[time-nuts] GPSDO using 100Hz

Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz
Tue Nov 25 00:28:05 UTC 2008


Mike Monett wrote:
>  Warren
>
>   Ok, it seems they are calculating the best time for each 100Hz pulse
>   individually. That makes life a bit easier for a PLL.
>
>   
Not according to the datasheets which imply the phase of the 100Hz (or
10kHz) burst is adjusted once per second.
This should be very easy to verify if the leading edges of individual
pulses are time stamped with sufficient resolution.
>   My interest is I have a totally new way of locking to the 1PPS pulse
>   that should  improve the performance dramatically.  The  question is
>   would it also work with a 100Hz signal.
>
>   The answer is yes. It would also work with a 10KHz signal,  but this
>   would require  a  bit  more horsepower. I was  planning  on  using a
>   simple inexpensive microprocessor for everything but I don't know if
>   it would be fast enough to do 10KHz.
>
>   But there's not many of those around anymore, are there?
>
>   Best Regards,
>
>   Mike Monett
>
>
>   
Bruce





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