Hi There are optical links that are better than your typical opto coupler. I have not seen many that are good to -170 dbc.
Bob On Apr 23, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Kevin Rosenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 23, 2013, at 2:24 AM, WB6BNQ <[email protected]> wrote: >> I had to buy the three components at three different places. The TOSLINK >> receiver came from Mouse (p/n 757-TORX177F,T) and cost $1.31. The TOSLINK >> transmitter came from DIGIKEY (p/n 1080-1428-ND) >> and cost $0.866. At the time, for whatever reason each supplier had the one >> end but not the other. >> [...] > > Thanks, I did consider optical isolation, but wasn't sure of what parts to > use. Looks like the receiver isn't stocked by Mouser anymore, but I could > look for it. > > I saw the transmitter's max jitter is specified at 20 ns. I wonder if there > is a reasonably-priced substitution with < 1 ns jitter. > > Thanks for your thoughts, > > Kevin > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
