[time-nuts] Advantages of GNSS ???

[David G. McGaw]

Leo -

I do believe you mean non-monotonic, rather than non-monotonous. Not 
being monotonous is a good thing.  :-)

David N1HAC

On 7/9/19 1:20 PM, Leo Bodnar wrote:
> It's not very good, it is highly non-linear and even worse - nonmonotonous.
> It sometimes produces runt pulse glitches when you roll time backwards.
> I have used them in GPS clocks for many years but never enabled them for end user mode.
> It's really a very primitive delay line series and I don't regret seeing it gone.  On top of this it is Maxim, doh!
> Leo
>
> Chris Caudle wrote:
>> The original is not, there is a close variant still in production:
>>
>> https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maximintegrated.com%2Fen%2Fproducts%2Fanalog%2Fclock-generation-distribution%2FDS1124.html&data=02%7C01%7Cdavid.g.mcgaw%40dartmouth.edu%7C6a86facc79d243f1cd2308d7049fba48%7C995b093648d640e5a31ebf689ec9446f%7C0%7C0%7C636982956387678192&sdata=TmHZH%2FJQpSatDlFqHcbQp%2BPHrS9CGjFHe5oPNYzHbRQ%3D&reserved=0
>>
>> "The DS1124 is an 8-bit programmable timing element similar in function to
>> the DS1021-25. The 256-delay intervals are programmed by using a 3-wire
>> serial interface. With a 0.25ns step size, the DS1124 can provide a delay
>> time from 20ns up to 84ns with an integral nonlinearity of ±3ns. "
>>
>> Small package, would be a little difficult to prototype by hand, but not
>> impossible.
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris Caudle
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