[time-freq] Announcing the TADD-3 Pulse Distribution Amplifier

[John Ackermann N8UR]

Hi Chris --

Yes, the Reflock hardware could do the TADD-2 function, but the CPLD on 
that board is overkill for the task, and it lacks a few things that will 
be useful in a dedicated divider, like multiple outputs (the TADD-2 will 
have six low-Z outputs and two RS-232 outputs, each of which can be 
strapped to one of five or six output frequencies ranging from 100kHz to 
1pps).  The Reflock is also quite a bit more expensive than we hope the 
TADD-2 will be.

John
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Christopher T. Day wrote:
> John,
> 
> I was wondering, could you do what you need for the TADD-2 with the
> RefLock II platform? That's a PLL only because of the configuration file
> loaded into it. Otherwise, it looks like it could do a divider pretty
> easily. I'm probably missing something, and maybe you could explain what
> it is. Thanks.
> 
> 
> 	Chris - AE6VK
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ackermann N8UR [mailto:jra at febo.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 4:44 AM
> To: TAPR time and frequency projects
> Subject: Re: [time-freq] Announcing the TADD-3 Pulse Distribution
> Amplifier
> 
> Christopher T. Day said the following on 05/06/2006 12:49 AM:
> 
>>What is/was/will be the TADD-2?
>>
>>
>>	Chris - AE6VK
> 
> 
> The TADD-2 is "will be" and is almost "is"...
> 
> It's a divider board that accepts standard inputs from 100kHz through
> 10MHz, and outputs 1pps as well as several other divided frequencies.
> It's based on a Xilinx CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device) which
> allows lots of flexibility in the inputs and outputs.
> 
> It was actually the original idea for the TADD series, but got put
> behind because I had an immediate need in my lab for the RF amplifier
> and 1PPS distribution.  I'm back to working on it now and hope to have a
> prototype running "soon".
> 
> As a sort of pre-announcement, I will be looking for one or more
> volunteers who are familiar with VHDL and ideally the Xilinx CPLD
> devices because my initial code is probably quite suboptimal -- I've
> never done VHDL before.  So, I'll be prepared to send an alpha or beta
> unit to someone who's willing to optimize the code.
> 
> John
> 
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