[time-nuts] LTE-Lite module

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <766D6811-F733-4AB2-8574-24E4606E45FA at aol.com>, Said Jackson via tim
e-nuts writes:
>Thats exactly right Bob.
>
>By the time your ocxo jumps to catch up to the efc voltage, you
>have oversteered,  then the process starts in reverse and the ocxo
>jumps in the opposite direction.

This is a well known PI effect called "windup".

The cause is a phase offset of opposite sign of the frequency offset.

The fix is simple:

Start running with only the P term, and engage the I term only after

1. The input phase offset changes sign

or

2a. The input phase offset levels off

or

2b. Some calibrated amount of time has passed.


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