From: Alexander C. <ale...@gm...> - 2009-09-30 10:15:05
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David, Do you have any specific VCTCXO model in mind? On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 22:16, David Burgess <dbu...@ke...> wrote: > We expect to be able to get VCTCXOs in modest volumes for less than $30. > The TCXO we are using now is $23. Most of the cost of the clock doubler > board is the labor for getting it assembled locally in small batches. > > When/if the FPGA firmware gets fixed, we can use a 26 MHz part without a > doubler, which would reduce the cost further. > > -- David > > > On Sep 29, 2009, at 2:02 AM, Alexander Chemeris wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >> Could you elaborate why do you consider this approach? While we see some >> advantages of it in terms of lower noise, it looks like our approach >> is few times >> cheaper with reasonable noise and stability figure. If we understood >> correctly, >> bare VCTCXO chip costs $230 on DigiKey, while in our case discrete unit >> with >> all accessories produced in low volume costs about $100. >> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 22:06, David Burgess <dbu...@ke...> >> wrote: >>> >>> One of the approaches we are considering for OpenBTS is to use a VCTCXO >>> with >>> the control voltage taken from one of the D/A outputs of the FPGA, with >>> LOTS >>> of low-pass filtering, of course. >>> This would not give a wide range of frequencies, but would allow precise >>> frequency calibration through the existing libusrp APIs. >>> >>> On Sep 28, 2009, at 9:00 AM, Tim Pearce wrote: >>> >>> In terms of integrating more tightly with the USRP/GnuRadio >>> >>> You could (maybe) just use the SPI pins and one of the digital IO lines >>> as >>> the enable (the ATMega8 running as a slave) >>> >>> That way theres functions to communicate with the chip already built in >>> you >>> just need to define the various commands etc? >>> >>> Tim. >>> >>> >>> David A. Burgess >>> Kestrel Signal Processing, Inc. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Alexander Chemeris. >> >> SIPez LLC. >> SIP VoIP, IM and Presence Consulting >> http://www.SIPez.com >> tel: +1 (617) 273-4000 > > > David A. Burgess > Kestrel Signal Processing, Inc. > > > > > -- Regards, Alexander Chemeris. SIPez LLC. SIP VoIP, IM and Presence Consulting http://www.SIPez.com tel: +1 (617) 273-4000 |