[time-nuts] GPS SDR (was: FE-.5680A trimming resolution)

Chris Albertson albertson.chris at gmail.com
Wed Feb 1 19:03:19 UTC 2012


On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Attila Kinali <attila at kinali.ch> wrote:

> That said. I've contacted u-blox, but got a number that is way out of
> what i've expected (approx 120CHF). I'm currently trying to get a lower
> price.

What is it these u-blox device can do that a cheaper Motorola Oncore
can't?   Depending on the version the Oncore has for 50 to 5 nS
one-sigma error on the timing pulses and can do either 1PPS or 100PPS.
  Single unit prices are from $18 to $60 very good documentation is
available.

If the u-blox was somehow much better than a Trimble thunderbolt or
Motorola Oncore MT12T I'd buy one even at the above price.   But
really these older GPSs are already at the single digtit of
nanoseconds level and I don't see room for improvement except....

If the L2 band is also used.   This is the way to get order of
magnitude improments


Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California



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