Re: [time-nuts] GPS vagaries and binary interface

2006-10-29 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: Didier Alternative GPSDO solution Divide the 10MHz reference by 32 resync the output to 10MHz with a fast D flipflop and then divide the D flipflop output by 4 using a 2 bit switchtail ring (Johnson) counter. Low pass filter the outputs

Re: [time-nuts] GPS vagaries and binary interface

2006-10-29 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: Didier Juges wrote: That's the impression I am getting. I do not know if any of the GPSDO that I have seen described in recent literature take care of this properly. It seems when the GPS goes nuts, the 1 PPS goes quite a bit

Re: [time-nuts] GPS vagaries and binary interface

2006-10-29 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: Didier Alternative GPSDO solution Divide the 10MHz reference by 32 resync the output to 10MHz with a fast D flipflop and then divide the D flipflop output by 4 using a 2 bit switchtail ring (Johnson) counter. Low pass filter the outputs

Re: [time-nuts] GPS vagaries and binary interface

2006-10-28 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: Good timing antennas have built in ceramic or equivalent bandpass filters to minimise the effect of interference. A patch antenna is not as satisfactory as a quadrifilar helix or a choke ring ground plane antenna for accurate timing

Re: [time-nuts] GPS vagaries and binary interface

2006-10-28 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: Good timing antennas have built in ceramic or equivalent bandpass filters to minimise the effect of interference. A patch antenna is not as satisfactory as a quadrifilar helix or a choke ring ground plane antenna for accurate timing

Re: [time-nuts] GPS vagaries and binary interface

2006-10-28 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Didier Juges wrote: That's the impression I am getting. I do not know if any of the GPSDO that I have seen described in recent literature take care of this properly. It seems when the GPS goes nuts, the 1 PPS goes quite a bit out of normal range, so it should not take too much

Re: [time-nuts] GPS vagaries and binary interface

2006-10-28 Thread Didier Juges
Dr Bruce Griffiths wrote: Didier Alternative GPSDO solution Divide the 10MHz reference by 32 resync the output to 10MHz with a fast D flipflop and then divide the D flipflop output by 4 using a 2 bit switchtail ring (Johnson) counter. Low pass filter the outputs of both divide by 4