Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger problems

2012-08-28 Thread Azelio Boriani
www.*axtal*.com/data/publ/*aging*_e.pdf On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Don Latham d...@montana.com wrote: Could you refresh me with the reference or email the paper? I'd like to give it a read. Don Azelio Boriani My starting point is the paper by Neubig on the real vs. predicted

Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger problems

2012-08-28 Thread Don Latham
thanks,Azelio. Neubig kindly sent the location for the references. Another good company, like the Wenzel site. Don Azelio Boriani www.*axtal*.com/data/publ/*aging*_e.pdf On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Don Latham d...@montana.com wrote: Could you refresh me with the reference or email the

Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger problems

2012-08-28 Thread steve heidmann
The then Hughes Aircraft had a nice hybrid (microelectronic ) version of this idea produced in Newport Beach.  --- On Mon, 8/27/12, Rick Karlquist rich...@karlquist.com wrote: From: Rick Karlquist rich...@karlquist.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger

Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger problems

2012-08-27 Thread Bernd Neubig
Hi Azelio, Sorry, the counters are 53131A, not 53151A. The A and B inputs are specified from DC to 225 MHz with a sensitivity of y20 mV (rms) up to 100 MHz, 30 mV (rms) 100 ~ 200 MHz, and 50 mV (rms) 200 ~ 225 MHz. The problem can be at either input alone. The problem is only in the range

Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger problems

2012-08-27 Thread Azelio Boriani
30mV are -13dBm so maybe it is why the -20dBm is not a suitable level for that input. I have the 53132A and the 53181A so I can test (with the RS SML01). Is this problem new? Never tested before? About the OCXO aging: OK, I'm interested in the development of a model that can be general enough so

Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger problems

2012-08-27 Thread Don Latham
Isn't crystal aging marked by random jumps? perhaps lattice rearrangement? Really hard if not impossible to model... Don Azelio Boriani 30mV are -13dBm so maybe it is why the -20dBm is not a suitable level for that input. I have the 53132A and the 53181A so I can test (with the RS SML01). Is

Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger problems

2012-08-27 Thread Azelio Boriani
So it can't be done... the possibility to discipline an OCXO taking the action from a suitable model should help in speeding up the adjustments and avoiding the humps as seen in the Allan deviation plot. On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Don Latham d...@montana.com wrote: Isn't crystal aging

Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger problems

2012-08-27 Thread Azelio Boriani
My starting point is the paper by Neubig on the real vs. predicted aging: experimenting with the model and try to cut it around the Morion or the Oscilloquartz OCXOs. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Don Latham d...@montana.com wrote: There are ways of generating models, such as ARIMA, using

Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger problems

2012-08-27 Thread Rick Karlquist
Several decades ago, the concept of the smart clock arose at what was then HP. The idea was as discussed here to characterize past aging, predict future aging, and then correct the aging. The goal wasn't to turn a quartz oscillator into an atomic clock replacement, but simply to get the

Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilet counter 53131A (not 53151A) trigger problems

2012-08-27 Thread Don Latham
Could you refresh me with the reference or email the paper? I'd like to give it a read. Don Azelio Boriani My starting point is the paper by Neubig on the real vs. predicted aging: experimenting with the model and try to cut it around the Morion or the Oscilloquartz OCXOs. On Tue, Aug 28,