Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-24 Thread Taka Kamiya via time-nuts
I just found something funny.  I have been thinking "clean" power supplies that connects to AC mains.  Then I thought, what about lead acid batteries??  So I went to my lab and took some measurement.  This is a 12V 7A lead acid sealed battery, the kind commonly found on UPS devices. The result? 

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-24 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi > On Dec 24, 2019, at 6:40 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > >> That again depends on topology and control type. The canned converters >> are almost always optimized to have the lowest number of switches and >> work with cheap magnetics (single coil) without easily entering

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-24 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
>That again depends on topology and control type. The canned converters >are almost always optimized to have the lowest number of switches and >work with cheap magnetics (single coil) without easily entering >problematic operation modes, noise is only a secondary concern. That

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-24 Thread Achim Gratz
Am 23.12.2019 um 16:03 schrieb jimlux: It is tough to build a "small" input filter that has good rejection at low frequencies (<100kHz?) Yes if you want a passive filter, but you can view an LDO as an active low-pass in some sense. Again you need to take care that noise cannot bypass it,

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-23 Thread jimlux
On 12/23/19 1:08 PM, Charles Steinmetz wrote: I wrote: > To get even that far, one needs multiple shielding > (see list member Gerhard Hoffman's construction photos for ideas) John wrote: Being a relative newcomer here, how do I search the archives for a specific author's input? I found

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-23 Thread jimlux
On 12/23/19 10:17 AM, Taka Kamiya via time-nuts wrote: I think the conversation is going into an area way beyond my initial intent. My goal is to have a "good enough" source for 24V to run multiple time sources.  Yesterday, I measured the output of switcher I've been using for testing purpose

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-23 Thread Charles Steinmetz
I wrote: > To get even that far, one needs multiple shielding > (see list member Gerhard Hoffman's construction photos for ideas) John wrote: Being a relative newcomer here, how do I search the archives for a specific author's input? I found some random posts from Gerhard but I don't see

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-23 Thread Taka Kamiya via time-nuts
I think the conversation is going into an area way beyond my initial intent. My goal is to have a "good enough" source for 24V to run multiple time sources.  Yesterday, I measured the output of switcher I've been using for testing purpose only.  Holy cow it's dirty!  120mV peak-to-peak wide band

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-23 Thread John Moran, Scawby Design
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 07:51:49 -0500 From: Charles Steinmetz mailto:csteinm...@yandex.com>> To: time-nuts@lists.febo.com<mailto:time-nuts@lists.febo.com> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns Message-ID: <5e00b865.4000...@yandex.com<mailto:5e00b865.

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-23 Thread jimlux
On 12/23/19 5:42 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi If you dig into the app notes on the LT304x parts after a lot of extolling the wonders and virtues, they eventually get into magnetic coupling between the “upstream” and “downstream” bypass components. Taking care of that with proper layout is possible,

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-23 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi If you dig into the app notes on the LT304x parts after a lot of extolling the wonders and virtues, they eventually get into magnetic coupling between the “upstream” and “downstream” bypass components. Taking care of that with proper layout is possible, but non-trivial. Is milivolts of

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-23 Thread jimlux
On 12/23/19 5:01 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: Am 22.12.2019 um 20:37 schrieb Taka Kamiya via time-nuts: > Most commercially manufactured time and frequency sources use > switching power supply. [...] The suggestion to "just use a linear power supply", especially if it was designed some decades ago

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-23 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Jim wrote: LT3042 removes 60-80 dB up to 10MHz. 20V, 200mA https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/3042fb.pdf Achieving 60-80 dB in practice with typical DIY printed circuit layout and construction (by this I mean amateur PCB layout, typical board-house

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-23 Thread Achim Gratz
Am 22.12.2019 um 20:37 schrieb Taka Kamiya via time-nuts: > Most commercially manufactured time and frequency sources use > switching power supply. [...] The suggestion to "just use a linear power supply", especially if it was designed some decades ago is probably not getting the desired

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-22 Thread jimlux
On 12/22/19 3:16 PM, Taka Kamiya via time-nuts wrote: Yes. I considered float charging a battery bank and switching power supply + linear regulator combination as well. Concern with the first is safety in charging.  I was intending to use GEL cell lead acid battery.  24V chargers are

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-22 Thread Taka Kamiya via time-nuts
Yes. I considered float charging a battery bank and switching power supply + linear regulator combination as well.  Concern with the first is safety in charging.  I was intending to use GEL cell lead acid battery.  24V chargers are plentiful but there is no telling what they actually do. 

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-22 Thread jimlux
On 12/22/19 1:18 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message <1958104416.2586171.1577043445...@mail.yahoo.com>, Taka Kamiya via t ime-nuts writes: First question to the group is, how do YOU manage this problem? It used to be that there were only one kind of switching power-supply: The

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-22 Thread Mark Spencer
Back when I used to accumulate time nuts gear, I also used to accumulate various linear power supplies (mostly surplus / used HP lab supplies.). Approx 10 years later I should probably should look at the noise levels, regulation etc again. I also have a 24 volt lead acid battery system for

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-22 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Each project is a different “experience”. Some things are way more susceptible to switching noise than others. Some switchers put out way more noise than others. You would not run a linear supply on a computer. The low noise front end of a radio is going to need a quiet supply ….. There

Re: [time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-22 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <1958104416.2586171.1577043445...@mail.yahoo.com>, Taka Kamiya via t ime-nuts writes: > First question to the group is, how do YOU manage this problem? It used to be that there were only one kind of switching power-supply: The noisy ones. That is no longer true by

[time-nuts] Power supply for time source concerns

2019-12-22 Thread Taka Kamiya via time-nuts
Most commercially manufactured time and frequency sources use switching power supply.  However, when contacted, tech support for SRS says, in regards to PRS-10, use linear power supply.  I am guessing, when manufacturers design complete units, they take switching noise into consideration and