[time-nuts] Question about SoundCard stability?

Magnus Danielson magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org
Sat Oct 16 01:06:40 UTC 2010


On 10/13/2010 12:58 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
>
> Controller cycling is often a result of one of two things:
>
> 1) Resistance in the power lead

I think I can write this off.

> 2) Extra insulation / dead air

I can write this one off too.

> 3) Internal controller issues

Most likely the issue. It was a very linear behaviour and was there from 
power-on to power-off... days later. On all samples.

> There are a few other possibilities, but they are remote enough that you are unlikely to ever come across them. There's no advantage to building a controller that's cycling. It was more likely a bug than a feature.

I consider it a bug.

Cheers,
Magnus



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