Usually the external reference input of measuring equipment is internally squared, so if you feed a square or sine wave there should be no difference.
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Chris Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 09/05/2013 12:34 > > I have been using one of David's frequency divider boards with my > Thunderbolt, for some time. t It divides from the 10 MHz input. There > are separate outputs for 10 MHz, 5 MHz, 1 MHz, and one that can be > configured for 100 kHz / 10 kHz / 1 kHz / 100 Hz / 10 Hz / 1 Hz. Is > there any reason why the square wave output from the board should not > be used as an external frequency reference for things like my > frequency counter, sig gen and spectrum analyser, instead of a sine > wave? My Racal counter, for example, uses a 1MHz reference, so I use > the DP board to feed it. It appears to be fine, but I have been meaning > to check. Thanks. > > -- > Best Regards, > Chris Wilson. > mailto: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
