Same applies to all other digital encoding formats. Usually, the ADC and DAC chips needs a clock frequency commonly used in digital circuits, from 5 MHz to 30 MHz, and the internal circuitry inside the chip use this frequency as the reference clock to derive all the timings needed by the chip, including the sampling or reconstruction of PCM. Like any digital system, a clock signal produced by an electronic oscillator provides the timebase, also known as the reference clock. "To properly digitize and re-construct digital audio it's relatively important the sampling intervals be as accurate as possible between the recording process and when it's played back." If the timing is not exactly one sample per 1/44.1k second, the signal will be distorted, it's being frequency-modulated by the unstable timing and it produces additional unwanted distortion. This process is reserved to playback the audio. In PCM, an analog audio signal is digitized by an ADC, which performs digitization by measuring its instantaneous voltage, and convert it to a n-bit integer that represents this voltage level, such as 16-bit, at a fixed sampling frequency, such as 44.1 kHz. Semiconductor: HP-Agilent-Avago-Broadcom (Broadcom ended production of most HP parts, so now it's mostly dead, RIP.)įrequency Standard: HP-Agilent-Symmetricom-Microsemi Its electronic technology has at least three separate chains of succession. > The 5071 successor by HP-Agilent-Symmetricom-MicrosemiĪha, the old Hewlett-Packard was truly a unique company.
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For a moment, I was thinking about sending him a service manual from the HP archive, before I realized it was simply impossible to get it up and running again without replacing the tube :( The vendor noted that he knew nothing about the equipment and information was welcomed. I was here to search for some cheap RF power meters, and I was surprised to see a HP 5071 in the listing.
Recently I was browsing a web store that sells decommissioned U.S. The tube in his unit was probably replaced at least twice, at a cost of >80k. > Cesium oscillators on the other hand do deplete their cesium (by design), as mentioned by CuriousMarc in the video. I never know that they can be renewed in this way.
> Supposedly you can heat the glass to turn all the rubidium into gas again, giving you theoretically infinite lifetime. Recently, the Hydrogen Standard also saw some uses. The real expensive ones are the Cesium Standard, such as the HP 5061A. So read the manufacturing date if you are going to power it 7x24. The catch is that the rubidium inside the discharge lamp will eventually get depleted during operation, usually within 10 years, once its life ends, it's useless and needs to be rebuilt completely by the manufacturer. There is a continuous source of used rubidium standard coming from retired telecommunication and lab equipment, they are the cheapest atomic standard available. > You can buy a used rubidium frequency standard on ebay P.S: Given all the factors that affect audio quality, is the phase noise from a PLL synthesizer of reasonable quality really a major factor? Even if it is, does a rubidium standard really have any benefit beyond diminishing return over a crystal oven? Well, of course, these are the questions that are never answered by audiophiles. Many audiophiles claim jitter and phase noise in the clock signal significantly affects audio quality, and the most extreme audiophiles use a lab grade frequency standard, rubidium or better, and feed it to all their Hi-Fi gears. But the remaining 30% is another large userbase too - audiophiles. Of course, it turns out there aren't that many home applications for an atomic clockįor all the people who have a rubidium standard at home, 70% are using it for electronic lab, amateur radio, or NTP at home.
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