Re: [time-nuts] Motorola Oncore GPS Interface Board

2006-11-27 Thread Hal Murray
Driving a full 5V TTL signal into a 50 ohm load is another matter - you need a lot of DC power (1/2 watt) to do that. I was just using a Liner Tech LT1010 for a similar job - it would get the job done, but folks here might complain about the phase noise. Where does that phase noise come

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola Oncore GPS Interface Board

2006-11-27 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
David Forbes wrote: Jason Rabel wrote: A good initial buffer chip for all the TTL signals would be an IDT QS3384 with 10 inputs/outputs. Jason, The only problem with that part is that it's not a buffer! It's a switch. It has no drive capability at all. There are useful buffer

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola Oncore GPS Interface Board

2006-11-27 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
David Forbes wrote: Jason Rabel wrote: A good initial buffer chip for all the TTL signals would be an IDT QS3384 with 10 inputs/outputs. Jason, The only problem with that part is that it's not a buffer! It's a switch. It has no drive capability at all. There are useful buffer

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola Oncore GPS Interface Board

2006-11-27 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Hal Murray wrote: Driving a full 5V TTL signal into a 50 ohm load is another matter - you need a lot of DC power (1/2 watt) to do that. I was just using a Liner Tech LT1010 for a similar job - it would get the job done, but folks here might complain about the phase noise. Where does

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola Oncore GPS Interface Board

2006-11-27 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
David Forbes wrote: Jason Rabel wrote: A good initial buffer chip for all the TTL signals would be an IDT QS3384 with 10 inputs/outputs. Jason, The only problem with that part is that it's not a buffer! It's a switch. It has no drive capability at all. There are useful buffer

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola Oncore GPS Interface Board

2006-11-27 Thread Jason Rabel
Jason, The only problem with that part is that it's not a buffer! It's a switch. It has no drive capability at all. There are useful buffer chips for this task, but their names escape me just now. Perhaps the 74FCT245 or equivalent would work. Driving a full 5V TTL signal into a 50

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola Oncore GPS Interface Board

2006-11-27 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Jason Rabel wrote: Jason, The only problem with that part is that it's not a buffer! It's a switch. It has no drive capability at all. There are useful buffer chips for this task, but their names escape me just now. Perhaps the 74FCT245 or equivalent would work. Driving a full 5V TTL