[time-nuts] Re: [OT] MB506 pre-scaler module ??

[Adrian Godwin]

I home-built a prescaler for a Philips counter using one of these. It
worked OK for me as a fairly undemanding user but had a tendency to
self-oscillate. You would probably want to gate it with some sort of input
signal sensing.

On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 3:30 AM Richard (Rick) Karlquist via time-nuts <
time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:

> I considered dividers like this 35 years ago when I was the project
> manager for the HP 5334B counter.  There are all kinds of problems
> trying to apply dynamic dividers like this to a frequency counter.
> I don't know anything specific about the module you are asking
> about, but I wouldn't expect that it would be anything great,
> based on the MB506.  How well it works depends on how clean
> the signal is that you are feeding into it.  You would have
> the buy it and try it for your application and see if it had
> acceptable error (don't expect zero error, just low enough
> for your requirements).  And if it doesn't work out, you
> just wasted your money.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
> On 5/8/2023 3:56 PM, Dave via time-nuts wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone got experience of using these ??
> >
> > MB506 Module <https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255079972208>
> >
> > I need some sort of module to be able to cover up to 1Ghz with my GPSDO
> > referenced 100Mhz counter.
> >
> > The minimum division factor is 64 which is a bit higher than I want 16
> > (or 10) would be better. Perhaps someone
> > can suggest an alternative prebuilt module ??
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
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