Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread d . seiter
I like the ped-countdown displays here (San Jose, US) because I can better judge if I'll need to stop or not when approaching an intersection. I've noticed the drivers getting worse and worse about following basic laws like stopping at red lights. Rush hour only makes things worse- at the

Re: [time-nuts] Odd pulses on 1PPS output- 5680A

2012-01-16 Thread d . seiter
Finally got a chance to play with my 5680A, and was happy to see that it locks in about 45 seconds from cold. The messy 10Mhz output is about 80mVpp, but the weird thing is the output on pin 6 (1PPS). The output is a 20 microsecond, 1.8Vpp, square wave that is clean on top, but rings like

Re: [time-nuts] Controlling FEI 5680A

2012-01-16 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:45:56 +0100 Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: A short notice on embedded CPU/MPUs into FPGAs. Using PIC or AVR might be tempting, but I consider any clone dirty from a rights perspective, MIPS for instance have been very protective on their side, so

Re: [time-nuts] Controlling FEI 5680A

2012-01-16 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:27:27 -0500 paul swed paulsw...@gmail.com wrote: FPGAs are generally intended for the mass market with a steep learning curve. Though they can be pressed into whats of interest to time-nuts it simply seems like a overly complicated technology and method for a non-mass

[time-nuts] NTP on steroid (was: a hijacked thread)

2012-01-16 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:24:24 -0800 gary li...@lazygranch.com wrote: Is it possible these wireless providers are using something like NTP on steroids with a Rb clock rather than GPSDO? Nope. NTP does not give you enough stability, nor accuracy, nor precision. The best you can get out of NTP

[time-nuts] Austron 2010B Operations Manual

2012-01-16 Thread Mark C. Stephens
Hello group, I hope the new year finds you all well? I have just received an Austron 2010B Disciplined frequency standard. Could some kind soul help me out with an operations manual? Many thanks, Mark inline: image001.gif___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] NTP on steroid (was: a hijacked thread)

2012-01-16 Thread David J Taylor
The best you can get out of NTP is about 1ms. While UMTS needs something in the us range for proper working IIRC. Attila Kinali NTP fed with a PPS source can do much better than 1 ms. Here's a non-temperature-controlled, simple Intel Atom system providing within 10 microseconds using

Re: [time-nuts] ATT WP 92066-L5 (RB)

2012-01-16 Thread Mike S
On 1/15/2012 10:24 PM, gary wrote: Is it possible these wireless providers are using something like NTP on steroids with a Rb clock rather than GPSDO? They are moving to using IEEE 1588 for site synchronization. I guess you could consider it something like NTP on steroids. It requires

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread David C. Partridge
Hehe - try driving in Napoli some day - makes Roma seem positively sane, and Torino is civilised compared to Roma! D. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread Erno Peres
This is why the North-Italy territory wants to be separeted the rest of Italy..hihi EP. -Original Message- From: David C. Partridge david.partri...@perdrix.co.uk To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2012

Re: [time-nuts] NTP on steroid (was: a hijacked thread)

2012-01-16 Thread bg
The best you can get out of NTP is about 1ms. While UMTS needs something in the us range for proper working IIRC. Attila Kinali NTP fed with a PPS source can do much better than 1 ms. Here's a non-temperature-controlled, simple Intel Atom system providing within 10 microseconds using

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 90, Issue 115

2012-01-16 Thread Piero Soldi
Il 16/01/2012 13.00, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com ha scritto: Send time-nuts mailing list submissions to time-nuts@febo.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts or, via email, send a message with subject

[time-nuts] leap second end of June 2012

2012-01-16 Thread Bill Dailey
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[time-nuts] leap second end of June 2012

2012-01-16 Thread Bill Dailey
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Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread Timeok
please, before write look in your home than respect other people. thanks Luciano -- Luciano P. S. Paramithiotti IZ5JHJ - Original Message From: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'

Re: [time-nuts] Controlling FEI 5680A

2012-01-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The lock range of the 5680 is limited only by the range of the VCXO. The DDS has way more range than the VCXO does and there's nothing else in that loop. The rubidium cell does not change frequency when the DDS is tuned, so that entire loop is not a limiting factor. As you approach the edge

Re: [time-nuts] Controlling FEI 5680A

2012-01-16 Thread Jim Lux
On 1/16/12 2:44 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:27:27 -0500 paul swedpaulsw...@gmail.com wrote: FPGAs are generally intended for the mass market with a steep learning curve. Though they can be pressed into whats of interest to time-nuts it simply seems like a overly

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread ehydra
d.sei...@comcast.net schrieb: could write tickets when you had enough hits on your car... Worst offenders? BMW and Audi drivers... Here in Germany too. The worst drivers are the ones with license plates beginning with LB- AND driving Audi or BMW. LB means Ludwigsburg - a city near Stuttgart.

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread Jim Lux
On 1/16/12 6:47 AM, Timeok wrote: please, before write look in your home than respect other people. thanks Luciano Luciano's point is well taken. Every place has it's idiosyncratic driving things. Some are more different than others. I found Rome to be fairly well disciplined for a big

[time-nuts] Simple Super Ripple Eater

2012-01-16 Thread John Lofgren
There have been discussions in the past about ways to reduce regulator output noise or clean-up oscillator or voltage reference power supplies. Here's an article from Design Ideas in Electronic Design that looks promising. It has pretty decent rejection even at 1 Hz.

Re: [time-nuts] Simple Super Ripple Eater

2012-01-16 Thread michael taylor
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:17 PM, John Lofgren jlofg...@lsr.com wrote: There have been discussions in the past about ways to reduce regulator output noise or clean-up oscillator or voltage reference power supplies.  Here's an article from Design Ideas in Electronic Design that looks

Re: [time-nuts] Simple Super Ripple Eater

2012-01-16 Thread David
On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:48:24 -0500, michael taylor mct...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:17 PM, John Lofgren jlofg...@lsr.com wrote: There have been discussions in the past about ways to reduce regulator output noise or clean-up oscillator or voltage reference power supplies.  

Re: [time-nuts] Controlling FEI 5680A

2012-01-16 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Attila Kinali att...@kinali.ch wrote: But yes, you are right. An FPGA is probably not the right thing. Not because it is more difficult, but rather because there are less tools and less documentation available. Hence making it more difficult for the hobbyist

Re: [time-nuts] NTP on steroid (was: a hijacked thread)

2012-01-16 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Attila Kinali att...@kinali.ch wrote: The best you can get out of NTP is about 1ms. While UMTS needs something in the us range for proper working IIRC. My NTP server runs at about 2 or 3 uSec level. It is nothing special. Just an $85 Atom board running Linux

Re: [time-nuts] Simple Super Ripple Eater

2012-01-16 Thread ehydra
Here is a hand-corrected version: http://ehydra.dyndns.info/NG/time-nuts/Simple%20power%20supply%20ripple%20rejection%20for%20battery%20systems.zip - Henry John Lofgren schrieb: There have been discussions in the past about ways to reduce regulator output noise or clean-up oscillator or

Re: [time-nuts] NTP on steroid (was: a hijacked thread)

2012-01-16 Thread lists
When I said on steroids I meant a scheme similar to NTP, but something run by the wireless companies themselves, not run of the mill NTP. -Original Message- From: Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:54:34 To: Discussion

Re: [time-nuts] Controlling FEI 5680A

2012-01-16 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 01/16/2012 11:31 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:45:56 +0100 Magnus Danielsonmag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: A short notice on embedded CPU/MPUs into FPGAs. Using PIC or AVR might be tempting, but I consider any clone dirty from a rights perspective, MIPS for instance

[time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread Michael Baker
Hello, TimeNutters-- Can anyone shed some light on why there is a 15 sec difference between the large digit time display on my Lady Heather display and WWV...? I have been accused of living on another planet-- maybe it is true after all and that is why there is such a time difference...??

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread Tom Van Baak
Mike, That usually means you're running GPS time instead of UTC. Check also against http://leapsecond.com/java/gpsclock.htm /tvb Hello, TimeNutters-- Can anyone shed some light on why there is a 15 sec difference between the large digit time display on my Lady Heather display and WWV...? I

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread Dan Rae
GPS time v. UTC ? ___ 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.

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread Brian, WA1ZMS
GPS has its own time scale. Part of the GPS data stream contains the number of seconds that GPS and UTC differ by. -Brian, WA1ZMS -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Dan Rae Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 7:21 PM To:

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread Christopher Quarksnow
GPS was incepted in 1982, at which point it was equal to UTC ; since then, 15 leap seconds were introduced to UTC, thus the 15-second offset and by next July 1st, it will be 16 seconds. The most common use of GPS time (hybrid?) is the Android system time, even though Samsung Android phones use UTC

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi If it's a constant offset, UTC vs GPS. If it's variable - loading on your PC. I can pretty easily get LH to read 45 seconds off by trying to do to much at once on the machine. Bob On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:02 PM, Michael Baker mp...@clanbaker.org wrote: Hello, TimeNutters-- Can anyone

Re: [time-nuts] Controlling FEI 5680A

2012-01-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Don't forget to toss RAM, Flash, EEPROM, brown out detection, and a clock oscillator on your board. You get all that stuff built in on a sub $5 / 100 Mhz micro, but not on a FPGA. I'm not saying you can't take care of all that on a board, just that you need to plan ahead. Bob On Jan 16,

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread lists
Correct me if I'm wrong, but UTC gets corrected from time to time, but many things depend on GPS time to be consistent (no jumps), so they can't adjust it. -Original Message- From: Brian, WA1ZMS wa1...@att.net Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:25:30 To:

Re: [time-nuts] New unit of time measurement

2012-01-16 Thread shalimr9
They are used in Russia, and that is pretty much what is happening. I can't imagine those being used in France... Didier KO4BB Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless thingy while I do other things... -Original Message- From: Poul-Henning Kamp p...@phk.freebsd.dk Sender:

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 01/17/2012 02:08 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but UTC gets corrected from time to time, but many things depend on GPS time to be consistent (no jumps), so they can't adjust it. The way the GPS set of gears works, they need a continuous linear time internally.

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread lists
I think the time jumps would be a problem for the GPS customers. Suppose I am computing speed by differential readings. The jump would be an issue, especially if time went backwards. File stamps. Stock timing. Similar problems. -Original Message- From: Magnus Danielson

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 01/17/2012 03:18 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: I think the time jumps would be a problem for the GPS customers. Suppose I am computing speed by differential readings. The jump would be an issue, especially if time went backwards. File stamps. Stock timing. Similar problems. If you do

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread Jim Lux
On 1/16/12 6:58 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: On 01/17/2012 03:18 AM, li...@lazygranch.com wrote: I think the time jumps would be a problem for the GPS customers. Suppose I am computing speed by differential readings. The jump would be an issue, especially if time went backwards. File stamps.

Re: [time-nuts] 15 Seconds error...??

2012-01-16 Thread gary
My description of the problem would have been a thousand times better if I mentioned monotonicity. It is a classical problem with any discrete control system. Nonlinearlity is much easier to handle that missing codes or a lack of monotonicity. ___

[time-nuts] NTP for 64 bit windows

2012-01-16 Thread gary
Has anyone come across a NTP client that uses native 64 Win 7 code? I've noticed all the 64 bit versions are running under WOW. I've use Meinberg now found another source out of Poland. http://sites.google.com/site/ntpserverspl/ntp-server-time-client-64 This is an ugly thing to search since

Re: [time-nuts] NTP for 64 bit windows

2012-01-16 Thread David J Taylor
Has anyone come across a NTP client that uses native 64 Win 7 code? I've noticed all the 64 bit versions are running under WOW. I've use Meinberg now found another source out of Poland. http://sites.google.com/site/ntpserverspl/ntp-server-time-client-64 This is an ugly thing to search since

Re: [time-nuts] NTP for 64 bit windows

2012-01-16 Thread David J Taylor
Has anyone come across a NTP client that uses native 64 Win 7 code? I've noticed all the 64 bit versions are running under WOW. I've use Meinberg now found another source out of Poland. http://sites.google.com/site/ntpserverspl/ntp-server-time-client-64 I was going to ask, Gary, have you used