4.1.4 PACKET 'D' LOAD D/A CONVERTER
The TFP reference crystal oscillator is voltage controlled using the buffered output of a 16 bit D/A
converter as the controlling voltage. Packet D' allows the user to directly load a 16 bit value to the
D/A converter. This feature would allow a user to fine tune the TFP timebase in the free running
mode. We are not aware of any other use for this packet in normal operation. Since this voltage is
routed out of the TFP via pin 9 on the J1 connector to allow external oscillators to be disciplined,
it would provide a means to devise a frequency control algorithm independent of the TFP. The
format is shown below. (See also bit 3 of the path byte loaded by the 'P' packet.)
byte 1 S O H
byte 2 ' D '
byte 3 ' 0 ' - 'F' bits 12-15
byte 4 ' 0 ' - 'F' bits 08-11
byte 5 ' 0 ' - 'F' bits 04-07
byte 6 ' 0 ' - 'F' bits 01-03
byte 7 E T B
Note: As always, data is in ASCII.
4.1.5 PACKET 'F' HEARTBEAT (PERIODIC) CONTROL
This packet establishes the frequency of the TFP output periodics. The number of output pulses is
defined by the following equation.
N = 10,000,000 / (n1 * n2)
where N = output pulses per second
n1 = a programmable number in the range of 2 to 65535
n2 = a programmable number in the range of 2 to 65535
The 'F' packet establishes the value of nl and n2. There is a one byte qualifier associated with the
'F' packet. This qualifier allows the periodics to be asynchronous or synchronous with respect to the
1 PPS epoch. I f the synchronous format is chosen n1 and n2 must be selected such that N is an
integer.
The duty cycle of the output waveform is dependent on the particular values of n1 and n2 selected;
divider n2 physically follows divider nl. The following example serves as an illustration. I f n1 *
n2 = 20, the output frequency is 500kHz. I f n1 is selected as 10 and n2 is selected as 2 a square wave
is output since the last divider is a divide by 2. I f n1 is selected as 2 and n2 is selected as 10 the
output waveform is a pulse train with a one tenth duty cycle.
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