[time-nuts] TEC party: hardware suggestion
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Jun 30 09:05:05 UTC 2011
In message <4E0C35FF.8050201 at physik.uzh.ch>, Achim Vollhardt writes:
>Time-Nutties,
>
>how about using a small uC (PIC/AVR) clocked with 100ns instruction
>speed. Start = 1PPS from GPS, Stop = 60 Hz Edge? Use internal capture
>hardware to count processor cycles in between.
If you really want to do this:
Sample the mains signal with an ADC at around 1000kHz. Mix it
down to baseband, calculate I/Q magnitudes and use ATAN2 to find
phase.
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