[sdiy] HP Counter Recommendation?

[Tim Ressel]

--- John Loffink <jloffink at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> I went this route for awhile with an HP 5314A
> Universal Counter, but
> this is not ideal for audio frequencies.  The update
> rate is slow (10
> seconds!) for the best resolution (0.1 Hz), and that
> resolution is
> questionably precise for measuring bass frequencies.
>  Think of adjusting
> a VCO knob and waiting 10 seconds before your next
> adjustment - it is
> painfully slow. 

This is true. More modern counters use high-speed
clocks to measure period then convert to frequency. I
would not try to tune with the counter I get. I would
however make a tuner and use the counter to verify
accuracy.

--tr

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