Has anyone compared the M12M to the M12+?
Thanks for all the input, it is really appreciated.
best wishes;
Thomas Knox



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> From: [email protected]
> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:53:17 -0700
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] CW12-TIM vs M12M and the world
> 
> Hello Ed, Azelio,
> 
> We should also compare the same parameters. Sawtooth error of the m12+ of 
> +/-25ns is not its standard deviation, it's max/min. Compare that number to 
> your 30ns max/min measurement on the 5372a.
> 
> Standard deviation of the m12+ is around 2ns with correction. That needs to 
> be compared to the 5ns you measure on the 5372a as that is the best 
> performance you will get from the CW12. Yes the uncorrected 1pps of the m12 
> is worse, but it is designed to be used with correction. So in the end the 
> m12m still performs better than the CW12.
> 
> Bye,
> Said
> 
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> 
> On Mar 29, 2012, at 1:56, Azelio Boriani <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > We (that is my company) use the CW12-TIM (NMEA version) and its PPS wonders
> > as usual, nothing different from a uBlox LEA-5T or the M12M.
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> >> 
> >>>> The sawtooth error on the Motorola M12+ is about +/- 25ns, while the
> >>>> CW12-TIM has a sawtooth error of +/- 2 ns, so correcting for the
> >>>> sawtooth error is not as critical with the CW12-TIM.
> >> 
> >>> The first claim
> >>>> The sawtooth error on the Motorola M12+ is about +/- 25ns
> >>> is correct but are you absolutely sure that the second claim is correct
> >>> too?????
> >> 
> >>> It would mean a factor >10 improvement of the CW12-TIM against the M12
> >> which
> >>> is hardly believeable.
> >> 
> >> The 25 ns probably comes from period of the the free running clock they are
> >> using.  It doesn't seem unreasonable to me to get 10x better if they use a
> >> GPSDO for the local clock so they can get the PPS edge right where they
> >> want
> >> it.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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