Thanks for the pricing hints. Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 2:01 AM, Bruce Griffiths <bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz>wrote: > GP21 eval kit about 300 Euro > GP21 about 10 Euro each > > Bruce > > > paul swed wrote: > >> Angus >> Yes I did a fast check and couldn't find anyone in the US that seemed to >> carry it. The eval kit looks nice but will speculate its quite costly. >> That said I could see some uses for it like you say it has some things >> built in to eliminate false triggers and such. Just need to know if $1.59 >> or $159 each. >> Cheap chips I may play with. >> Regards >> Paul. >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Angus<not.ag...@btinternet.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> It's not exactly cutting edge resolution etc, but for a ready to go >>> chip, it's not at all bad. In theory, it looks like it should be >>> useful in a lot of the places that counters like a 53131/2 get used, >>> but it can sample very much faster than them. It also has useful >>> temperature inputs. >>> >>> Most of the projects I've come across don't stretch its performance so >>> I'm just interested if someone has really tested it. >>> If not, I expect I'll find out more when I get it up and running. >>> >>> Angus. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 4 Apr 2014 18:27:05 -0400, you wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Angus >>>> An interesting chip. I had never heard of it before and suspect this may >>>> >>>> >>> be >>> >>> >>>> the gizmo used in closed system water leak detection. Won't go into why >>>> I >>>> know about that. >>>> I did find comments from 2007 about the chip and atmega but nothing >>>> since. >>>> When I went looking for distributors or pricing to get an idea came up >>>> empty. Though Amazon will sell you lots of vitamins or something called >>>> >>>> >>> TDC. >>> >>> >>>> So with all that said I will guess that for time-nuts purposes the >>>> capabilities of this chip have been far exceeded by the various array >>>> technologies we have at very cheap prices today. The ability to create >>>> >>>> >>> long >>> >>> >>>> counters at very high speeds. >>>> Only a guess though. >>>> Regards >>>> Paul. >>>> WB8TSL >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Angus<not.ag...@btinternet.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> With all the recent talk of interpolators, I started looking at the >>>>> acam TDC chips again - the GP22 is pretty cheap now for anyone who's >>>>> up for playing with the tiny QFN package. >>>>> >>>>> I was wondering if anyone here has tried them or properly evaluated >>>>> them as a TIC - especially the GP2/GP21/GP22. >>>>> >>>>> A few years back a some folk were talking about it, but I did not hear >>>>> much since that. >>>>> >>>>> Angus. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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.