Re: [time-nuts] On some pitfalls of the dual mixer time differencemethod of h...

2006-10-02 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
M. Warner Losh wrote: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dr Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : The Allan deviation of current state of the art cryogenic sapphire : oscillators is more than an order of magnitude lower than the noise : floor of these instruments. I'm

Re: [time-nuts] On some pitfalls of the dual mixer time differencemethod of h...

2006-10-02 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Dr Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] On some pitfalls of the dual mixer time differencemethod of h... Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:25:46 +1300 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce, Interesting as the techniques employed may be, the resultant performance is still

Re: [time-nuts] On some pitfalls of the dual mixer time differencemethod of h...

2006-10-01 Thread SAIDJACK
Hello Ulrich, the latest generation of TSC intruments (the TSC5120A for example) uses a new strategy: they use four ADC's to sample and cross-correlate two oscillators completely in software. All the mixing etc is done in the software domain. That makes for cheap hardware, and works quite

Re: [time-nuts] On some pitfalls of the dual mixer time differencemethod of h...

2006-10-01 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] On some pitfalls of the dual mixer time differencemethod of h... Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 13:53:57 EDT Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Ulrich, Ulrich and Said, the latest generation of TSC intruments (the TSC5120A for example) uses a new

Re: [time-nuts] On some pitfalls of the dual mixer time differencemethod of h...

2006-10-01 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
Magnus Danielson wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] On some pitfalls of the dual mixer time differencemethod of h... Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 13:53:57 EDT Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Ulrich, Ulrich and Said, the latest generation of TSC

Re: [time-nuts] On some pitfalls of the dual mixer time differencemethod of h...

2006-10-01 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dr Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : The Allan deviation of current state of the art cryogenic sapphire : oscillators is more than an order of magnitude lower than the noise : floor of these instruments. I'm curious. How much does one of