[time-nuts] Using Thunderbolt to Discipline FE 5680A?

Don Latham djl at montana.com
Thu Dec 22 20:36:39 UTC 2011


Let's see... someone mentioned using a magnet on top of the case to
alter the Rb lock frequency. So, put the Rb output and the Tbolt output
into a single mixer with lopass filter, or a phase comparator, then use
the  output through something like a picaxe or arduino implementing PID
software to run a model aircraft servo with a magnet on the servo arm.
Hey Presto!  :-) :-)
Don

Bob Camp
> Hi
>
> To use the current crop of FE-5680A's directly with the TBolt, you would
> have to tear it apart and get a wire into the C field circuit. If you
> didn't
> do that, you would have to stick a PC (or other controller) in between
> the
> TBolt and the Rb. As they come from the vendors, there is no voltage
> control
> capability in the units. There are so many flavors of this Rb that
> anything
> said about them only applies to some of them.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Chris Albertson
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 12:20 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Using Thunderbolt to Discipline FE 5680A?
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Frederick Bray <fwbray at mminternet.com>
> wrote:
>> Has anyone successfully used a Thunderbolt to discipline a FE-5680A?
>>
>> I thought I saw a posting or site where someone disabled the 10 MHz
>> oscillator on the Thunderbolt and used the Thunderbolt to discipline
>> the
>> FE-5680A.  However, I can't find it now.
>
> I would not do it that way.  My plan is to leave the t-bolt as is and
> then every 24 or so hours adjust the  FE-5680A if required to better
> match the t-bolt.  My hope is that after some time the    FE-5680A
> will less and less frequent adjustments.  This will be a while as my
> FE-5680A is still in the mail.
>
> I think the FE-5680A has to course of adjustment to be used in the
> "fast" control loop inside the t-bolt
>
>
> Chris Albertson
> Redondo Beach, California
>
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