Re: [time-nuts] OCXO info

2018-11-02 Thread DM
Brian, The support board part number indicates that it was used in a model HP 5328A or B counter. I find that some versions of that model used a 05328-60027 board. Maybe you misread the part number? Anyway, There are a number of complete manuals for the 5328A & B counters on the web,

[time-nuts] OCXO info

2018-11-02 Thread Brian Lloyd
I have an OCXO I pulled from a dead HP counter. The oscillator itself is a Piezo Systems 2810007-1 and it is plugged into, what appears to be, a buffer board, HP part number D23703F 05328-20027. Three questions: 1. Does anyone have the pinout for the oscillator? 2. Does anyone have the pinout

Re: [time-nuts] hp 10544A and 10811A ovenized oscillators

2018-11-02 Thread Neville Michie
HI I have had experience with two 10811 oscillators which turned out to have the same problem. Inside there is a gold plated ferule mounted in teflon at the junction of the tuning diode and the transistor, obviously considered a very high impedance point, or may be just sensitive to leakage.

Re: [time-nuts] hp 10544A and 10811A ovenized oscillators

2018-11-02 Thread Matthew D'Asaro
Hi. I don't have a good answer to why both of your oscillators would have drifted at once after the power cutout. However, I would be very interested in taking a look at the bad 10811A. I have always been fascinated by these and have wanted to take one apart (and try and understand/fix it) for

Re: [time-nuts] hp 10544A and 10811A ovenized oscillators

2018-11-02 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi The change is suspiciously close to the electrical tuning range of a typical HP OCXO. The answer may be a failure of the bias on the EFC line ….. Bob > On Nov 2, 2018, at 2:51 PM, Walter Shawlee 2 wrote: > > I have several of these as the -010 high stability timebase options > in my

Re: [time-nuts] A question from a newbie

2018-11-02 Thread Daniel H. Pressler
Tom, Thanks so much. I downloaded both the suggest software packages and they look excellent. It appears to me that my Arduino with phase comparator should be a data collection only environment since these programs seem to have all the whistles and bells I'm looking for. I would appreciate

Re: [time-nuts] GPIB interfaces these days

2018-11-02 Thread Scott McGrath
I use NI USB interfaces, They are reliable process ATN messages and of course have the vast programming library associated with NI interfaces. Used ones can be found on the well known auction site for 250-400 bucks. Make sure you get the BLUE ONES the Brown ones are USB 1.0 and are

Re: [time-nuts] GPIB interfaces these days

2018-11-02 Thread Adrian Godwin
How important is ATN in a typical time-nuts usage ? I can see it being important in a complex ATE setup where some instruments are automatically providing data to a schedule and need to be serviced, but in my understanding the time-nuts case is often capturing a stream of data from a single TIC.

Re: [time-nuts] GPIB interfaces these days

2018-11-02 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I use a national instruments PCI-GPIB card in a Windows 10 PC, works just fine. Usually can find them <$100 on eBay. I've also used a HP/Agilent 82357A (or B) which does USB-GPIB for those cases when you need it for a laptop or something else without a pci or pcie slot. I understand the USB

[time-nuts] GPIB interfaces these days

2018-11-02 Thread Rex
So I've got some test equipment devices (mostly HP) with GPIB (or actually HPIB) connectors. Also a few others as non-HP stuff. Mostly I have talked to them with a NI GPIB card in a PCMCIA slot in a laptop. Works great but the small notebook PC I have with a PCMIA slot is from the early