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TinySA Ultra Interval trigger still not working


 

Hi Erik,
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Back in 2023 I reported that the Interval trigger feature you implemented for me on the TinySA was not working properly on the TinySA Ultra.? Today I upgraded the firmware on my TinySA Ultra to tinySA4_v1.4-196-g1e9c187.bin and I tested the Interval trigger feature again and it's still not working properly.
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My test is to feed in a 60 or 120 Hz square wave (which is rich in harmonics) into the TinySA Ultra, set the TinySA Ultra to Zero Span mode with a frequency of 1.8 MHz, set the display sweep time to 20 msec, select interval trigger with a time of 16.66 msec and I should see spikes that are stationary (very little movement left or right) but I do not get stationary spikes on the TinySA Ultra whereas I do on the TinySA when doing this same test.
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Sure would be nice to get this feature working properly on the TinySA Ultra as the TinySA Ultra has the built in LNA as well as expanded frequency coverage.
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I'm sure your buried with the new TinySA Ultra Plus (congrats) but please put this on your to do list if possible.
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Thanks,
Don (wd8dsb)??
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Hi Don,
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QI. So we meet again in another place ;) Seems I 'triggered' you to update the firmware.
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Erik, I commented on a video of Don with the following:
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'As far as I understand setting trigger to 'auto' does not trigger at all, it is normal SA mode. So you are taking snapshots of the signal 16.7 ms apart, but not synchronised. Hence the moving spikes. To trigger the signal to be stable you should select 'normal' and delay just above 16.7, let's say 20 ms. Yes, it will skip one spike, but the next spike will trigger at the same place. '
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We had a little discussion about this but since there is no clear explanation on this feature in the WiKi any help/clarification from you would be helpfull.
(As for me: some help on the extended trigger feature to trigger on a trace would also be nice.)?
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One of the things I noticed is that the sweeptime on the ultra is not constant: e.g. if I set the sweeptime to 50 ms the actual sweeptime in zero-span differs with every sweep +/- some ms. That would also explain Don's problem with the interval not giving a steady picture: every sweep has a slightly different time.
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Regards to both,
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Henk