I gave my 5680a several firm whacks with a backscratcher and it did not seem to flinch. On the other hand I've used taps with a jeweler's screwdriver to fine tune my counter's timebase.

On 12/29/2011 10:37 AM, Said Jackson wrote:
Hello Mike,

We measured a couple of these 5680As on a tsc5125a analyzer. With different 
quality supplies.

Very noisy buggers, huge number of spurs and very high noise floor -130dBc or 
so if I recall correctly. Thats probably the jitter you are seeing. Probably 
due to the dds generating the output not a crystal.

ADEV was parts in E-011 while good, not very good.

Frequency accuracy was +5E-010 then tap the box hard and it goes to -1ppb.

Good enough as a portable frequency counter reference, as the offset can be 
compensated, and the output is fairly stable...

These units could really use gps disciplining and a crystal post filter.

Great stuff for $40, new they must have been over $1000.

Bye,
Said









On Dec 29, 2011, at 1:14, mike cook<michael.c...@sfr.fr>  wrote:

Hi,
Just got my cheapo 5680A.  It was accompanied by a little teddy bear clutching 
a L7805CV !

Got a couple of questions.

1) What is the expected 10MHz peak to peak voltage.  FEI doc seems to indicate 
0,5V but I am getting only 200mv.
2) What is the sensitivity to 15V input level. I am only measuring 14,722 
(stable) on Pin1.
3) Could this low input voltage affect output voltage?

The box locks after a couple of minutes but my TDS 210 is showing a very 
jittery  ( 9,98-10,02 MHz ) but well formed sine wave for 8 hours of being 
powered on.  Could this also be an artefact of low main power?

rega
Mike

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