[time-nuts] HP 5370, 5371, 5372, 5373
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Oct 27 07:38:22 UTC 2014
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In message <CAPXiX5r0jdJyNJYTAtFmcVFrHnt_ei0Md26dTbcVuQEOSp0cZw at mail.gmail.com>
, Stewart Cobb writes:
>Are they actually successor units? Are they upward-compatible with the
>5370? Are they more accurate, or less accurate? Is there anything that a
>5370 can do that the later units can't?
They are much more than the 5370, but the single shot resolution is
only 200ps (HP5370: 20ps)
My best suggestion is to download the manual from the company formerly
known as HP and read it.
The main attraction in time-nut land is that they can do zero-deadtime
measurement series.
It's too bad they didn't build in a full ADEV(tau) plot function in
them (at least the 5372A doesn't have it). I guess one could spend a
winter adding the code and burn a new set of eproms, but I've never
missed it that much.
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