Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-19 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Alan wrote: An interesting point re 3 use-cases and re the vast majority of commercial algorithms being made for telco purposes. Does that imply that 10MHz lab-instrument feed for frequency / timing etc would ideally have some different algorithms? Frankly, I see no need for a lab standard

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-19 Thread Bob Camp
Hi On Apr 14, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Alan Ambrose alan.ambr...@anagram.net wrote: Hi all, Thanks for the interesting feedback everyone, and thanks Attila, for your specific references - some reading ahead. In principle, I should be able to remember all the stochastic / standard control

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-14 Thread Alan Ambrose
Hi all, Thanks for the interesting feedback everyone, and thanks Attila, for your specific references - some reading ahead. In principle, I should be able to remember all the stochastic / standard control theory, but I'm sure I'll have to 're-remember' it. An interesting point re 3 use-cases

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-14 Thread Hal Murray
csteinm...@yandex.com said: There are two regimes a GPSDO must deal with -- normal operation, and holdover. Is there a 3rd regime: Recovery from holdover? How many GPSDOs even spec what they do in that area? They may do it indirectly by reference to Telco spec . What do the

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-14 Thread Bob Camp
Hi To add a bit to the “mind numbing details” list: The main market for GPSDO’s has traditionally been cell sites. Essential all of the GPSDO’s that one sees on eBay these days originally went into one or another aspect of a cell site or radio system. The need there is for a rated level of

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-14 Thread Chris Albertson
I think a GPSDO is different from GPS disciplining. In a GPSDO you are disciplining a local oscillator, not a GPS system. Algorithms used to discipline oscillators are also used and were developed for other uses. For example it is common to use a PID to discipline a local oscillator. The PID

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-13 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:03:36 + Alan Ambrose alan.ambr...@anagram.net wrote: I'm interested in GPSDO disciplining algorithms - presumably the good ones are really well thought out stochastic control algorithms. Is it possible to point me to the seminal references / papers / datasheets

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi That paper is addressing the task of keeping the cesium standards in the GPS satellites on frequency. With the exception of a couple Ham designs, most GPSDO’s are done commercial. The algorithms used are mostly proprietary. That’s not to say that they don’t use common control approaches

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-13 Thread Tim Shoppa
See especially Appendix A here: http://www.jackson-labs.com/assets/uploads/main/HP_AppNote.pdf The HP goal was specifically to meet telco 48-hour holdover specs. Others here have had vastly different concepts of holdover length (sometimes just seconds!) Tim N3QE On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 9:03 AM,

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-13 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Alan wrote: I'm interested in GPSDO disciplining algorithms - presumably the good ones are really well thought out stochastic control algorithms. There are two regimes a GPSDO must deal with -- normal operation, and holdover. There is not a whole lot of mystery about normal, locked

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO disciplining algorithms

2015-04-13 Thread Alan Ambrose
Hi all, I'm interested in GPSDO disciplining algorithms - presumably the good ones are really well thought out stochastic control algorithms. Is it possible to point me to the seminal references / papers / datasheets that describe typical algorithms and the advantages and disadvantages of the