Hi Ashraf,
I don't know what frequency f_squarewave your square wave has, but
rectangular signals have sinc-shaped envelope, with peaks every
f_squarewave.
Having a sinc envelope especially means it exists over the whole nyquist
band -- so that explains why you see your complete spectrum rise!
I think what you should do is have a look at the spectrum of your
/transmit/ signal. This will make it easier to understand what you see
at the receiver.
Try this: http://i.imgur.com/EARpJLx.png
flowgraph with squarewave of f_sample/32 <http://imgur.com/EARpJLx>
so, a squarewave with frequency of f_sample/32 (remember, there's no
real frequencies in DSP -- this really just tells GNU Radio that a
period is 32 samples long).
Important: the QT sink is set to have an FFT length of 1024 points.
You should see this: http://i.imgur.com/33xrCl6.png
Now, if you have a look at this spectrum, you'll notice deep "wells"
between the peaks, which aren't there in the receive PSD, right?
There's a simple reason for that: In the simulation / the TX spectrum,
your f_squarewave is probably an integer factor of f_sample. This means
that the period is a whole number of samples, and that whole number of
samples also happens to be an integer factor of your FFT length!
Therefore, your signal is perfectly periodic (as far as the observer can
tell), and hence, has line spectrum characteristics.
Now, we'll play around with the frequency of the square wave:
http://imgur.com/Kduv5fL
set it to f_sample/32/2**0.5 ; the root of 2 is not a rational number,
so no FFT window in this world could transform this without leakage. So
you get this:
http://imgur.com/1Fkl8f8
Looking familiar?
Now, these are extremes. But the problem here is that frequency
synchronization between your N210 and B200 will not be perfect -- hence,
on the receiver side, the signal period might not be as exactly the
integer factor that you have on the TX side, and you see the inter-peak
leakage.
I hope that has explained the most of this phenomenom.
Best regards,
Marcus
On 22.07.2015 20:40, Ashraf Younis wrote:
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From: *Ashraf Younis* <shraff...@gmail.com <mailto:shraff...@gmail.com>>
Date: Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Creating a FFT plot like the one in
this youtube variable
To: Marcus Müller <marcus.muel...@ettus.com
<mailto:marcus.muel...@ettus.com>>
I apologize for the way it seems I'm relaying information. I will
attempt to give you all new information with your perspective in mind.
I have two screenshots now, they have a fixed y-axis from 0 to -100
dB. The first is the graph that is displayed when there is no signal
transmitted and the second is when there is one being transmitted.
From the screenshots it is evident that the signal raises all of the
graph's values, instead of where the signal is being transmitted. The
receiving gain is set to 1. I deleted the bandwidth QT GUI Entry since
my I did not know what it was doing. The receiver is is a USRP B200
The signal I am transmitting on the USRP 2921 is a simply square wave.
the IQ rate is 100k, the antenna is a vert 2450 dual-band, it is set
to 10 gain. It was transmitting in the same channel the B200 is receiving.
I just want to make sure we're headed in the right direction. I want
to use a wide band spectrum sense graph
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Marcus Müller
<marcus.muel...@ettus.com <mailto:marcus.muel...@ettus.com>> wrote:
sure :)
On 22.07.2015 19:45, Ashraf Younis wrote:
Excuse me, it was my mistake.
I sent it as an attachment, is that okay?
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Marcus Müller
<marcus.muel...@ettus.com <mailto:marcus.muel...@ettus.com>> wrote:
Hi Ashraf,
your mail is only 8.5kB large -- did you possibly forgot to
include links to the images?
Best regards,
Marcus
On 22.07.2015 19:28, Ashraf Younis wrote:
Thank you for replying.
I included some screenshots of the program. One is of the
block diagram and the other is of the graph itself.
I am generating a signal using a different device and
program. having only one B200 has prompted me to use this
method. I am using a NI USRP-2920 with lab view to generate
a signal
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Marcus Müller
<marcus.muel...@ettus.com <mailto:marcus.muel...@ettus.com>>
wrote:
Hi Ashraf,
If you've configured the USRP source correctly, you're
very likely actually displaying the spectrum your
digital receiver sees -- depending on the signal, you
could a) actually be rising the power level in that
whole band, or b) maybe you're observing something like
saturation and hence intermodulation of additional signals.
You migth want to share what exactly you are observing,
and what exactly the signal is you're generating.
Screenshots are easy to make and to upload [1], so
please illustrate a little better!
Best regards,
Marcus
[1] www.imgur.com <http://www.imgur.com>
On 22.07.2015 17:56, Ashraf Younis wrote:
Hello, the issue I am having is I cannot display a
graph that shows a wide range of frequencies and their
power. When I attempt it with the QT GUI Frequency in
GRC, I get something similar to the one in this
video (FFT plot
<https://youtu.be/cygDXeZaiOM?t=3m49s>) but then I
transmit a signal in the range I am currently looking
at and the whole line moves up. This leads me to
believe that I am no displaying the whole range I
desire, but in fact I am displaying the center
frequency and a small bandwidth around it. I want to,
for example, scan the 2.4 GHz range and see all of the
channels and their power. And when I transmit at a
certain frequency, I see a spike at the spot in the graph.
How do I create that graph?
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