Re: [time-nuts] powering Trimble Thunderbolt with -5V rather than -12V

2013-10-31 Thread Robert Atkinson
Hi, Interesting investigation, thanks for sharing. Another option I have used was +12V +5V  with the -12V rail powered by a 9V output isolated DC-DC converter from an old thin ethernet network card. These come in either 5V or 12V input and are effecitvely free (you also get 10MHz isolaton

Re: [time-nuts] powering Trimble Thunderbolt with -5V rather than -12V

2013-10-31 Thread Mark C. Stephens
A popular solution down under is to use a 555 timer driving a charge pump to generate negative rails from a single positive supply. Example here: http://www.vk2hmc.net/blog/?p=970 Hi all - I'm back :) --marki -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com