too slow, would an 80 MHz clock ARM arduino style processor >> work? I'm simply too new at this to decide. >> >> Don _______________________________________________ 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.