Of course, that only works when you actually need a GPSDO, but what is the point of a GPS timing receiver if not to discipline a high quality oscillator?
Didier KO4BB Sent from my Droid Razr 4G LTE wireless tracker. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Lux <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Best counter setting for ADEV? On 10/2/12 7:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > The Thunderbolt is a special case that does not provide sawtooth correction > because it does not need it. > > It uses the OCXO as the clock for the processor while disciplining it to GPS > so there is no nominal timing error between where the 1PPS is versus where it > should be. > > The processor is able to bring the PPS edge exactly where it wants it, > instead of the typical 25 to 40 ns granularity of most other GPS receivers > that operate on a separate clock. > > Pretty simple and elegant solution. > But it does depend on having a good oscillator that can be shoved around. That costs money and power. _______________________________________________ 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.
