Hi Joseph, On 12/09/2012 10:53 PM, Joseph Gray wrote:
The finished project will be placed where I won't have regular access to it, so I think I have justification for wanting this complication. Also, I want to monitor which oscillator is in use, so my application will know.
First reaction would be to lock the TCXO to the OCXO. It's not that hard to make a PLL which will start acting only when the OCXO is "ready" (oven detection could be part of it).
Another approach than direct PLL locking could be to use injection locking, but designing for it could be challenging.
Switching a clock is a bit sensitive, but one solution to achieve it is to lock the OCXO to the TCXO when the OCXO comes around, and only when that PLL has lock, then switch between them and just let the lock state fade out on the OCXO control, as you kill the control loop.
A few ideas. I don't like switching of clocks, so I would avoid that if possible, even if precaution to make sure they are locked to be phase-aligned. I would go for the lock-up of the TCXO. Make sure that the lock-in does not upset any of the measurements, possibly by making the lock-in a little "weak" so the maximum rate of change isn't too great.
Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ 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.
