Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-21 Thread Steve Rooke
measurement  Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:00 AM  Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method  Bob,  Can I answer this one.  On 20 June 2010 04:36, Robert Benward rbenw...@verizon.net wrote:   Warren,   I was responding to ke5fx comment using a 12-bit, 480-Hz serial DAQ

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-21 Thread Steve Rooke
Nigel, Thanks for letting us have your name. On 21 June 2010 10:05, gandal...@aol.com wrote: Warren Your stock answer of claiming that everyone and his granny is missing  the point is wearing a bit thin, and despite your suggestion I have not missed anything either and that includes John's

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-21 Thread Steve Rooke
On 21 June 2010 10:49, Chuck Harris cfhar...@erols.com wrote: No disrespect to you or John intended, but that is a data set of one experiment. We used to call that a High School Proof. What is not said here is that John spent a month testing the TPLL with a variety of different sources just to

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-21 Thread Steve Rooke
On 21 June 2010 11:49, Chuck Harris cfhar...@erols.com wrote: If there have been an infinite number of tests done, and all are verified as correct, we have a pretty fair idea that the next test done will also be correct... but the verification is important... without it we cannot know for

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-21 Thread Steve Rooke
There is a fairly detailed block schematic that has been posted, even a photo of the proto BB just to show how simple it is. Perhaps a full component level schematic will surface sometime. I think that the math that is needed to describe this TPLL will have to come from a third-party if that is

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread Steve Rooke
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob Don't know if I can explain it to you, I'm not so good at explaining, I'll give it  *ONE*  try. Example with some random picked numbers (JUST TO SHOW THE MAIN POINTS). I tried, All information and test

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread Robert Benward
the method supports the claim (of fs timing). Bob - Original Message - From: Steve Rooke To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:00 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob, Can I answer

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread WarrenS
*** ** [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Robert Benward rbenward at verizon.net Sun Jun 20 14:46:09 UTC 2010 Steve, I am a professional engineer, but in this arena I am an amateur. That is why I'm asking the questions, not to put down, but to understand some of the claims made

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread WarrenS
GandalfG8 Posted: Snake Oil anyone? I nice short response, but it shows missed the MAJOR difference. You need to see: http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/tpll.htm ws ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread GandalfG8
In a message dated 20/06/2010 22:11:51 GMT Daylight Time, warrensjmail-...@yahoo.com writes: I nice short response, but it shows missed the MAJOR difference. You need to see: http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/tpll.htm - Warren Your stock answer of claiming that

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread Chuck Harris
WarrenS wrote: GandalfG8 Posted: Snake Oil anyone? I nice short response, but it shows missed the MAJOR difference. You need to see: http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/tpll.htm ws No disrespect to you or John intended, but that is a data set of one experiment. We used to call that a High

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 06/21/2010 12:49 AM, Chuck Harris wrote: WarrenS wrote: GandalfG8 Posted: Snake Oil anyone? I nice short response, but it shows missed the MAJOR difference. You need to see: http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/tpll.htm ws No disrespect to you or John intended, but that is a data set of one

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread Chuck Harris
Magnus Danielson wrote: On 06/21/2010 12:49 AM, Chuck Harris wrote: WarrenS wrote: GandalfG8 Posted: Snake Oil anyone? I nice short response, but it shows missed the MAJOR difference. You need to see: http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/tpll.htm ws No disrespect to you or John intended, but

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Schematics of each of the various implementations tired would be nice. That would allow others to implement duplicates and see what happened. Without schematics only approximations can be implemented and analyzed. That generally opens up more issues than it addresses. The nature of the

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread WarrenS
would of ever started this project, let alone try and tell ANYONE about it. Have fun and do try and do what you enjoy or at least enjoy what you're doing. I am. ws ** [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method GandalfG8 at aol.com GandalfG8 at aol.com Sun Jun

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread John Allen
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method In a message dated 20/06/2010 18:47:41 GMT Daylight Time, warrensjmail-...@yahoo.com writes: Short summery for the Berry readers: The simple TPLL BB works fine and is better than any OXCO that it has been used

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-20 Thread Steve Rooke
On 21 June 2010 08:07, gandal...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 20/06/2010 18:47:41 GMT Daylight Time, warrensjmail-...@yahoo.com writes: Short  summery for the Berry readers: The simple TPLL BB works fine and is better  than any OXCO that it has been used with. The fact that some so

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-19 Thread WarrenS
? ws *** [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Robert Benward rbenward at verizon.net Sat Jun 19 03:18:05 UTC 2010 Warren, Is there not a lower limit to how much you can average? Yes, it's the sqrt of the number of samples, but doesn't noise, hardware

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-19 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 06/19/2010 12:49 AM, WarrenS wrote: Say you have a nice logic gate with 1 ns delay If you make it all nice and clean, and repeatable such as constant PS, rise time etc. Then one can get repeatable results say 100 times better from cycle to cycle in the short term. so down to 10ps repeatable.

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-19 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Since ADEV is a measurement of noise, you want to be very careful about just which noise you keep and which noise you throw away. Bob On Jun 19, 2010, at 7:06 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote: On 06/19/2010 12:49 AM, WarrenS wrote: Say you have a nice logic gate with 1 ns delay If you make

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-19 Thread Robert Benward
measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 3:27 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob Don't know if I can explain it to you, I'm not so good at explaining, I'll give it *ONE* try. Example with some random picked numbers (JUST TO SHOW

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-19 Thread WarrenS
, IT IS A GOOD THING. And the fact that averaging by intigration at tau0 to get rid of the noise_Frequencies above Tau0 is not as bad thing as some have clamed in the past but a GOOD thing ws * [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Magnus Danielson magnus

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-19 Thread WarrenS
[time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Robert Benward rbenward at verizon.net Sat Jun 19 16:36:50 UTC 2010 Warren, I was responding to ke5fx comment using a 12-bit, 480-Hz serial DAQ in place of the voltage-to-frequency converter in the diagram above. A DAQ is a multifaceted data

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-19 Thread Robert Benward
- From: WarrenS To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob I tried, (more than once), and now we are heading way off subject. I should of known better

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-19 Thread Pete Rawson
Bob, I might shed some light on this topic, but my comments apply only to a few measurements made in my shop, not part of any PLL scheme. My intent was to determine the apparent noise floor of a Minicircuits SYPD-2 phase detector; a low offset, low conversion loss, DBM. The SYPD-2 IF port was

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-19 Thread Robert Benward
and frequency measurement Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob, I might shed some light on this topic, but my comments apply only to a few measurements made in my shop, not part of any PLL scheme. My intent

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-18 Thread WarrenS
it. How can one go about deciding it is something is useful for them without knowing what the advantages and disadvantages are? ws *** * [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Charles P. Steinmetz charles_steinmetz at lavabit.com

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-18 Thread Robert Benward
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Charles posted its operation needs to be characterized if technically oriented folks are to be expected to take

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-18 Thread WarrenS
has jitter several of orders of magnitude greater? Bob * [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Robert Benward rbenward at verizon.net Fri Jun 18 20:23:40 UTC 2010 Previous message: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Messages sorted

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-18 Thread Charles P. Steinmetz
Warren wrote: you are greatly over estimating my abilities Probably true, even of my estimation. Best regards, Charles == Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt. Attributed to Mark Twain, though not verified

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-18 Thread Robert Benward
PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob posted can you explain it to me? Don't know, I'll give it ONE try. I'm not so good at explaining, but it is pretty basic if one does not start assuming that it can not be done at the start. It is mostly about

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-17 Thread SAL CORNACCHIA
Sent: Thu, June 17, 2010 1:29:57 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Charles I'm curious how you determined that the oscillators are being held to within femtoseconds of each other. I done  it several ways including measuring the PD output. You seem

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-17 Thread Bob Camp
measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Hi Warren, how do I change the com port in Lady Heather software. Thank You Best regards, Sal C. Cornacchia Electronic RF Microwave Engineer (Ret.)   From: WarrenS warrensjmail

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-17 Thread SAL CORNACCHIA
, June 17, 2010 12:10:03 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Hi A handy reference on Lady Heather is here: http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/heather/readme.htm To change the com to port 3 you launch it with a /3 on the command line. In my case the Target line

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The gotcha is that the injection gain is phase angle dependent. Bob On Jun 16, 2010, at 1:57 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote: On 06/16/2010 05:45 AM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: Warren wrote: Charles posted: but the locked frequency will be different from both oscillators' free-running

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Bill Hawkins
In my world, successive gains multiply, not add. A series of three gains of 10 gives a gain of 1000, not 30. What am I missing? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Magnus Danielson Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:58 AM What you get is a scale error. Consider that you have an

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread WarrenS
buffer to be save to keep the gain errors below 10%. ws ** [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob Camp lists at rtty.us Wed Jun 16 11:34:27 UTC 2010 Hi The gotcha is that the injection gain is phase angle dependent. Bob ** On Jun 16, 2010

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Bob Camp
...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of WarrenS Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:46 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob posted The gotcha is that the injection gain is phase angle

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 06/16/2010 04:30 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote: In my world, successive gains multiply, not add. A series of three gains of 10 gives a gain of 1000, not 30. What am I missing? They are parallel. Cheers, Magnus ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 06/16/2010 06:16 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi If the oscillator you have happens to injection lock at 90 degrees, or quite near it, then that's not going to help. If the oscillator you have likes to lock at 21 degrees then it will help you out. The angle varies device to device. If the injection

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Charles P. Steinmetz
Warren wrote: Charles Posted: How much EFC is required depends, in part, on the strength of the pulling. There are three varying inputs. NOT at ALL what my test have shown so I guess we do NOT agree on this. The point you missed, is only the EFC is changing significantly because of the

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread WarrenS
satisfaction, all the hundreds of test that show no significant effect of so many different things. For an independent test that may help you with things you missed see: http://www.ke5fx.com/tpll.htm ws *** [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Charles P. Steinmetz

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread Bob Camp
. There are plenty of places that one of the TPLL methods well give the best overall solution. ws *** Bruce [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz WarrenS wrote: Long explanations, cause I try to explain

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread WarrenS
*** Bruce [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz WarrenS wrote: Long explanations, cause I try to explain, the best I can, when I say something is WRONG or misleading Magnus Posted: EFC linearity

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread WarrenS
for it, No argument, and I do know how to test for it, I also know how to do integrate and I know how to add 2 + 2. What I do not know how to do is to get a simple, basic, obvious point across. ws ** [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob Camp lists at rtty.us Tue

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread Charles P. Steinmetz
Warren wrote: The thing that you (and maybe Adler?) are missing is that effect goes away when the two frequencies ARE exactly the same. I'm not talking close, I'm talking the exact same freq with phase held in quadrature within single digit femtoseconds. BIG difference, Once that is

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread Bob Camp
and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob posted Since it's dependent both on frequency offset and phase angle, When there is no freq offset as in the wsTPLL and no changing of phase angle, I'm saying that injection locking no longer applies

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread WarrenS
Charles posted: but the locked frequency will be different from both oscillators' free-running frequency and the EFC will not correctly indicate the test oscillator deviation because it isn't the only control input in the system. Good point and No argument (except for the deviation part)

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread John Miles
noise test set. -- john, KE5FX -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of Bob Camp Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:48 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread WarrenS
of ways of checking for it, No argument, and I do know how to test for it, I also know how to do integrate and I know how to add 2 + 2. What I do not know how to do is to get a simple, basic, obvious point across. ws ** [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob Camp

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 06/15/2010 03:28 PM, WarrenS wrote: Bruce posted But Adler's equation indicates that an oscillator is much more susceptible to injection effects when the injected signal frequency is very close to the oscillator frequency. No argument, BUT The thing that you (and maybe Adler?) are missing

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread WarrenS
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob posted: If the two oscillators are locked by injection locking, small changes in the EFC is no longer needed to keep them in phase / frequency alignment

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread WarrenS
box. ws ** [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Magnus Danielson magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org Tue Jun 15 17:53:49 UTC 2010 On 06/15/2010 03:28 PM, WarrenS wrote: Bruce posted But Adler's equation indicates that an oscillator is much more susceptible

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Warren, On 06/15/2010 08:49 PM, WarrenS wrote: Magnus posted a bunch of good stuff, Neither. It's a characteristic, it needs to be analyzed. If the DUT is very sensitive, then additional care may be taken or maybe it just isn't a very good solution. We have little disagreements for the

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread Didier Juges
I promised myself I would not get into this any more, but here we go again... WarrenS warrensjmail-...@yahoo.com wrote: Charles posted: but the locked frequency will be different from both oscillators' free-running frequency and the EFC will not correctly indicate the test oscillator

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread Bob Camp
: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:37 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bob posted: If the two oscillators are locked by injection locking, small changes in the EFC is no longer needed to keep them in phase

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread Charles P. Steinmetz
Warren wrote: Charles posted: but the locked frequency will be different from both oscillators' free-running frequency and the EFC will not correctly indicate the test oscillator deviation because it isn't the only control input in the system. Good point and No argument (except for the

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread WarrenS
at large taus. So other things are held constant enough that their effects are kept below any ref Osc effects. But no mater who is correct, It does work, which is the more important thing at this stage. ws *** time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Charles P. Steinmetz

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 06/16/2010 05:45 AM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: Warren wrote: Charles posted: but the locked frequency will be different from both oscillators' free-running frequency and the EFC will not correctly indicate the test oscillator deviation because it isn't the only control input in the

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-14 Thread Magnus Danielson
Steve, On 06/14/2010 04:49 AM, Steve Rooke wrote: On 14 June 2010 10:46, Magnus Danielsonmag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: Still puts it in the mid-tau range as a method. The useful range and precision of a particular implementation of the method will vary. By putting a GPSDO in the usual

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-14 Thread Steve Rooke
Thanks Magnus! On 14 June 2010 20:45, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: Steve, On 06/14/2010 04:49 AM, Steve Rooke wrote: On 14 June 2010 10:46, Magnus Danielsonmag...@rubidium.dyndns.org  wrote: Still puts it in the mid-tau range as a method. The useful range and

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-14 Thread WarrenS
Long explanations, cause I try to explain, the best I can, when I say something is WRONG or misleading Magnus Posted: EFC linearity will remain an issue for analog oscillators. The oscillator gain will differ depending on offset voltage and temperature. TRUE it is an issue, but somewhat

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-14 Thread WarrenS
] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Steve Rooke sar10538 at gmail.com Mon Jun 14 02:37:32 UTC 2010 Warren, Penny dropped! On 14 June 2010 05:29, WarrenS warrensjmail-one at yahoo.com wrote: Magnus Posted The TPLL is a mid-tau stability test, since it's sweet-spot is in the 0,1 - 1000 s range

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-14 Thread Bruce Griffiths
WarrenS wrote: Long explanations, cause I try to explain, the best I can, when I say something is WRONG or misleading Magnus Posted: EFC linearity will remain an issue for analog oscillators. The oscillator gain will differ depending on offset voltage and temperature. TRUE it is an issue,

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-14 Thread WarrenS
give the best overall solution. ws *** [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz WarrenS wrote: Long explanations, cause I try to explain, the best I can, when I say something is WRONG or misleading Magnus

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-14 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 06/14/2010 06:13 PM, WarrenS wrote: Long explanations, cause I try to explain, the best I can, when I say something is WRONG or misleading Magnus Posted: EFC linearity will remain an issue for analog oscillators. The oscillator gain will differ depending on offset voltage and temperature.

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-14 Thread WarrenS
think. ws ** [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Magnus Danielson magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org Mon Jun 14 22:25:11 UTC 2010 On 06/14/2010 06:13 PM, WarrenS wrote: Long explanations, cause I try to explain, the best I can, when I say something is WRONG

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-14 Thread Bruce Griffiths
to believe that paper has not already been written, But then it is hard for me to believe that the TPLL is not used more often. There are plenty of places that one of the TPLL methods well give the best overall solution. ws *** Bruce [time-nuts] Advantages

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Tom Van Baak
Here are a couple of really good articles that describe many methods of phase/frequency measurement, including TPLL. You'll see some nice advantage/disadvantage lists in several of these documents, which is why I'm posting the links. Warren Bruce, please look at the first five documents at

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Magnus Danielson
Warren, On 06/13/2010 05:45 AM, WarrenS wrote: Thanks for the positive contrbution, A good example of one of the TPLL's obvious disadvantages. The simple cheap analog version of the TPLL is limited by it's need to have a dedicated Ref OSC. One way I have got around that problem, which would

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread John Miles
Correlation-based phase noise measurements http://www.femto-st.fr/~rubiola/pdf-others/correl-report.pdf -- for John Miles Practical Problems Involving Phase Noise Measurements http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ptti/ptti2001/paper42.pdf -- also for John. I've got these in my collection, but it

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Magnus Danielson
John, On 06/13/2010 10:00 AM, John Miles wrote: Correlation-based phase noise measurements http://www.femto-st.fr/~rubiola/pdf-others/correl-report.pdf -- for John Miles Practical Problems Involving Phase Noise Measurements http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ptti/ptti2001/paper42.pdf -- also for

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Didier Juges
-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 1:35 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Here are a couple of really good articles

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Steve Rooke
[mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 1:35 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method Here are a couple of really good articles that describe many methods of phase

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Didier Juges
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rooke Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 5:17 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Hal Murray
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Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Steve Wiseman
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Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Didier Juges
: Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method On 13/06/2010, Didier Juges did...@cox.net wrote: I saw that. There is nothing I can do about it other than by using a url shortener You can hint to most email clients that you'd like lines unbroken, using angle brackets

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread WarrenS
Magnus Posted The TPLL is a mid-tau stability test, since it's sweet-spot is in the 0,1 - 1000 s range. Short-term is better handled in LPLL phase-noise measurements. Mostly agree, it is a mid-tau device, but also consider: The simple TPLL can be used to find the 1ms to 10 ms ADEV as good

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread WarrenS
I went quickly thru Tom's reference list and was unable to fine anything that had much if anything to do directly with the NIST, the NBS, or the slightly modified ws TPLL method. All of those papers seem to be about how to measure Phase noise, NOT frequency stability, and from what I was able

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Steve Rooke
Warren, Penny dropped! On 14 June 2010 05:29, WarrenS warrensjmail-...@yahoo.com wrote: Magnus Posted The TPLL is a mid-tau stability test, since it's sweet-spot is in the 0,1 - 1000 s range. Short-term is better handled in LPLL phase-noise measurements. Mostly agree, it is a mid-tau

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-13 Thread Steve Rooke
On 14 June 2010 10:46, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: Still puts it in the mid-tau range as a method. The useful range and precision of a particular implementation of the method will vary. By putting a GPSDO in the usual place of the DUT and putting the 10811 in place of

[time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-12 Thread WarrenS
subject: Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method. Here is a new and unique Idea that may be useful for many. Rather than focusing on what some members may or may not already know, or how good or bad one specific working BB configuration is. How about focusing on what the TPLL method can

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-12 Thread Bruce Griffiths
WarrenS wrote: subject: Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method. Here is a new and unique Idea that may be useful for many. Rather than focusing on what some members may or may not already know, or how good or bad one specific working BB configuration is. How about focusing on what the

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-12 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 06/12/2010 11:29 PM, Bruce Griffiths wrote: WarrenS wrote: subject: Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method. Here is a new and unique Idea that may be useful for many. Rather than focusing on what some members may or may not already know, or how good or bad one specific working BB

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-12 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Magnus Danielson wrote: On 06/12/2010 11:29 PM, Bruce Griffiths wrote: WarrenS wrote: subject: Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method. Here is a new and unique Idea that may be useful for many. Rather than focusing on what some members may or may not already know, or how good or bad one

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-12 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Another disadvantage of the Tight PLL system that only applies to multichannel systems is that a dedicated reference oscillator is required for each channel. i.e. for an N channel system N reference oscillators are required. If correlation techniques were to be employed then an N channel system

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-12 Thread WarrenS
Thanks for the positive contrbution, A good example of one of the TPLL's obvious disadvantages. The simple cheap analog version of the TPLL is limited by it's need to have a dedicated Ref OSC. One way I have got around that problem, which would not apply to all, is to put the DUT unit as

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-12 Thread Bruce Griffiths
WarrenS wrote: Thanks for the positive contrbution, A good example of one of the TPLL's obvious disadvantages. The simple cheap analog version of the TPLL is limited by it's need to have a dedicated Ref OSC. One way I have got around that problem, which would not apply to all, is to put