Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt NMEA ?

2015-03-02 Thread Chris Albertson
I'll second that. I had a sailboat a while back with about 1/2 dozen NMEA devices off all kinds (GPS, Water speed sensors, Wd speed and direction, magnetic compass and so on). All feeding the nav system. NMEA was designed for marine navigation networks. Th spec is really poor for timing in

[time-nuts] Another Free/Cheap Stuff Event coming April 3-4-5 at Sphere

2015-03-02 Thread walter shawlee 2
We hold this even every year to clear out accumulated parts and gear, this year there will be about 2 tons of stuff, mainly Tek, HP, Fluke, Boonton test gear items, plus all the remaining Time Code rack units from Trak, Kode, etc., including two huge 4 foot time displays. Perfect for that cape

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt NMEA ?

2015-03-02 Thread Tim
On 3/03/2015 4:33 AM, Didier Juges wrote: Tim, NMEA is normally used for navigation. It would seem unlikely that anyone would want to use a Thunderbolt for navigation. Can you elaborate on what you are trying yo do? Hi Didier, I' building a multi frequency beacon based on QRP-labs U3

[time-nuts] Removing FTS 1200/1000A ovens.

2015-03-02 Thread Angus
Hi, Can anyone tell me if there is a particular method for removing the oven from the flask in a FTS 1200 or 1000A - it seems pretty well wedged in there. Thanks, Angus. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt NMEA ?

2015-03-02 Thread Chris Albertson
What NMEA sentences does this device accept? It would not be hard to make a small uP device like say an Arduino that would output those NMEA sentences using data it gets from the TB.The data rate is very slow so even the smallest uP would work. None of this NMEA stuff is very time critical

Re: [time-nuts] Recording mains frequency/phase [WAS: No GPSsatellites]

2015-03-02 Thread Ben Hall
On 3/1/2015 3:10 PM, Ben Hall asked: Using a zero-crossing detector with the picPET and logging the timing of each zero-crossing, how do you toss out the other 59 samples each second? I think I figured out a very obvious way. ~60 Hz AC -- zero crossing detector -- divide by 64 ripple counter

Re: [time-nuts] Monsanto IC

2015-03-02 Thread Tim Shoppa
Often these parts can be replaced with MSI TTL counter/decoder/logic chips with just a slight change in wiring. I don't know if the SD102 is the Nixie driver, but there are substitutes for Nixie drivers too. I don't know exactly what the SD102 does, but if your friend has the Monsanto 110B

Re: [time-nuts] Recording mains frequency/phase [WAS: NoGPSsatellites]

2015-03-02 Thread Tom Van Baak
I'm going to have to build one of these. Assume you have some sort of circuit that converts low-voltage AC from a transformer secondary to a pulse train, start a timer, and count x amount of pulses? Hi Ben, Any microcontroller will allow you to poll for or capture events. Many even have

Re: [time-nuts] simple explanation of noise spectra with mixing

2015-03-02 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/1/15 10:23 AM, Joseph Gwinn wrote: time-nuts Digest, Vol 128, Issue 1, Message: 8 Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:46:18 -0800 From: Jim Lux jim...@earthlink.net To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] simple explanation of noise

Re: [time-nuts] XL-DC Chassis and manual FS

2015-03-02 Thread Jeff Kruth via time-nuts
Hello Folks! Noted the discussion about the XL-DC GPS receivers. I have two complete chassis here with exception that the Rubidiums have been removed. Does anyone need parts, etc.? I would be happy to work something out for one or both if someone wants these. Physically good shape, but

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt NMEA ?

2015-03-02 Thread Didier Juges
Tim, NMEA is normally used for navigation. It would seem unlikely that anyone would want to use a Thunderbolt for navigation. Can you elaborate on what you are trying yo do? Didier KO4BB On February 25, 2015 10:11:08 PM CST, Tim t...@skybase.net wrote: Hi all, Is there a way to get NMEA