Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bill Hawkins
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY There is a concept in temperature control called feed-forward. In this case you would sample the supply line with an inverting amplifier and use it to increase the oven drive signal as the line voltage decreases. The goal is

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Don Collie
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Surely there will be an improvement in oven temparature regulation, by using a regulated supply, but whether or not this improvment is marginal or significant would have to be determined either by experiment [my favourite],

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Don Collie
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY - Original Message - From: Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel

Re: [time-nuts] Fury GPSDO has arrived

2007-10-26 Thread ernieperes
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Said, Just info, yesterday I have received the Unit. It went thru the German Customs too. No problem. Many thanks and regards, Ernie HG5ED -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [time-nuts] Re-triggerable Monostable?

2007-10-26 Thread Don Collie
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Grant, What`s wrong with a diode and a capacitor?.Don C. - Original Message - From: Grant Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of precise time and frequency

Re: [time-nuts] M100.pdf

2007-10-26 Thread Bill Powell
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY The Efratom M100 manual is now available to download at: http://www.ko4bb.com/Manuals/5)_GPS_Timing/Efratom - M100.pdf Regards, Bill af4jg Original Message Subject:Re: [time-nuts] M100.pdf Date:

Re: [time-nuts] Re-triggerable Monostable?

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: Hi Grant, What`s wrong with a diode and a capacitor?.Don C. Otherwise known as an AM detector?? Depends if just the absence of a signal is to be detected

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: Bruce I don`t think the higher current created when a fuse is used instead of near-instantaneous current limiting is alleged, but rather a real problem that can cause damage further down the line. Fast

Re: [time-nuts] M100.pdf

2007-10-26 Thread David Forbes
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY At 9:04 AM -0400 10/26/07, Bill Powell wrote: The Efratom M100 manual is now available to download at: http://www.ko4bb.com/Manuals/5)_GPS_Timing/Efratom - M100.pdf Regards, Bill af4jg Bill, Thanks for publishing that

Re: [time-nuts] Fury GPSDO has arrived

2007-10-26 Thread SAIDJACK
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Great Ernie! BTW: we have posted the latest version (1.13) of the software on our website which fixes some minor issues we found. bye, Said ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Max Robinson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I do have some experience with temperature controlled ovens. I found that a long term plot of the temperature while using an unregulated supply on the oven heater showed small random variations due to voltage variations.

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Considering the efficiency and easy availability of switchmode supplies these days, I would never bother with a linear regulator in a new design. For instance national has a series of switch mode regulators (LM25xx) which

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: Considering the efficiency and easy availability of switchmode supplies these days, I would never bother with a linear regulator in a new design. For instance national has a series of switch mode

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread J.D. Bakker
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: Considering the efficiency and easy availability of switchmode supplies these days, I would never bother with a linear regulator in a new design. For instance national has a series of switch

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Pete
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Switchmode regulators really are risky for use in a low noise environment. Even if you can reduce input and output conducted noise to acceptable levels, the opportunity for magnetic coupling from the inductor to adjacent

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Pete wrote: Switchmode regulators really are risky for use in a low noise environment. Even if you can reduce input and output conducted noise to acceptable levels, the opportunity for magnetic coupling from the inductor

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY J.D. Bakker wrote: Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: Considering the efficiency and easy availability of switchmode supplies these days, I would never bother with a linear regulator in a new design. For instance national

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread SAIDJACK
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 10/26/2007 14:59:29 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That is a recipe for disaster if one wants a really low noise oscillator. This is particularly true if one is a beginner.

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Don Collie
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Great idea!!,Don C. - Original Message - From: Max Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Saturday, October

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bill Hawkins
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Well, there is another trick of the control trade, used to bring batch process reactors up to the desired temperature in a hurry. At first, you turn on full heat for an experimentally determined time. You turn it off at the

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Tom Clifton
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY This has been a fascinating and educational thread! I have always been aware of noise coming from switching regulators - just have Argo or Speclab look at your laptop's sound card with no input signal and there is plenty to

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Tom Clifton wrote: This has been a fascinating and educational thread! I have always been aware of noise coming from switching regulators - just have Argo or Speclab look at your laptop's sound card with no input signal

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: Great idea!!,Don C. Now all you need is a current limited bypass switch to protect the load. Such a switch is relatively easy to implement. Bruce

Re: [time-nuts] M100.pdf

2007-10-26 Thread Bill Powell
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY David, Sorry about the link - not my file or website. I found the manual on ko4bb's web site,and just copied the link that I used to download it myself. Sorry about the confusion. Hopefully others can navigate in to find

Re: [time-nuts] M100.pdf

2007-10-26 Thread Didier Juges
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I know I have not been consistent with file names. I have started converting the directories to underscores instead of blank spaces and will work my way through the directory structure in an attemp to rename everything in a

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Need HP 7475A Drivers for XP or Linux

2007-10-26 Thread Joseph Gray
You can find lots of documentation at: http://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?hwdoc=74. Much less painful to download. - Original Message - From: Neon John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:07

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Need HP 7475A Drivers manuals

2007-10-26 Thread Jeffrey Pawlan
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I have the ORIGINAL HP7475 Graphics Plotter SERVICE MANUAL dated June 1990. It has complete schematics, disassembly, adjustments, parts lists. I also have a rather extensive supply of new HP short pen style plotter pens and

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Don Collie
I`ve always wondered about noise from batteries - please tell us more Bruce!! [also wondered about noise from the electrolytic action of aluminium, and tantalum electrolytic capacitors, and wondered if the reference bypass capacitor in a 723 should be a plastic dielectric type, rather than

Re: [time-nuts] M100.pdf

2007-10-26 Thread Had
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I'm a little surprise that nobody has done an extensive search. The M100 manual has been available on the www.to-way.com Web Site for months x(n).. TTFN Had, K7MLR

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: I`ve always wondered about noise from batteries - please tell us more Bruce!! [also wondered about noise from the electrolytic action of aluminium, and tantalum electrolytic capacitors, and wondered

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: I`ve always wondered about noise from batteries - please tell us more Bruce!! [also wondered about noise from the electrolytic action of aluminium, and tantalum electrolytic capacitors, and wondered