Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A

2010-04-01 Thread Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU
On 03/24/2010 03:18 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: Fellow time-nuts, ... Second, anything I should keep in mind as I power one up? ... Cheers, Magnus There's a bit of discussion in the archives about the need for a heat sink, and also about the whether it's necessary to anneal the case in a

Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A

2010-04-01 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU wrote: On 03/24/2010 03:18 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: Fellow time-nuts, ... Second, anything I should keep in mind as I power one up? ... Cheers, Magnus There's a bit of discussion in the archives about the need for a heat sink, and also about the whether it's

[time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A

2010-03-25 Thread Magnus Danielson
Fellow time-nuts, I am a curious mind, which should come as no big supprise, and I know that lots of people have looked deeply into these devices before me. So, first of all I wonder, what other commands than SCr and F=32-bit hex numberCr is there? Anything fun? Anything useful? Anything

Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A

2010-03-25 Thread Bob Camp
, March 24, 2010 6:18 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A Fellow time-nuts, I am a curious mind, which should come as no big supprise, and I know that lots of people have looked deeply into these devices before me. So, first of all I wonder

Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A

2010-03-25 Thread Magnus Danielson
Bob Camp wrote: Hi If it's the same magic gift as I got - some of them have a very unusual smell. It sort of makes you wonder where this stuff may have been stored. The magic gift smells of soap. If you have one of the hand converted ones that puts out 10 MHz you might consider an

Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A Rubidium Pinout

2007-03-21 Thread Peter Vince
Jeroen et al, Apologies for my late reply to this message - I've been out of the country for a week. I managed to get a copy of some 5680A documentation from John Cuthbertson at FEI. It is a Word document, and specific to the units with Option 2, but it might be of help. It is in a

Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A Rubidium Pinout

2007-03-14 Thread Jeroen Bastemeijer
Dear Time Nuts, This post was time ago but at this moment I'm working on my FE-5680. I had to replace a 74HCT74 IC inside the unit to get the 1 PPS out. Now I'm wondering what the other pins are used for. As far as I have figured out now the following pins are used: 1 +15V 2 gnd 3

Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A Rubidium Pinout

2007-03-14 Thread Hal Murray
I had to replace a 74HCT74 IC... 1 +15V HCT runs at 5V. I'd expect smoke if you really have 15 V there. Now I'm wondering what the other pins are used for. I don't know anything about the FE-5680A, but a 74x74 for most values of x is a dual FF. The data sheets are widely available on

Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A Rubidium Pinout

2007-03-14 Thread Rex Allers
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:56:29 +0100, you wrote: Dear Time Nuts, This post was time ago but at this moment I'm working on my FE-5680. I had to replace a 74HCT74 IC inside the unit to get the 1 PPS out. Now I'm wondering what the other pins are used for. As far as I have figured out now the

Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A Rubidium Pinout

2005-09-19 Thread Rex
Hmmm... Seems parts of this discussion have gone offline. Posting this reply, I made, to the group. -Rex On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:09:10 -0500, Brian Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love to look at a dump of the EPROM, but I have no way to dump it myself, at the moment. Anybody else,

Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A Rubidium Pinout

2005-09-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rex writes: I did some tracing on the board this morning. I don't think there is going to be anything enlightening in the eeprom. It doesn't seem to have any on-board interface to the rubidium. All of its control pins seem to go to the big external connector J2 as