Hi Don, Yes, easy! And that's exactly the idea -- to take real inputs (or borrowed copies of real inputs), and a real software algorithm, and measure the virtual output to see how well your algorithm and tunable parameters work. Tweak parameters. Evolve the algorithm. Simmer until well done.
Theoretically, after one builds the real GPSDO, using the same code or at least the same algorithm, the actual performance should nearly perfectly match the simulation. The difference, at least for me, is that I'd rather play with unix commands and C code on a PC, trying things out in a matter of minutes, than spend weeks slowly trying different things with a real GPSDO (which I've also done). In addition, I think gpsim1 makes a useful, almost interactive, teaching tool. Now, no simulation is perfect. But oscillators, dividers, 1PPS comparators, and DACs are not really that complicated. You are probably guessing that I'm working on gpsim2 which will allow simulation of phase and frequency jumps, varying GPS reception, power-up, cold-boot, warm-boot, holdover, thermal or mechanical shocks to the instrument, and other events that I see in real life. But let's let gpsim1 run its coarse before we worry about 2nd order effects. I'm very interested in alternative or enhanced algorithms that people come up with. The two algorithms now in gpsim1 and default tuning parameters are just something I threw together in a few minutes. /tvb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Latham" <d...@montana.com> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO simulation tool Hi Tom et.al. Isn't the simulator "easily" convertible to the real thing? That is, data inputs should be convertible somehow to data streams from physical devices? 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.
