Re: [time-nuts] Omega counters and Parabolic Variance (PVAR)

2015-07-14 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Chuck, On 07/14/2015 07:46 PM, Chuck Harris wrote: Hi Magnus, Am I understanding correctly that the difference between Pi, Delta, and Omega is basically one of software processing after the sample is made? Correct! If so, how can this be best leveraged by those of us that have 5370A/B

Re: [time-nuts] Omega counters and Parabolic Variance (PVAR)

2015-07-14 Thread Chuck Harris
Hi Magnus, Am I understanding correctly that the difference between Pi, Delta, and Omega is basically one of software processing after the sample is made? If so, how can this be best leveraged by those of us that have 5370A/B counters that are running John Seamon's enhanced BBB processor in

Re: [time-nuts] Omega counters and Parabolic Variance (PVAR)

2015-07-14 Thread Don Latham
I look forward to the article, Magnus! Don Magnus Danielson Fellow time-nuts, Since I haven't seen any reports on this, I though I would write down a few lines. While normal counters use a pair of phase-samples to estimate the frequency, now called Pi counters (big pi, which has the shape

Re: [time-nuts] Omega counters and Parabolic Variance (PVAR)

2015-07-14 Thread Chuck Harris
Hi Magnus, John, et al, did such a nice job of making us a hammer for our 5370's, that it has the rest of us searching for nails. Maybe this could be a good place to start? -Chuck Harris Magnus Danielson wrote: Hi Chuck, On 07/14/2015 07:46 PM, Chuck Harris wrote: Hi Magnus, Am I