Re: [time-nuts] Disciplining a TCXO

2012-10-26 Thread Attila Kinali
On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:46:35 +1100 Tom Harris wrote: > I have been asked the viability of using a vanilla TCXO, with an > accuracy of +/- 0.5ppm (+/- 15 secs per year) that is disciplined > occasionally (perhaps only once a month) with a GPS module. The > application is for an analogue clock, whi

Re: [time-nuts] Disciplining a TCXO

2012-10-25 Thread Bob Camp
Hi If you want to dig into some papers, the RBXO (rubidium and OCXO) is essentially the same thing. Bottom line: As long as aging + repeated temperature is the dominant effect, it works fine. As soon as you get a temperature transient - not so much. Worst case is when the temperature delta ha

[time-nuts] Disciplining a TCXO

2012-10-25 Thread Tom Harris
Greetings, I have been asked the viability of using a vanilla TCXO, with an accuracy of +/- 0.5ppm (+/- 15 secs per year) that is disciplined occasionally (perhaps only once a month) with a GPS module. The application is for an analogue clock, which powers up a GPS module every so often to learn t