[time-nuts] Re: Checking the Trimble MINI-T

[Keelan Lightfoot]

Erik,

I think I ended up with the second-to-last Mini-T from the same seller!
Trimble's official documentation for the module is pretty lackluster,
especially with respect to pin 5, 'V Antenna'.

Are you familiar with Trimble's Visual Timing Studio? It's a pretty capable
tool for working with Trimble's timing products, and available free. I have
used it with my UCCM in TSIP mode, and given that the Mini-T and the UCCM
have the exact same architecture, I imagine Visual TIming Studio would work
with the Mini-T as well, even though the Mini-T isn't mentioned in the
release notes for VTS.

- Keelan

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 9:26 AM Erik Kaashoek via time-nuts <
time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:

> I was lucky to buy the last Trimble Mini-T from EBay
> It is now on the bench for some first testing.
> There was some confusion about the antenna supply on the molex plug but
> its just going straight to the antenna plug as bias so supplying 3.3V
> was all that was needed to use a cheap amplified puck antenna.
> Lady Heather recognizes the Mini-T as a mini Thunderbold.
> The OCXO on the PCB is (as expected) sensitive to external temperature
> changes so putting the Mini-T in a case with extra temperature shielding
> seems to be a must.
> Now I need to study Lady Heather to find out all the things it can report.
> Erik.
>
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