Count 1ns pulse

[Paul Taylor]

Hi all i still haven't solved the counter problem here is another problem
link to the first problem - i know have a pulse generator with which im
generating a 1ns pulse every 5ns so i want to take this and count the total
number of pulse in 1ms this according to my calculator totals 200,000, Im
using two 74HC4520 Dual 4-bit synchronous binary counter to give me the 16
bits required, i don't seem to be getting the correct output reading, why?

Thanks

Paul

 

[Paul Taylor]

Hi all i still haven't solved the counter problem here is another problem
link to the first problem - i know have a pulse generator with which im
generating a 1ns pulse every 5ns so i want to take this and count the
total number of pulse in 1ms this according to my calculator totals
200,000, Im using two 74HC4520 Dual 4-bit synchronous binary counter to
give me the 16 bits required, i don't seem to be getting the correct
output reading, why?

Thanks

Paul

Sorry - follow on from that i know that 2 to the power 16 = 65k but im
getting 1023 as the result

 

[Tam/WB2TT]

Hi all i still haven't solved the counter problem here is another problem
link to the first problem - i know have a pulse generator with which im
generating a 1ns pulse every 5ns so i want to take this and count the
total number of pulse in 1ms this according to my calculator totals
200,000, Im using two 74HC4520 Dual 4-bit synchronous binary counter to
give me the 16 bits required, i don't seem to be getting the correct
output reading, why?

Thanks

Paul

Did you ever look at the maximum clock frequency of an HC4520?

 

[Richard Henry]

Sorry - follow on from that i know that 2 to the power 16 = 65k but im
getting 1023 as the result

How have you connected them?

Assuming that is all correct, As a first step, I would add another
74HC4520 and check the result.

 

[Tim Wescott]

Did you ever look at the maximum clock frequency of an HC4520?

Not to mention minimum pulse time?

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[John Fields]

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This is starting to get silly. You need to learn how to read a data
sheet or take this to sci.electronics.basics.

A 1ns wide pulse every 5ns is a 200MHz clock. the HC4520 is rated
for 68MHz max.

The clock pulse width is specified as 8ns minimum for Vcc = 5V.
1ns is almost an order of magnitude too narrow.
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Sorry - follow on from that i know that 2 to the power 16 = 65k but im
getting 1023 as the result

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You're lucky you're getting anything.

How do you have the counters hooked up?

And, BTW, since you're having so much trouble getting this together
and you've bought the PMT and the PAD, why don't you just buy the
counter module from Electron Tubes and be done with it?

 

[Tam/WB2TT]

Hi all i still haven't solved the counter problem here is another problem
link to the first problem - i know have a pulse generator with which im
generating a 1ns pulse every 5ns so i want to take this and count the
total number of pulse in 1ms this according to my calculator totals
200,000, Im using two 74HC4520 Dual 4-bit synchronous binary counter to
give me the 16 bits required, i don't seem to be getting the correct
output reading, why?

Thanks

Paul

How sacred is the 1 ms? Your best bet is to prescale the 200 MHz by 4, using
high speed JK flip flops; then count the number of cycles in 4 ms. You will
still want something better than the HC4520s, though. Unless the output is
machine readable, why not use decade counters? Note that if you are not
planning on having 6 digits of display, you could prescale by 10, or even
100, and just move the decimal point , and keep the 1 ms gate time. So, for
a /100 prescale, a count of 1999 would be 199.9 MHz.

Tam

 

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Hi all i still haven't solved the counter problem here is another problem
link to the first problem - i know have a pulse generator with which im
generating a 1ns pulse every 5ns so i want to take this and count the total
number of pulse in 1ms this according to my calculator totals 200,000, Im
using two 74HC4520 Dual 4-bit synchronous binary counter to give me the 16
bits required, i don't seem to be getting the correct output reading, why?

The 74HC4520 isn't fast enough.

Check out the 74AC163 or 74ACT163 - even they need about 3.5nsec wide
clock pusles before they will count, but they can be strung together -
see figure 2 in the data sheet - to manage the 50MHz you will need,
though not the 200MHz you are generating with your pulse generator.

 

[David L. Jones]

Hi all i still haven't solved the counter problem here is another problem
link to the first problem - i know have a pulse generator with which im
generating a 1ns pulse every 5ns so i want to take this and count the total
number of pulse in 1ms this according to my calculator totals 200,000, Im
using two 74HC4520 Dual 4-bit synchronous binary counter to give me the 16
bits required, i don't seem to be getting the correct output reading, why?

As others have said, the 74HC4520 is wayyyyy too slow for this
application, as will be every other 74xxxxxxx series device.

Just how are you generating this 1ns pulse?

Dave

 

[Phil Allison]

"Tam/WB2TT"

Did you ever look at the maximum clock frequency of an HC4520?

** He doesn't understand what frequency is.

See his sig fie:


Paul Taylor BSC (Hons)
Electronics Technician
School of Environmental Science
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ

Phone: +44 (0)1603 592502
Fax: +44 (0)1603 591327



** A science grad employed as a tech is a fraud.





....... Phil

 

[Phil Allison]

"John Fields"

This is starting to get silly.

** Wake up - it got silly a long time ago.

And, BTW, since you're having so much trouble getting this together
and you've bought the PMT and the PAD, why don't you just buy the
counter module from Electron Tubes and be done with it?

** See the fool's sig file:


Paul Taylor BSC (Hons)
Electronics Technician
School of Environmental Science
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ

Phone: +44 (0)1603 592502
Fax: +44 (0)1603 591327


** He is a science grad who has faked his way into a job he has no clue how
to do.




........ Phil

 

[Phil Allison]

"David L. Jones"

Just how are you generating this 1ns pulse?

** The OP is posting from the " School of Environmental Science, University
of East Anglia" so has access to all manner of fancy test gear.

He is also a self confessed * Rocket Scientist *.

" Hi martin it is going up in a rocket funded by various other university
along with us from a launch pad in Norway. "


ROTFLMAO !!!!





....... Phil

 

[Paul Taylor]

As others have said, the 74HC4520 is wayyyyy too slow for this
application, as will be every other 74xxxxxxx series device.

Just how are you generating this 1ns pulse?

Dave

Hi David im using a HP 8011A Pulse generator.

Thanks

 

[Paul Taylor]

The 74HC4520 isn't fast enough.

Check out the 74AC163 or 74ACT163 - even they need about 3.5nsec wide
clock pusles before they will count, but they can be strung together -
see figure 2 in the data sheet - to manage the 50MHz you will need,
though not the 200MHz you are generating with your pulse generator.

I haven't got to hand any 74AC163, i will have to order some in and give
them a go, The data sheet for the 74hc4520 says that it can read typically a
clock pulse width of 10ns? and a maximum clock pulse frequency of 58Mhz, i
agree that this wont work with my pulse generator set up.

 

[David L. Jones]

Hi David im using a HP 8011A Pulse generator.

Thanks

How are you generating a 1ns pulse with a generator that is only
capable of generating a 25ns pulse at best?
http://www.amplifierrentals.com/Equipment/HP/8011A.htm

Dave

 

[Phil Allison]

"David L. Jones"

How are you generating a 1ns pulse with a generator that is only
capable of generating a 25ns pulse at best?
http://www.amplifierrentals.com/Equipment/HP/8011A.htm

** You are wasting your time on this fuckwit, fake "Rocket Scientist".

He is taking YOU for a big ride - all the way down.







......... Phil

 

[Paul Taylor]

How are you generating a 1ns pulse with a generator that is only
capable of generating a 25ns pulse at best?
http://www.amplifierrentals.com/Equipment/HP/8011A.htm

Dave

Derhhh sorry Dave you are right i misread the scope it is in fact 1usec
timebase not as i previously thought 1ns must get my eyes tested.

 

[David L. Jones]

Derhhh sorry Dave you are right i misread the scope it is in fact 1usec
timebase not as i previously thought 1ns must get my eyes tested.

Thread closed!

Dave

 

[Phil Allison]

"David L. Jones"

Thread closed!

Dave

** That penny just made ONE HELL of a clang !!!!






......... Phil

 

[Paul Taylor]

Thread closed!

Dave

I have know got a BNC model 555 pulse delay generator and a more powerful
scope LECROY 9361C which is more than capable, im going to stretch the 5ns
TTL pulse from the pad to 10ns and see if the counter will except this?