And a question. In:

uint64_t
<http://gnuradio.org/doc/doxygen/stdint_8h.html#aec6fcb673ff035718c238c8c9d544c47>
gr::block::nitems_read ( unsigned int  *which_input*)

How I know wich_input?

2014-10-08 15:08 GMT+02:00 Carlos Alberto Ruiz Naranjo <
carlosruiznara...@gmail.com>:

> OK !! Thank you very much for the tips. Next week I will use it in my PC
> of the lab. ;)
>
> The delay is in the data, not in the modulated signal. And I insert the
> average between the previous and the next sample.
>
> Greetings
>
> 2014-10-08 14:53 GMT+02:00 Marcus Müller <marcus.muel...@ettus.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 08.10.2014 14:38, Carlos Alberto Ruiz Naranjo wrote:
>> > Delay Block is controlled by Satellite Orbit and Satellite Orbit by
>> > "simulated clock". The output of Satellite Orbit is the delay (samples).
>> > Can I know the nitems_read of Delay Block from other block (Satellite
>> > Orbit)?
>> Yes. It's a public function, as you can see in the documentation I linked.
>> >
>> > Maybe a solution is to introduce Orbit Satellite in Delay block, but
>> this
>> > is really inefficient to do tests.
>> Good point, but you should be able to test your "calculate transmission
>> delay from an integer" functionality externally; also, there's no reason
>> to have something like a class "delay_calculator", with methods you call
>> from your modified delay block. You can test that very easily isolated.
>> >  And a problem if I want to change the
>> > Delay block for your solution (FFT).
>> Well, yes, if you change approaches, the old approach will no longer
>> apply. That's a design decision you'll have to make.
>>
>> >
>> > Really the delay is in the non-modulated signal.
>> I don't understand this sentence, sorry.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Marcus
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2014-10-08 13:43 GMT+02:00 Jeff Long <willco...@gmail.com>:
>> >
>> >> If you're comparing real time (system clock) to your sample stream,
>> you'll
>> >> get jitter, not drift, using a throttle. Throttle maintains a sample
>> rate
>> >> over time, but operates on blocks, and also is running under a
>> non-realtime
>> >> operating system.
>> >>
>> >> If you're talking about drift between the clock on your receiver and
>> the
>> >> real world, that's normal and you have to find ways to deal with it.
>> >>
>> >> - Jeff
>> >>
>> >> On 10/08/2014 07:33 AM, Carlos Alberto Ruiz Naranjo wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Yes, it is not a real time clock. This "clock" tracks the current time
>> >>> of the signal in GNURadio.clock2 and clock1 have a drift because the
>> >>> number of counted samples are different.
>> >>>
>> >>> For example, if it pass 10230000 samples the delay block is entering
>> the
>> >>> delay in signal time = 1 second.
>> >>> 1 second in the real world (later I replay the signal with a USRP).
>> >>>
>> >>> 2014-10-08 13:18 GMT+02:00 Martin Braun <martin.br...@ettus.com
>> >>> <mailto:martin.br...@ettus.com>>:
>> >>>
>> >>>     If you don't have hardware involved, you have no 'clock'. And as
>> such,
>> >>>     it can't drift.
>> >>>
>> >>>     M
>> >>>
>> >>>     On 10/08/2014 12:29 PM, Carlos Alberto Ruiz Naranjo wrote:
>> >>>     > Sorry, I have explained bad: S
>> >>>     > I have the signal saved in a file and 10230000 samples are one
>> >>> second
>> >>>     > (in the real world).
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     > In the first graph I have two clocks (counters samples). When
>> >>> passing
>> >>>     > 102300 samples it increase0.01 seconds.
>> >>>      > In the first watchthis time controls the position of the
>> >>>     satellite and
>> >>>      > hisdelay in this time. It allows to know what signal time is
>> >>>     passing in
>> >>>     > the delay block.
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     > But I have a problem: clock 2 (a test clock) and clock 1
>> haven't the
>> >>>     > same time; it has a drift.
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     > Then, I must use clock 2 (
>> >>>     > count the samples in the delay block output, not input). But it
>> >>> creates
>> >>>     > a loop.
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     > 2014-10-08 12:07 GMT+02:00 Marcus Müller <
>> marcus.muel...@ettus.com
>> >>> <mailto:marcus.muel...@ettus.com>
>> >>>      > <mailto:marcus.muel...@ettus.com <mailto:
>> marcus.muel...@ettus.com
>> >>>>>> :
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     >     Hello Carlos,
>> >>>     >     On 08.10.2014 09:10, Carlos Alberto Ruiz Naranjo wrote:
>> >>>     >     > I generate the signal from a file (10230000 samples/s) to
>> a
>> >>> file. My
>> >>>     >     > sampling clock drifts significantly :S
>> >>>     >     No. Unless I misunderstood you, you have a big
>> misconception:
>> >>>     >     "sampling clock" is *not* the rate at which your samples
>> pass
>> >>> through
>> >>>     >     your processing chain (ie. GNU Radio). It is the time base
>> at
>> >>> which they
>> >>>     >     are measured, or simulated to, mathematically.
>> >>>     >     The device/software that actually captures the samples and
>> >>> saves them
>> >>>     >     has a fixed clock. If that clock changes too much a)
>> compensate
>> >>> that in
>> >>>     >     software, if possible or b) get a better device.
>> >>>     >     This is digital signal processing. Real world time has *no*
>> >>> meaning
>> >>>     >     here, everything is measured relative to the interval
>> between
>> >>> two
>> >>>     >     sampling times. You can process the signal as fast or slow
>> as
>> >>> you want
>> >>>     >     to (as long as that doesn't lead to things like overflows),
>> and
>> >>> nothing
>> >>>     >     in the processing chain should care.
>> >>>     >     >
>> >>>     >     > - Picture one: Counter Clock 2 is correct but Counter
>> Clock 1
>> >>> no.
>> >>>     >     > Then I should use the second configuration, but it is not
>> >>> allowed because I
>> >>>     >     > have a loop, right?
>> >>>     >     I don't understand your graph, sorry :(
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     >     Greetings,
>> >>>     >     Marcus
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     >
>> >>>     >
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