[time-nuts] FE-5680A arrived

[Chris Albertson]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Joseph Gray <jgray at zianet.com> wrote:

> My only quibble so far is that both units were packed in nothing more
> than a large envelope, with a thin layer of bubble wrap added. Nothing
> is dented or rattling around, so hopefully they are OK. I'm just about
> to wire up a cable and power them on, so I'll know soon.
>
> The units I got have numbers of UN 71xxx and UN 78xxx. I don't know
> exactly what this means, but according to the ebay sellers, they are
> claiming that 6xxxx and 7xxxx numbers indicate newer units. Can anyone
> decipher this number sequence?

I got the same units packed the same way, also about as fast.   They
were both at close to 10MHz as my counter can measure.   I think all
the $40 units are functionally the same.

Now I need to put in to an enclosure with a power supply and build a
controller from a Up.  I really don't want to use a full sized PC.


Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California