[time-nuts] Subject: Subject: Re: HP5065A C-field current voltage mod

2015-09-04 Thread Perry Sandeen via time-nuts
Hi,   Wrote: A possible solution mightbe to use two of the TL431 programmable shut regulators. [Snip]   Wrote: That would be worse thanwhat is in my 5065 now.   OK, but why?  The temperature would be stable so the resistorsand reference diode wouldn’t drift.   Is the TL 431 not

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Subject: Re: HP5065A C-field current voltage mod

2015-09-04 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <1530394039.1439027.1441348869239.javamail.ya...@mail.yahoo.com>, Pe rry Sandeen writes: >OK, but why? The temperature would be stable so the resistorsand >reference diode wouldn't drift. No, the temperature is not stable, not even close. Given that the TL431 is quite good

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Subject: Re: HP5065A C-field current voltage mod

2015-09-04 Thread Chuck Harris
Are you sure? Perry was proposing to use a TL431 to make an oven, using its famous temperature sensitivity, and inside the oven would be another TL431 that acted as a voltage reference. Every oven I have ever seen that is temperature controlled has a part that is quite good at measuring