[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

2022-01-15 Thread Lux, Jim
On 1/15/22 8:30 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi Ummm ….. e ….. somebody … errr … got you a deal on those parts … errr …. Bob Indeed.  But they were also, I think, some of the first 100MHz versions.  $400 each, in 2015.  They worked just fine. Same mission we had the CSAC on (one goal was to co

[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

2022-01-15 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Ummm ….. e ….. somebody … errr … got you a deal on those parts … errr …. Bob > On Jan 15, 2022, at 10:01 AM, Lux, Jim wrote: > > On 1/14/22 3:40 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: >> Hi >> >> The design traces back to the Efratom “EMXO” from the 1980’s. >> Vectron bought the rights to that design an

[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

2022-01-15 Thread Stewart Cobb
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[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

2022-01-14 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi The design traces back to the Efratom “EMXO” from the 1980’s. Vectron bought the rights to that design and produced examples of it for about a decade or so. Bob > On Jan 14, 2022, at 3:20 PM, Attila Kinali wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:44:22 + > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >>

[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

2022-01-14 Thread Attila Kinali
On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 21:20:03 +0100 Attila Kinali wrote: > Then I looked at the Datasheet [1] (ok appnote) and guess what, > that's no mere oscillator. That's a bona-fide OCXO. Vacuum packaged, > nonetheless! Sure, it doesn't have the best stability compared to > other OCXO, but compared to other

[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

2022-01-14 Thread Attila Kinali
On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:44:22 + Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > https://twitter.com/EvilMnkyzDsignz/status/1482039903995273216 Now that's an interesting design. My first thought was, "hell, using /two/ ceramic carriers for PCBs and using gold wires to connect them to eachother, that must hav

[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

2022-01-14 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Just over 12 years old when he chopped it open. Bob > On Jan 14, 2022, at 12:44 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > With high praise for aesthetics even: > > https://twitter.com/EvilMnkyzDsignz/status/1482039903995273216 > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 >