Ok, great. This simplifies things; I was afraid I was going to have to create
a modulating circuit to modulate those low-frequency timing signals so they
could be captured along with the 2 MHz am-modulated signals using a single
tuning frequency.
I have some questions about the deinterleaver. Firstly, how does it know how
many channels are interleaved? Does it determine this information from the Mux
settings, or from the number and type of subdevices detected, or something
else?
Secondly, in terms of computational efficiency, is there any advantage to
performing the deinterleave operation earlier in the flow-graph sequence, or
later? For example, I'm doing AM demodulation. So, currently my flow graph
consists of the usrp block connected to a low-pass filter, connected to a mag
block, connected to a high-pass filter (to remove dc), connected to a block
that corrects for gain, connected to a block that factors in a "calibration
constant" for the data path, and finally the file-write. I also branch off to
some fft sinks. Is it necessary for me to introduce a deinterleave block
immediately after the usrp block or can I put it anywhere?
Thirdly, if all I was doing was capturing to file, is the deinterleaver
strictly necessary? I could write a program to deinterleave the data in the
file in post-processing, correct?
thanks!
eric
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Eric Blossom wrote:
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 09:27:55AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Excellent. Just so I understand how this is done- when one tunes
different subdevices to different frequencies, is there one LO on the USRP
which is being switched between these frequencies, or is there more than
one LO?
In general, the tuning is split between an LO on the daughterboard and
the DDCs in the the FPGA. In the case of the Basic Rx and LF RX,
there is no LO on the daughterboard, so all the tuning is handled by
the DDC. When using std_4rx_0tx.rbf, there are 4 DDCs available in
the FPGA.
u.tune(...) handles adjusting the LO (if any) and the DDCs
transparently for the common case.
Also- Can I tune all four subdevices independently, or am I restricted to
using the same frequency on a given daughterboard?
With the Basic and LF Rx everything is independent, since there's no
LO on the daughterboard. In the case of daughterboards with LO's,
life is a bit more complicated and you'll have to explicitly control
the LO on the daughterboard, and then explicitly control the 2 DDCs
that are being fed from the given daughterboard. You of course need
to ensure that that two frequencies that you want within the IF
passband of the daughterboard.
To see how this is currently handled, take a look at the
implementation of "tune" in gr-usrp/src/usrp.py
Finally- I would guess that at a minimum the decimation factor set in the
fpga must be the same for all subdevices. Is this correct?
Yes, the decimation rate applies to all subdevices.
thanks again,
eric
You're welcome!
Eric
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