----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Steinmetz" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 53132A triggering
Bob wrote:
Set it to:
1) DC coupled (AC does not go low enough)
2) 50 ohms if your driving source will tolerate it, otherwise 1 meg ohm.
3) Manual trigger mode (Auto is to fast and it forgets where the trigger
should be)
4) Trigger level around 1/2 the PPS P-P voltage
I would just add the following:
1) I'd be very surprised if AC coupling wouldn't work fine with a typical
PPS pulse, which has very fast edges (low nS). No LF response is
required. Indeed, AC coupling will keep any LF noise out (not that we
expect much in this application). This is true even if the PPS is a 50%
duty-cycle square wave -- the spikes that get through every 500mS,
alternating positive and negative, will have fast, accurate leading edges
and will be way longer than necessary for proper triggering.
2) If your source will not tolerate a 50 ohm load, buffer it. Any
significant length of cable between the source and a 1M termination will
just slaughter your pulse.
4) The relevant peak voltage is the actual voltage at the counter input
connector -- which may be only 1/2, or possibly even less, of the nominal
logic level, depending on the source impedance.
Best regards,
Charles
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