From: Jim Thompson on
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:13:11 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:58:39 +0100, Joop <jojo(a)xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:11:17 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Or use the voodoo method, build an oscillator and do injection locking.
>>>That's almost guaranteed to produce some jaw dropping in the design
>>>review :-)
>>
>>At the time I was not aware of the term or concept "injection
>>locking", but for personal use I created a PIF12Fxx base serial output
>>frequency logger. Besides running on its own usual setup crystal I
>>wanted to try and see if this minimalist design could be made to work
>>on my 10MHz reference as well. The simplest thing I could thing of was
>>feeding it 10MHz directly to the crystal oscillator input via a few
>>KOhm plus a cap. It was fun to see it move the required tens of Hz
>>when the reference was connected.
>>No switches required. It runs free when standalone and locked when the
>>BNC is plugged in. Cool..
>>
>>Joop
>
>My favorite trick is to make a low frequency "oscillator" by using a
>shift register (looped on itself) driven by a crystal oscillator, then
>"injection lock" by resetting the shift register appropriately by
>comparing lead-lag between signal and shift register state (digital
>phase detector).
>
> ...Jim Thompson

As in...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/SyncRingOsc.pdf

...Jim Thompson
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From: Jim Thompson on
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:31:55 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:13:11 -0700, Jim Thompson
><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:58:39 +0100, Joop <jojo(a)xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:11:17 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Or use the voodoo method, build an oscillator and do injection locking.
>>>>That's almost guaranteed to produce some jaw dropping in the design
>>>>review :-)
>>>
>>>At the time I was not aware of the term or concept "injection
>>>locking", but for personal use I created a PIF12Fxx base serial output
>>>frequency logger. Besides running on its own usual setup crystal I
>>>wanted to try and see if this minimalist design could be made to work
>>>on my 10MHz reference as well. The simplest thing I could thing of was
>>>feeding it 10MHz directly to the crystal oscillator input via a few
>>>KOhm plus a cap. It was fun to see it move the required tens of Hz
>>>when the reference was connected.
>>>No switches required. It runs free when standalone and locked when the
>>>BNC is plugged in. Cool..
>>>
>>>Joop
>>
>>My favorite trick is to make a low frequency "oscillator" by using a
>>shift register (looped on itself) driven by a crystal oscillator, then
>>"injection lock" by resetting the shift register appropriately by
>>comparing lead-lag between signal and shift register state (digital
>>phase detector).
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
>As in...
>
> http://analog-innovations.com/SED/SyncRingOsc.pdf
>
And another way...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/JammableVCO.pdf

in actual use decoding Manchester. Delay blocks are those (now
ancient) lumped line delay blocks with TTL-in/TTL-out.

...Jim Thompson
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| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.