[time-nuts] Re: Returnee, interested in Lars GPSDO
john.haine at haine-online.net
john.haine at haine-online.net
Thu Dec 29 17:09:09 UTC 2022
Thanks everyone for the comments. I have ordered a PCB for the unit from a gentleman in Holland so will go ahead with the standard design.
Cheers, John.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Camp via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
Sent: 24 December 2022 14:50
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
Cc: Bob Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org>
Subject: [time-nuts] Re: Returnee, interested in Lars GPSDO
Hi
My point was, you have a CPU and various other chunks of hardware running around.
There are a wide range of ways to convert that pulse to âsomething elseâ ( like a voltage to feed the A/D) .
You also could go over to a <$10 RP2040 and get a lot more mileage out of your âsomething elseâ.
Bob
> On Dec 23, 2022, at 8:13 AM, Jim Harman via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
>
> (I originally sent this just to Bob, repeating for the group) The
> "something else" in Lars's design is provided by 5 MHz derived from
> the oscillator, which feeds a timer in the processor. The 1 pps
> triggers a "timer capture" which records the number of 5 MHz cycles
> since the last pps with a resolution of 200 nsec. (The Arduino
> processor clock is 16 MHz and the maximum timer frequency is Fclk/2,
> so you can't drive the timer with 10
> MHz.)
>
> This coarse detector is used to extend the lock-in range and achieve
> the initial lock. It would be possible to make a GPSDO with just this
> detector, but the phase sensitivity would be low. The 4046 followed by
> the pulse width to voltage converter and the processor's 10 bit A/D
> converter reads the phase with a resolution of about 1 nsec.
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 8:40 PM Bob Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Since you only get one sample per second, no matter what you do, why
>> bother with the 4046 at all? 1 us will roll over at 1 ppm off
>> frequency ( which is very possible with an OCXO ). You still need
>> âsomething elseâ to get things close.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
> --Jim Harman
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