On 22/07/13 04:42, Didier Juges wrote:
I am familiar with the Epson Seiko SG8002 series and nowhere does it say they
are programmable. They are not user programmable for sure, only the distributor
has the tools to do it. The data sheet does not have any information that would
be a hint that they are PLL's.
Http://WWW.KO4BB.com/Timing/MicroprocessorCrystals.php
Oh, those. I remember those. About 10 years ago we had a lot of issues
with these programable clocks. By measuring the 1 cycle jitter profile
(use what you got, had a good sampling scope) I could fairly quickly see
if it was up to no good or a possible candidate. You could clearly see
the separation into two lines for the clock and that gave us a hint,
which correlated well with BER estimates on the high-speed links.
If you look around, you will find several companies patenting their
field programmable device, and it's infrastructure more on the concept
level than the actual technology in the crystal. It's a nice complement
for many odd frequencies, but when you want a *clean* signal it doesn't
help. We had the distributors saying things like "you can't see that!"
and we replied "Sure we can, look!". It was at that time that
oscillator-selection no longer was a datasheet and price issue for us,
but testing became a routine issue for the critical stuff. It was a good
learning experience for a then young company and yours truly.
Cheers,
Magnus
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