I was more wondering why the discussion never moved, not why the project discussion died here. But this is probably enough bandwidth wasted again. :)
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > The issue that killed it was at least one member objecting quite strenuously > to the bandwidth used. > > The counter project was the initial spark that started it all, but the > objective of the polls was more general. You can indeed build a piece of > hardware and then tell it what it is after it's built. The one you have > might be a general purpose counter, the one somebody else has might be > something totally different. > > With modern parts, design isn't to hard, the big constraint on it is > construction techniques. Most of the cheap / neat stuff you would use is > tough to put on a board. There's no use in starting a design effort and > ruling out all the likely solutions after it's started. > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bob Bownes > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 11:56 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Results parts selection + commercial assembly poll? > > I'll add that for some reason the discussion never morphed over to an > alternate list created just to discuss a counter project without > taking up bandwidth here. Not sure that there was enough interest. > > Other Bob > > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi >> >> The polls ran for less than a day before they drew considerable fire for >> using too much bandwidth. Since we still had several steps to go (what to >> design, what to design it with, and who to design what), it was dropped. >> Doing a group general purpose FPGA based timing board isn't going to > happen >> within the perceived bandwidth limits here. >> >> Bob >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Tijd Dingen >> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 5:04 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [time-nuts] Results parts selection + commercial assembly poll? >> >> Incidentally, did something ever come of these two polls? I was trying > find >> the conclusion / results, but could not find it on the list. Entirely >> possible that I am blind for which I apologize in advance. Anyone know > what >> came of it? >> >> regards, >> Fred >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
