[time-nuts] Mini-time lab cost and maintenance

Ole Petter Ronningen opronningen at gmail.com
Tue Apr 7 18:43:20 UTC 2015


Every timelab needs a time interval counter. I'd say look for a HP 5334B
with option 010. I've picked up two from ebay for about USD100 each, and
that comes with a decent 18011. After that, watch your cash disappear as
you discover a need for faster/better/more accurate instruments, not to
mention better and better oscillators..

Ole

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 12:33 AM, Chris Albertson <albertson.chris at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You can do a lot for $200 if you can build electronics yourself.
> Decent GPS with PPS starts at under $20 on eBay.  Same for surplus
> 10MHz oscillators.  People have build usable counters for cheap
> microprocessor development boards and software.    But it all depends
> on what you want to measure
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Adam Blakney <akblakney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was wondering how expensive it would be to have even a small and lower
> > level time lab. What are some less expensive models of machinery i would
> > need, and how much maintenance is required?
> >
> > Thanks, Adam
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