Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-03-01 Thread Bob Camp
Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gottlieb Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:01 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards Sourcing parts in China is very different from

[time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread Don Latham
Dunno if you have seen this on ebay: 260967834514 It's an AD9850 with a 125 MHz crystal mounted up on a .1 spacing board with pins, for about $8 free shipping from the Old Country. I bought 4 of 'em for the in case box (in case I need one). I have some OCXO's in the 100 MHz neighborhood that will

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread paul swed
Don Thanks for the heads up and it is amazing I just bought a few since I always seem to need various signals. It is amazing board oscillator etc. All in a handy dip style board I can actually work with. Regards Pual WB8TSL On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Don Latham d...@montana.com wrote:

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread EWKehren
Don Thank you bought 2 Bert In a message dated 2/29/2012 4:45:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, d...@montana.com writes: Dunno if you have seen this on ebay: 260967834514 It's an AD9850 with a 125 MHz crystal mounted up on a .1 spacing board with pins, for about $8 free shipping from the

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread Dan Rae
On 2/29/2012 1:42 PM, Don Latham wrote: Dunno if you have seen this on ebay: 260967834514 It's an AD9850 with a 125 MHz crystal mounted up on a .1 spacing board There are several vendors selling similar things. I bought a couple and have just pulled the 9850 off one for another project of

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread SAIDJACK
All the chip vendors sell parts in China in quantity for about 30% to 50% less than quantity pricing in the US. When asking distributors in China how this is possible they say we Chinese expect this pricing, otherwise we wouldn't use these parts This is why it's so hard to compete with

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread Pete Lancashire
another DDS to consider is the AD9851, same boards just a few $'s more -pete On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:52 PM, saidj...@aol.com wrote: All the chip vendors sell parts in China in quantity for about 30% to 50% less than quantity pricing in the US. When asking distributors in China how this is

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread Bob Camp
Hi They look like part of an eval kit. The docs on the kit might be out there. Bob On Feb 29, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Dan Rae dan...@verizon.net wrote: On 2/29/2012 1:42 PM, Don Latham wrote: Dunno if you have seen this on ebay: 260967834514 It's an AD9850 with a 125 MHz crystal mounted up on

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The 9851 is a bit more quiet. Bob On Feb 29, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.com wrote: another DDS to consider is the AD9851, same boards just a few $'s more -pete On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:52 PM, saidj...@aol.com wrote: All the chip vendors sell parts in

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread Jim Lux
On 2/29/12 4:20 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi They look like part of an eval kit. The docs on the kit might be out there. Bob Like this http://www.analog.com/en/content/CU_AD9850_evaluation_tools/fca.html The part has been around a while * AD9850 Evaluation Board Software for Windows 3.1

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread Peter Gottlieb
Sourcing parts in China is very different from the US or Europe. When I buy parts in the US I will first go to the distributor and get their price, then I will go to the manufacturer and get promised a better price, still through the distributor. The distributor still gets a cut, even if the

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread Don Latham
No kidding! My complaint for some years now is that chips and such are sold the same way as 19th century rubber goods...reps, jobbers, distributors, wholesalers, uncle TOM cobleigh and all... AnalogD does have a web store! Don Peter Gottlieb Sourcing parts in China is very different from the US