Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-10 Thread Dan Watson
Thanks for all of the replies, very useful. Also for the recommendations on
the 74LVC1G74 and 1G80. I don't know why I didn't check for a 7474 in this
technology, of course they would have that available. But it looks like the
1G80 will do just exactly what I need in a smaller package, so I think I'll
go with that.


Dan

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Dan Kemppainen d...@irtelemetrics.com
wrote:

 Hi Dan,

 74LVC1G80. See: http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74lvc1g80.pdf

 Might be worth looking at.

 Dan

 On 6/9/2015 4:24 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote:

  Let's say I have a 20MHz TCXO. I want to square up the output signal and
 divide by two. Easy, just a buffer or inverter and a flip flop. But
 looking
 at the pinout of the 74LVC1G175 (D flip flop) it doesn't have a Q not
 output. So now I need a second inverter to make it toggle. The 74LVC2G14
 includes two schmitt inverters in the package, but will isolation inside
 the device be good enough to use it for two separate functions at 20 and
 10
 MHz?

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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-09 Thread David McGaw
One thing that is hidden in AC and later CMOS is very tightly controlled 
edge-rate to combat ground bounce.  The original AC components were so 
fast, the ground bounce could be measured in volts and they had to be 
quickly redesigned.


For the D-FF function, you might consider using one section of the dual 
74LVC74.  With the inputs of the unused section connected to ground or 
Vdd, it will draw no power.


David N1HAC


On 6/8/15 8:30 PM, Dan Watson wrote:

I have something of a follow up question. How good is the isolation inside
these devices (74LVC, SOT-23 package) between gates?

Let's say I have a 20MHz TCXO. I want to square up the output signal and
divide by two. Easy, just a buffer or inverter and a flip flop. But looking
at the pinout of the 74LVC1G175 (D flip flop) it doesn't have a Q not
output. So now I need a second inverter to make it toggle. The 74LVC2G14
includes two schmitt inverters in the package, but will isolation inside
the device be good enough to use it for two separate functions at 20 and 10
MHz?

Just from a layout perspective using three devices instead of two would be
easier. However the thing will be battery powered, so I'd like to save the
power if possible.


Thanks

Dan

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Andy ai.egrps...@gmail.com wrote:


The gates on that page

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/trangate.html

use bipolar transistors.  The 74LVC parts are CMOS.  There are various
effects caused by that difference.

And those examples have vastly inferior control over input switching
levels, compared to just about any well made digital IC from the last half
century.  (Funny to think that it has been half of a century!)

2N type transistors might have switching delays upwards of 100 ns
(depending on load), whereas the LVC parts switch in the 1-5 ns range.

On the other hand: A well designed discrete circuit can beat a general
 purpose integrated circuit in almost all performance measures.

Some performance metrics would be hard to beat with even a well designed
discrete circuit.  On-die capacitance and inductance tends to be much
smaller than any discrete circuit can achieve.

Andy
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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-09 Thread Hal Murray

watsondani...@gmail.com said:
 Let's say I have a 20MHz TCXO. I want to square up the output signal and
 divide by two. Easy, just a buffer or inverter and a flip flop. But looking
 at the pinout of the 74LVC1G175 (D flip flop) it doesn't have a Q not
 output. So now I need a second inverter to make it toggle. The 74LVC2G14
 includes two schmitt inverters in the package, but will isolation inside the
 device be good enough to use it for two separate functions at 20 and 10 MHz?

The simple answer is to use the 74LVC1G74 which has the inverted output.

The complicated answer is more complicated.  What are you using the inverter 
for?  Clock or data?  If both halves are used for data and there is plenty of 
setup/hold time, then the timing through the chip doesn't matter.  If you are 
using it for a clock, then things get interesting.  Is there a fixed phase 
between the 2 signals?  If they never change at the same time, it probably 
doesn't matter.  (How close counts as same might get interesting.)  If they 
do, how nutty are you feeling?  If it mattered, I'd probably do something 
else.  The simplest something-else is to use 2 packages.

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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-09 Thread Dan Kemppainen

Hi Dan,

74LVC1G80. See: http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74lvc1g80.pdf

Might be worth looking at.

Dan

On 6/9/2015 4:24 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote:


Let's say I have a 20MHz TCXO. I want to square up the output signal and
divide by two. Easy, just a buffer or inverter and a flip flop. But looking
at the pinout of the 74LVC1G175 (D flip flop) it doesn't have a Q not
output. So now I need a second inverter to make it toggle. The 74LVC2G14
includes two schmitt inverters in the package, but will isolation inside
the device be good enough to use it for two separate functions at 20 and 10
MHz?

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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-09 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

The isolation in the package is likely better than the (practical) layout you 
will
do to mate up with them. In fact, the single gate stuff probably does a better 
job
of isolation than the multi gate stuff, simply because you can spread it out on 
the board.

In the case of dividing by two, there are single gate flip-flops that are Q bar 
output 
rather than Q. That eliminates the second single gate package in this design. 
Yes, there
are far to many different numbering systems. Finding this or that can be a 
massive
pain. 

==

If power is an issue, the real trick is to find a family that is happy running 
on a low(er)
supply voltage. Some of this stuff will toggle at 20 MHz with very low supply. 
Often 
the inputs are “high voltage tolerant” even with those low supplies.

Bob

 On Jun 8, 2015, at 8:30 PM, Dan Watson watsondani...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 I have something of a follow up question. How good is the isolation inside
 these devices (74LVC, SOT-23 package) between gates?
 
 Let's say I have a 20MHz TCXO. I want to square up the output signal and
 divide by two. Easy, just a buffer or inverter and a flip flop. But looking
 at the pinout of the 74LVC1G175 (D flip flop) it doesn't have a Q not
 output. So now I need a second inverter to make it toggle. The 74LVC2G14
 includes two schmitt inverters in the package, but will isolation inside
 the device be good enough to use it for two separate functions at 20 and 10
 MHz?
 
 Just from a layout perspective using three devices instead of two would be
 easier. However the thing will be battery powered, so I'd like to save the
 power if possible.
 
 
 Thanks
 
 Dan
 
 On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Andy ai.egrps...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 The gates on that page
 
   http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/trangate.html
 
 use bipolar transistors.  The 74LVC parts are CMOS.  There are various
 effects caused by that difference.
 
 And those examples have vastly inferior control over input switching
 levels, compared to just about any well made digital IC from the last half
 century.  (Funny to think that it has been half of a century!)
 
 2N type transistors might have switching delays upwards of 100 ns
 (depending on load), whereas the LVC parts switch in the 1-5 ns range.
 
   On the other hand: A well designed discrete circuit can beat a general
purpose integrated circuit in almost all performance measures.
 
 Some performance metrics would be hard to beat with even a well designed
 discrete circuit.  On-die capacitance and inductance tends to be much
 smaller than any discrete circuit can achieve.
 
 Andy
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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-09 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

The question is always “good isolation compared to what?”. 

If you are expecting 180 db of isolation on a SOT-23 package at 10’s of MHz, 
it’s
not going to happen. It’s also not going to happen with a practical pc board 
layout
even without the SOT-23 involved. 

If something around 120 db is “good isolation”, then yes you can do that with a 
pair of the SC-70 parts and a good layout. In this case the test was at 10 MHz.

Bob

 On Jun 9, 2015, at 12:26 AM, Andy ai.egrps...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 
 I have something of a follow up question. How good is the isolation inside
 these devices (74LVC, SOT-23 package) between gates?
 
 
 Maybe it's just me ... but I wouldn't trust the isolation to be good.
 Apart from on-die coupling, they share the same power/ground leads, however
 short they are.  So just getting power and ground from the board onto the
 die, they would be corrupted by what happens in the other gate and its load
 (L*di/dt).
 
 Andy
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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-08 Thread Dan Watson
I have something of a follow up question. How good is the isolation inside
these devices (74LVC, SOT-23 package) between gates?

Let's say I have a 20MHz TCXO. I want to square up the output signal and
divide by two. Easy, just a buffer or inverter and a flip flop. But looking
at the pinout of the 74LVC1G175 (D flip flop) it doesn't have a Q not
output. So now I need a second inverter to make it toggle. The 74LVC2G14
includes two schmitt inverters in the package, but will isolation inside
the device be good enough to use it for two separate functions at 20 and 10
MHz?

Just from a layout perspective using three devices instead of two would be
easier. However the thing will be battery powered, so I'd like to save the
power if possible.


Thanks

Dan

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Andy ai.egrps...@gmail.com wrote:

 The gates on that page

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/trangate.html

 use bipolar transistors.  The 74LVC parts are CMOS.  There are various
 effects caused by that difference.

 And those examples have vastly inferior control over input switching
 levels, compared to just about any well made digital IC from the last half
 century.  (Funny to think that it has been half of a century!)

 2N type transistors might have switching delays upwards of 100 ns
 (depending on load), whereas the LVC parts switch in the 1-5 ns range.

On the other hand: A well designed discrete circuit can beat a general
 purpose integrated circuit in almost all performance measures.

 Some performance metrics would be hard to beat with even a well designed
 discrete circuit.  On-die capacitance and inductance tends to be much
 smaller than any discrete circuit can achieve.

 Andy
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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-01 Thread D W
Thanks for the replies! Very informative.

Dan

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 On May 31, 2015, at 6:23 PM, Attila Kinali att...@kinali.ch wrote:
 
 On Sun, 31 May 2015 14:06:26 -0400
 Dan Watson watsondani...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Has anyone used or experimented with the 74LVC series of ICs? I have found
 them quite useful in projects. Supply voltage of 2-5V, and two inverters or
 a single gate or flip flip in a SOT package. They make for much cleaner
 layouts than large DIPs.
 
 Yes, quite a few of those. After CPLDs and FPGAs replaced all of the
 more complex 74xxx's, people realized that most projects do not need
 4 NAND gates at one spot, but rather single ones here and there
 (a schmitt-trigger for signal conditioning, an AND gate to couple two
 enable lines,...).
 
 I'm wondering if they are acceptable replacements for 74HC, AC, etc in
 timing circuits.
 
 I have never used any of the LVC in a timing circuit, but i would
 guess they are not worse than the AC. Also they have the advantage of
 having single gates per package, which helps minimizing cross coupling
 between different signal paths.
 
 BTW: [1] may contain some interesting data for you. Especially as it
 compares different manufacturers too.
 
 Looking at [2], the ALVC family would probably be also worth a look.
 
Attila Kinali
 
 
 [1] Low Voltage Logic Designers Guide, Ti, 1996
 http://www.ti.com/lit/ml/scba010/scba010.pdf
 
 [2] Logic Guide, Ti, 2014
 http://www.ti.com/lit/sg/sdyu001aa/sdyu001aa.pdf
 
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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-01 Thread Vlad


I am curious, how the integrated gates could be compared for those 
created on discrete elements ? Let say simple gates like this:


http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/trangate.html

Regards,
Vlad


On 2015-05-31 18:23, Attila Kinali wrote:

On Sun, 31 May 2015 14:06:26 -0400
Dan Watson watsondani...@gmail.com wrote:

Has anyone used or experimented with the 74LVC series of ICs? I have 
found
them quite useful in projects. Supply voltage of 2-5V, and two 
inverters or
a single gate or flip flip in a SOT package. They make for much 
cleaner

layouts than large DIPs.


Yes, quite a few of those. After CPLDs and FPGAs replaced all of the
more complex 74xxx's, people realized that most projects do not need
4 NAND gates at one spot, but rather single ones here and there
(a schmitt-trigger for signal conditioning, an AND gate to couple two
enable lines,...).


I'm wondering if they are acceptable replacements for 74HC, AC, etc in
timing circuits.


I have never used any of the LVC in a timing circuit, but i would
guess they are not worse than the AC. Also they have the advantage of
having single gates per package, which helps minimizing cross coupling
between different signal paths.

BTW: [1] may contain some interesting data for you. Especially as it
compares different manufacturers too.

Looking at [2], the ALVC family would probably be also worth a look.

Attila Kinali


[1] Low Voltage Logic Designers Guide, Ti, 1996
http://www.ti.com/lit/ml/scba010/scba010.pdf

[2] Logic Guide, Ti, 2014
http://www.ti.com/lit/sg/sdyu001aa/sdyu001aa.pdf


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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-01 Thread Tim Shoppa
The example circuits given on that webpage will be inferior in every way to
RTL and DTL logic from the 1960's, which itself is inferior to late
60's/early 70's TTL.

A good reference on how to do discrete transistor logic design from the
1960's, is TI's book Transistor Circuit Design. I just poked around
bitsavers hoping it might be there, but didn't see it. Paper copies abound
in used bookstores.
http://www.amazon.com/Transistor-Circuit-Design-Instruments-Incorporated/dp/0070637377

There are a handful of level-shifting logic-type circuits for oddball
voltages that might still be done best using discrete transistors
especially if you don't need say the full quad of a MC1488 or MC1489.

Tim N3QE

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Vlad t...@patoka.org wrote:


 I am curious, how the integrated gates could be compared for those created
 on discrete elements ? Let say simple gates like this:

 http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/trangate.html

 Regards,
 Vlad



 On 2015-05-31 18:23, Attila Kinali wrote:

 On Sun, 31 May 2015 14:06:26 -0400
 Dan Watson watsondani...@gmail.com wrote:

  Has anyone used or experimented with the 74LVC series of ICs? I have
 found
 them quite useful in projects. Supply voltage of 2-5V, and two inverters
 or
 a single gate or flip flip in a SOT package. They make for much cleaner
 layouts than large DIPs.


 Yes, quite a few of those. After CPLDs and FPGAs replaced all of the
 more complex 74xxx's, people realized that most projects do not need
 4 NAND gates at one spot, but rather single ones here and there
 (a schmitt-trigger for signal conditioning, an AND gate to couple two
 enable lines,...).

  I'm wondering if they are acceptable replacements for 74HC, AC, etc in
 timing circuits.


 I have never used any of the LVC in a timing circuit, but i would
 guess they are not worse than the AC. Also they have the advantage of
 having single gates per package, which helps minimizing cross coupling
 between different signal paths.

 BTW: [1] may contain some interesting data for you. Especially as it
 compares different manufacturers too.

 Looking at [2], the ALVC family would probably be also worth a look.

 Attila Kinali


 [1] Low Voltage Logic Designers Guide, Ti, 1996
 http://www.ti.com/lit/ml/scba010/scba010.pdf

 [2] Logic Guide, Ti, 2014
 http://www.ti.com/lit/sg/sdyu001aa/sdyu001aa.pdf


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 WBW,

 V.P.

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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-01 Thread Attila Kinali
Moin,


On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:00:31 -0400
Vlad t...@patoka.org wrote:

 I am curious, how the integrated gates could be compared for those 
 created on discrete elements ? Let say simple gates like this:

For the same implementation: Worse. There is much less control
over the exact building of discrete devices than integrated ones.
There hundreds of tiny things that are harder to control:
* You have wires going over the PCB. These have a long length, thus
  a high inductivity, and high capacity.
* They are on a substrate that is known to be quite hydrophile and
  thus has changing electrical parameters (dielectric constant,
  permeability, resistivity,...)
* Everything is slower, due to higher capacitance/inductance/resistance
  of the wires inbetween.
* Slower translates into less defined edges - more jitter.
* Higher capacitance translates into more current flowing at the same
  speed, which again translates into more shot-noise (though less
  therma noise)
* Longer wires are more susceptible to EMI, or rather pick-up of tiny
  interferences from other circuits or even other parts of the same
  circuit.
* Longer wires are also more prone to emit EMI.

... just to name a few. This list can be continued for quite some time.

On the other hand: A well designed discrete circuit can beat a general
purpose integrated circuit in almost all performance measures.

 http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/trangate.html

These are resistor-transistor-logic (RTL) elements. Those even more
noisy due to their simple build up.


Attila Kinali

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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-06-01 Thread Andy
The gates on that page

   http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/trangate.html

use bipolar transistors.  The 74LVC parts are CMOS.  There are various
effects caused by that difference.

And those examples have vastly inferior control over input switching
levels, compared to just about any well made digital IC from the last half
century.  (Funny to think that it has been half of a century!)

2N type transistors might have switching delays upwards of 100 ns
(depending on load), whereas the LVC parts switch in the 1-5 ns range.

   On the other hand: A well designed discrete circuit can beat a general
purpose integrated circuit in almost all performance measures.

Some performance metrics would be hard to beat with even a well designed
discrete circuit.  On-die capacitance and inductance tends to be much
smaller than any discrete circuit can achieve.

Andy
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[time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-05-31 Thread Dan Watson
Hi,

Has anyone used or experimented with the 74LVC series of ICs? I have found
them quite useful in projects. Supply voltage of 2-5V, and two inverters or
a single gate or flip flip in a SOT package. They make for much cleaner
layouts than large DIPs.

I'm wondering if they are acceptable replacements for 74HC, AC, etc in
timing circuits.

A couple examples of the series I'm referring to:

http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74lvc2g14.pdf
http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74lvc1g175.pdf


Thanks,

Dan
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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-05-31 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

The 74HC series is an “old and slow” CMOS family. In some cases people use
their low speed to do filtering (they won’t follow a fast glitch …). Other than 
that
sort of thing, the AC and LVC should be fine replacements for them. The HC
might pull a little less power with nothing going on. If you are running on a 
coin 
cell it’s worth checking. 

The 74AC series was essentially the first group of fast CMOS parts to hit the 
market.
They were indeed fast. They also had some issues with lead frame induced 
glitches 
(power and ground pin locations …). You see a lot of odd things done to try to 
take
care of this. 

Starting about 20 years ago, people began to bring out “improved” versions of 
the AC 
parts. Processes had gotten faster and people had learned some things. Within 10
years the number of different families became almost un-countable. I think these
guys spent a *lot* of time coming up with weird reasons to add a new line of 
logic
to their portfolio.

The good news is that faster is better in silicon CMOS (except in weird cases 
like above). 
About all you need to check is:

1) Is it CMOS or TTL levels? (AC vs ACT , HC vs HCT, etc) get the right one.
2) Is it as fast as the stuff I’m replacing ?(check toggle rates or delay) 
simple answer
is almost always yes if HC and AC are the “comparison standard”.
3) Will it handle my supply? Some of the newer stuff is 3.3V only. 

There are some odd cases like buffer gates. If you are crossing one of those, 
just be sure
you cross it to a buffer and not to a simple inverter. Drive levels can matter. 



Simple answer - sure they are better / lower noise floor / better ADEV / faster 
/ cheaper 
/ easier to layout than the old stuff. They probably are lower power as well. 

Bob

 On May 31, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Dan Watson watsondani...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 Has anyone used or experimented with the 74LVC series of ICs? I have found
 them quite useful in projects. Supply voltage of 2-5V, and two inverters or
 a single gate or flip flip in a SOT package. They make for much cleaner
 layouts than large DIPs.
 
 I'm wondering if they are acceptable replacements for 74HC, AC, etc in
 timing circuits.
 
 A couple examples of the series I'm referring to:
 
 http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74lvc2g14.pdf
 http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74lvc1g175.pdf
 
 
 Thanks,
 
 Dan
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Re: [time-nuts] Performance of 74LVC series ICs

2015-05-31 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sun, 31 May 2015 14:06:26 -0400
Dan Watson watsondani...@gmail.com wrote:

 Has anyone used or experimented with the 74LVC series of ICs? I have found
 them quite useful in projects. Supply voltage of 2-5V, and two inverters or
 a single gate or flip flip in a SOT package. They make for much cleaner
 layouts than large DIPs.

Yes, quite a few of those. After CPLDs and FPGAs replaced all of the
more complex 74xxx's, people realized that most projects do not need
4 NAND gates at one spot, but rather single ones here and there
(a schmitt-trigger for signal conditioning, an AND gate to couple two
enable lines,...).
 
 I'm wondering if they are acceptable replacements for 74HC, AC, etc in
 timing circuits.

I have never used any of the LVC in a timing circuit, but i would
guess they are not worse than the AC. Also they have the advantage of
having single gates per package, which helps minimizing cross coupling
between different signal paths.

BTW: [1] may contain some interesting data for you. Especially as it
compares different manufacturers too.

Looking at [2], the ALVC family would probably be also worth a look.

Attila Kinali


[1] Low Voltage Logic Designers Guide, Ti, 1996
http://www.ti.com/lit/ml/scba010/scba010.pdf

[2] Logic Guide, Ti, 2014
http://www.ti.com/lit/sg/sdyu001aa/sdyu001aa.pdf

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