Re: [time-nuts] Yukon to make Daylight Saving Time permanent after final time change Sunday

2020-03-06 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
GMT EVERYWHERE!! -- David VanHorn Lead Hardware Engineer Backcountry Access, Inc. 2820 Wilderness Pl, Unit H Boulder, CO  80301 USA phone: 303-417-1345  x110 email: david.vanh...@backcountryaccess.com  ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] Are there SC-crystals out there in the wild that are not Overtone?

2020-02-27 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
I remember opening up those military crystals and sanding them down with Ajax cleaner to raise the frequency or rubbing a little solder on the plate to lower it for CW transmitters. High school days.  -- David VanHorn Lead Hardware Engineer Backcountry Access, Inc. 2820 Wilderness Pl, Unit H

Re: [time-nuts] USB over optical fiber

2019-12-06 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
, but did you perhance try adding some clamp-on ferrite chokes to the cable? Dana On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 10:05 AM David Van Horn via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > This is my backup plan: > https://industrialcomponent.com/opticis/opm210003.html > > The docs are a bit

Re: [time-nuts] USB over optical fiber

2019-12-06 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
-Original Message- From: time-nuts On Behalf Of David Van Horn via time-nuts Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019 6:15 AM To: Scott McGrath ; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Cc: David Van Horn Subject: Re: [time-nuts] USB over optical fiber Ok, thanks for the info. My un

Re: [time-nuts] USB over optical fiber

2019-12-06 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
Hardware Engineer Backcountry Access, Inc. 2820 Wilderness Pl, Unit H Boulder, CO  80301 USA phone: 303-417-1345  x110 email: david.vanh...@backcountryaccess.com  -Original Message- From: time-nuts On Behalf Of David Van Horn via time-nuts Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019 6:15 AM To: Scott

Re: [time-nuts] USB over optical fiber

2019-12-06 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
y Access, Inc. 2820 Wilderness Pl, Unit H Boulder, CO 80301 USA phone: 303-417-1345 x110 email: david.vanh...@backcountryaccess.com -Original Message- From: time-nuts On Behalf Of David Van Horn via time-nuts Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019 6:15 AM To: Scott McGrath ; Discuss

Re: [time-nuts] USB over optical fiber

2019-12-05 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
ut as USB 3.0 generates RF signals up to 3 GHz. And also has fairly strong signals in the 2.4 GHz ISM band. Content by Scott Typos by Siri > On Dec 4, 2019, at 12:07 AM, David Van Horn via time-nuts > wrote: > I suppose this is vaguely time-nutty.  I have an application where

Re: [time-nuts] USB over optical fiber

2019-12-04 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
not so much the noise from the interface its the USB device itself i’d worry about as USB 3.0 generates RF signals up to 3 GHz. And also has fairly strong signals in the 2.4 GHz ISM band. Content by Scott Typos by Siri > On Dec 4, 2019, at 12:07 AM, David Van Horn via time-nuts > wrote:

[time-nuts] USB over optical fiber

2019-12-03 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
I suppose this is vaguely time-nutty.  I have an application where I need to take USB into an EMC faraday cage. I see a number of optical fiber implementations available, and the prices ($200-300) are acceptable, but I’m worried about noise that the downstream end may cause, since it will need

Re: [time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time?

2019-07-23 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
We aren't going that time-nutty, but it's a fun project and running it from GPS sounded like fun. Thanks all, I have what I need. -- David VanHorn Lead Hardware Engineer Backcountry Access, Inc. 2820 Wilderness Pl, Unit H Boulder, CO  80301 USA phone: 303-417-1345  x110 email: 

[time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time?

2019-07-22 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
I'm helping a friend with a hobby project, a "Countdown To Christmas" clock. I haven't looked at the NMEA docs in a while or three.. What's the most widely supported sentence(s) that will give me date and time? We're doing one Arduino to grab the data from GPS and talk to the others, which

Re: [time-nuts] The forbidden question

2019-06-05 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
"Some people build giant laser interferometers, other people build large-scale particle accelerators, still other people build elaborate clocks. They are all looking for the same thing: a conversation with Mother Nature that begins with, "Hmm, that's funny," and ends in a Nobel acceptance

Re: [time-nuts] Bombe clock

2019-05-22 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
Years ago, I wrote an "enigma machine" in Atmel AVR code, just for fun. I'd love to see the relevant details from the Bombe and write up a version in the AVR. From a room filling (and heating) contraption of relays and tubes to a tiny chip. -- David VanHorn Lead Hardware Engineer Backcountry