Re: [time-nuts] A Open Source GPIB project

2015-04-26 Thread Bob Camp
Hi After poking around a bit, more questions that comments. 1) It looks pretty cool. 2) Any idea of what the tool chain was that generated the files? (I probably need viewing programs that I don’t have) 3) Do they have any plans to bring up the doc’s in English? (even if only through a

Re: [time-nuts] Divider circuit for Rubidium Standard

2015-04-26 Thread Bob Camp
Hi I would *assume* that either the 20 or 60 MHz is already a square wave. If they both are, use the 20, if not use which ever one is a square wave already. Past that it is just a divide by 2 or a divide by 3 followed by a divide by 2. You want the last stage to be divide by 2 so the output

Re: [time-nuts] A Open Source GPIB project

2015-04-26 Thread Adrian Godwin
Looks to be Protel aka Altium for the schematics / pcb. On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Bob Camp kb...@n1k.org wrote: Hi After poking around a bit, more questions that comments. 1) It looks pretty cool. 2) Any idea of what the tool chain was that generated the files? (I probably need

[time-nuts] Hp 10544A repair

2015-04-26 Thread Luca Dal Passo
Hi all, Have anyone some experience about 10544A repair? I've recently fixed a 10811A, and it is relatively easy to disassemble, but 10544 has not screws and the manual does not deal about servicing. Can i try to open the box by removing the white plastic tips without demage something? And

Re: [time-nuts] Once again about counter calibration

2015-04-26 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Using GPSDO 10 Mhz as REF signal, I was able to calibrate OCXO. And now its potentiometer position was nether at its both extremes. The reading on 5386a (using 10 sec gate) fluctuate from 9.3M to 10.7M. Again, may be I need to wait much longer when OCXO will be stable. So,

Re: [time-nuts] Once again about counter calibration

2015-04-26 Thread Dave Martindale
The problem with using a 1 Hz reference when looking at a nominal 10 MHz signal is that you will get a stable scope display with no drift when the input is *any* integer number of cycles/sec. So 10,000,000 Hz will give a stable display, but so will 9,999,999 Hz and 10,000,001 Hz. Unless you know

Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix Sample Heads

2015-04-26 Thread Bill Byrom
I still work for Tektronix, but not in Service or the sampling scope product line. I'm a Tektronix field RF Application Engineer. You can find the service manual for the SD-24 at: http://www.tek.com/oscilloscope/sd24-manual/sd-24-service-manual But it's not user repairable, so there are no

[time-nuts] Divider circuit for Rubidium Standard

2015-04-26 Thread Bryan _
All: Picked up a FE 5680B from Ebay awhile back. Appears to work fine, but is limited to a 1pps output. However there is a point on the PCB that's documented that has a 20Mhz output. There is actually a clean 60Mhz output as well.

[time-nuts] A Open Source GPIB project

2015-04-26 Thread Hui Zhang
Hi: Here is a open source GPIB project that developed by some Chinese amateurs, the developer released all of the information about hardware and software, including circuit diagram, PCB diagram, firmware source code, communication protocol and upper computer PC program (late on). The project

Re: [time-nuts] Once again about counter calibration

2015-04-26 Thread Bob Camp
Hi OCXO’s come in many different “flavors”. Some older units with rack mount designs may take 1 day simply to warm up. Older AT based units might take 10 minutes simply to stop pulling maximum power. Stopping the maximum power pull does *not* indicate they are done drifting. Wit an AT drift

Re: [time-nuts] Once again about counter calibration

2015-04-26 Thread Tom Van Baak
The problem with using a 1 Hz reference when looking at a nominal 10 MHz signal is that you will get a stable scope display with no drift when the input is *any* integer number of cycles/sec. So 10,000,000 Hz will give a stable display, but so will 9,999,999 Hz and 10,000,001 Hz. Unless you

Re: [time-nuts] A Open Source GPIB project

2015-04-26 Thread Hui Zhang
Hello Bob: To generate program file, you need the KEIL develop environment, or you can just using HEX file to program MCU directly, the HEX file will put on the GIT website late time when all software function finished. If anyone interested in HEX file of current version (not

Re: [time-nuts] Hp 10544A repair

2015-04-26 Thread gianni
Hi all, Sorry for bad english The transistor Q4 has the emitter and the collector reversed; R12 is connected to the collector and the waveform is square wave with duty cycle that depends on the oven temperature; supply voltage = cold, minimun duty cycle = warm. It is relatively easy to extract

[time-nuts] Hp 10544A repair

2015-04-26 Thread cdelect
Luca, You can pry out the plastic pins easily. Then remove the thin foam piece. Then if I remember correctly you will have to diagram where each color of wire goes to the edge connector and then unsolder them. Now you can remove the guts, some pressure on the tuning capacitor thru the hole

Re: [time-nuts] Once again about counter calibration

2015-04-26 Thread Tom Van Baak
Dave, The trick is to closely synchronize your 1PPS generator, whether you use the 1970's method of a string of seven '7490 decade divider chips (common reset) or a 1900's method of a sync'able MCU divider such as a picDIV (http://www.leapsecond.com/pic/picdiv.htm). It's so simple it's

Re: [time-nuts] Once again about counter calibration

2015-04-26 Thread Dave Martindale
Yeah, I considered saying that. But if you don't have a TI counter, you need some way of resetting the divide-by-1e7 chain so the two 1 Hz pulses are close enough in time that you can see them on the scope at some reasonably fast sweep rate. Yes, you can used delayed sweep, but how stable is the