Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-27 Thread Dan Kemppainen
: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question Message-ID: 2674b568-04b1-4ebc-ac6d-d7f4dd347...@rtty.us Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi HP = Hewlett Packard Bob On Mar 26, 2014, at 10:31 AM, Matthew Martin dr_g...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, Just a quick question from a novice

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-26 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message B92E1A45BB35480FA213DA5F32CEA2BA@pc52, Tom Van Baak writes: That's only true for time scales less than the cross-over point. Beyond that, the 1 PPS from the GPS receiver is actually better (more accurate). That's why the LO is disciplined by GPS, not the other way around. I would also

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-26 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Take a look at the PIC-TIC stuff. They have the HP circuit in the middle of it. Bob Stewart posted a circuit with a pair of tri-state gates in it within the last month or so. They all pretty much: 1) Measure the “coarse time” with a counter Today that’s just about always a counter in an

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-26 Thread Matthew Martin
! Matt Martin On Wed, 3/26/14, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 4:45 AM Hi Take a look

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-26 Thread Bob Camp
? Just want to make sure I am not missing some other meaning. Thanks, learning a lot from reading this group! Matt Martin On Wed, 3/26/14, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question To: Discussion

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-26 Thread Matthew Martin
Bob, Thanks. That was too obvious, but having not looked at HP's similar circuits I ruled it out. Many thanks. Still lots to learn here….. Matt On Wed, 3/26/14, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message CACYeN9zf-UO1sCTCRMHSDPN4u=ye0xb9+x71eLxBnbT=xgw...@mail.gmail.com , Jim Miller writes: I've spent a good part of the afternoon looking at all the plots, websites and the few papers I could find mentioning the hanging bridge. As far as I can tell as long as one is correcting for

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Exactly correct, the sawtooth corrects for the hanging bridges. Since that’s what it does, sawtooth correction error is not totally random. Hanging bridges are not totally random. One looks like the other. Sawtooth correction errors can / will have hanging bridges in them. If you are

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 6b362a4d-834a-4733-bed8-fcfec0ccb...@rtty.us, Bob Camp writes: I should add here, that you _can_ do a little bit better than the sawtooth correction. We know, or at least assume, that the GPS's internal clock is step-less and slowly changing, so if you put a predictive filter on this

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Most of the more modern receivers don’t stop at one ns resolution on the correction. You can go well below the ns level with them. If you are doing it in software, it’s pretty much free. Bob On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:27 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp p...@phk.freebsd.dk wrote: In message

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread EWKehren
The lowest cost solution is a DS chip in combination with a PIC. How ever has any one thought about a fix by going to the source of the problem. The TCXO. Use a DDS with internal multiplier like the AD9851 or AD 9913 and use the sawtooth message from the GRS receiver and change the

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Miller
Thanks for all the helpful replies! Lots to learn. 73 jim ab3cv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Chris Albertson
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 5:44 AM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: The lowest cost solution is a DS chip in combination with a PIC. How ever The lowest cost solution is to do the correct entirely in software. After the measure the phase, simply add the correction. All you need to know is the phase.

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread EWKehren
Yes if you want to use it only in a GPSDO and it is being done but if you are a time nut you may want the 1 PPS.. Bert Kehren In a message dated 3/25/2014 6:33:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, albertson.ch...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 5:44 AM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: The

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Bob Camp
Hi If you are building a GPSDO, then the 1 pps out of the GPSDO should be much better than the pps out of the GPS. Making that happen is part of the control optimization. Bob On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:46 PM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Yes if you want to use it only in a GPSDO and it is being done

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Miller
The lowest cost solution is to do the correct entirely in software. After the measure the phase, simply add the correction. All you need to know is the phase. There is not point in correcting the pulse, you don't need a corrected pulse. What you want is a measurement of the phase. Chris I'm

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Bob Camp
Hi There have been multiple posts about analog TDC’s of various designs that get you into the sub 100 ps range without costing very much money. I believe the cheapest posted so far adds 50 cents to a basic PIC based design. Bob On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:38 PM, Jim Miller j...@jtmiller.com

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Miller
Right now I'm planning to use a DS1123 driven by the PIC in my system to provide sawtooth correction. The phase measurement is strictly binary with a D FF. The PIC reads the value once a second and integrates with a bit of feedforward for stability. The numerical result will be fed to a DAC which

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Miller
Bob I'm not sure who you're responding to but I have a couple of questions: TDC = Time Delay Correlator? Could you point me to one of these 50 cent threads? I've read a ton of this list from 2007 forward but must have missed that. Thanks jim ab3cv (much to learn) Hi There have been multiple

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Tom Van Baak
If you are building a GPSDO, then the 1 pps out of the GPSDO should be much better than the pps out of the GPS. Bob, That's only true for time scales less than the cross-over point. Beyond that, the 1 PPS from the GPS receiver is actually better (more accurate). That's why the LO is

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Tom Van Baak
The lowest cost solution is to do the correct entirely in software. After the measure the phase, simply add the correction. All you need to know is the phase. There is not point in correcting the pulse, you don't need a corrected pulse. What you want is a measurement of the phase. This

[time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-24 Thread Jim Miller
I've spent a good part of the afternoon looking at all the plots, websites and the few papers I could find mentioning the hanging bridge. As far as I can tell as long as one is correcting for sawtooth there's nothing additional to do about hanging bridges. They merely show up as funny waveforms

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-24 Thread Hal Murray
j...@jtmiller.com said: I've spent a good part of the afternoon looking at all the plots, websites and the few papers I could find mentioning the hanging bridge. As far as I can tell as long as one is correcting for sawtooth there's nothing additional to do about hanging bridges. They