[time-nuts] Controlling FEI 5680A

[EWKehren at aol.com]

Why do it easy when you can do it difficult. With my Lab setup the  
frequency out of the Tbolt changes once in a while to correct the 1 PPS. That is  
how I explain what I se on my Tracor 527E. Maybe I am wrong.
Bert
 
 
In a message dated 1/15/2012 5:12:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
albertson.chris at gmail.com writes:

We are  talking about a controller for the new batch of $38 FE5680
units  right?   Unless you modify these the frequency must be
controlled  by RS232.

Then you said FPGA right?    If so why worry about  the bits in the
counter.  You can change it later with a few minutes  effort.   If you
have 250,000 gates that can run at 200MHz you  don't have to ration
them.   Go for 24 bits and run the counter  at 200MHz.
The hard part is the FE5680, I don't think anyone here  really
understands it yet.   How many DDS steps can you move it  before it
goes out of lock.    Aging and temp co. are still  TBD

That is another change from a Sherra type controller, the FE5680  has a
"lock" bit.  You may as well use it to disable sending  frequency
change commands

One other front end change.  I few  people have Thunderbolts and it
would be faster to lock the FE5680 to the  10MHz signal then to the
PPS.

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:11 AM,   <EWKehren at aol.com> wrote:
> I am staying out of that discussion  due to lack of knowledge, My question
> is wether the input circuit is  acceptable or if some one has a different
> solution. We have integrated  the Shera input including the interrupt 
counter
> on  the chip, so  there are only three interface pins, interrupt,  data 
out
> and  clock from the PIC to transfer the data. The interrupt count is  pin
> selectable,  just like the 5/10 MHz divide. We are presently  looking at
> increasing the  counter from 16 to 20 or 24  bits.
Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach,  California

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