On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 13:12:48 -0800 jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I maintain that it's the lack of a cheap RF front end that is the sticky > point. Doing a 2-3 stage transistor based amplifier should give the signal enough gain to be sampled with the ADC of a uC. I have such a design sitting around, that I did a couple of years back for DCF77, but never got around to actually built it (see attachment). It is meant to be run from 4V, so that one can use an unstable/noisy 5V source with an 4V LDO and should give ~70dB of total gain. I used BC547 in the simulation, but any NPN with decent h_fe and f_t should do (eg 2N2222, 2N3904,...). The 2N5484 is a bit harder to replace, as I selected it for its low V_th and narrow specified V_th range. All that is needed for this to work is a tuned antenna, ie a ferrite rod with a capcitor on it that is approximately tuned to 60/77.5kHz. Attila Kinali -- <JaberWorky> The bad part of Zurich is where the degenerates throw DARK chocolate at you.
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