Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] My block falling behind the USRP

2007-03-14 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:36:19PM -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > What happens when a c++ block I write cannot keep up with the data the > USRP is producing? In other words, my c++ block cannot keep up with > real time. The USRP library will report that the USRP is dropping samples. If you'

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP producing samples larger than 2^8

2007-03-14 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:31:33PM -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Hi, > > Should I get samples with a magnitude > 128 from the USRP no FPGA gain? > I believe the answer is no. Take a look at these plots of the data I > am getting (plot of real portion only): > > http://img157.imageshack.us/im

[Discuss-gnuradio] My block falling behind the USRP

2007-03-14 Thread Chris Stankevitz
What happens when a c++ block I write cannot keep up with the data the USRP is producing? In other words, my c++ block cannot keep up with real time. Is there a way to tell (in c++) that I am falling behind? Thank you! Chris ___ Discuss-gnuradio

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP producing samples larger than 2^8

2007-03-14 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Hi, Should I get samples with a magnitude > 128 from the USRP no FPGA gain? I believe the answer is no. Take a look at these plots of the data I am getting (plot of real portion only): http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8648/plot1gi6.gif http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8528/plot2fp1.gif I

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A medley of questions

2007-03-14 Thread Steven Clark
You're right, I was normalizing for the purposes of plotting. Here's what the raw complex samples look like: http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/3225/rawbasebandvv9.jpg +/- 2400 or so. and here's that other plot regenerated: http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9520/d256unnormalizedkd4.jpg signal is

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A medley of questions

2007-03-14 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 09:47:20PM -0400, Steven Clark wrote: > Plots of USRP decimation woes: > input is GMSK waveform @ ~30ksym/sec, BT = 0.35, no noise added > using decimation rate of 16: > http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4467/d16cz9.jpg > top plot is complex baseband, bottom plot is amplitu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A medley of questions

2007-03-14 Thread Steven Clark
Plots of USRP decimation woes: input is GMSK waveform @ ~30ksym/sec, BT = 0.35, no noise added using decimation rate of 16: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4467/d16cz9.jpg top plot is complex baseband, bottom plot is amplitude of top plot some amplitude variations noticeable, but fairly minor.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A medley of questions

2007-03-14 Thread Brian Padalino
On 3/14/07, Steven Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: GMSK is a constant amplitude modulation. So unless I am misunderstanding something (which is entirely possible), if you plot the complex baseband signal with real for X and imag for Y, the result should be a constant-amplitude circle regardless

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP producing samples larger than 2^8

2007-03-14 Thread Martin Dvh
Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Hi, > > Should I get samples with a magnitude > 128 from the USRP no FPGA gain? > I believe the answer is no. Take a look at these plots of the data I > am getting (plot of real portion only): ADC is 12 bit => +/- 2^11 all processing blocks are 16 bit So if there is any

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP producing samples larger than 2^8

2007-03-14 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Hi, Should I get samples with a magnitude > 128 from the USRP no FPGA gain? I believe the answer is no. Take a look at these plots of the data I am getting (plot of real portion only): http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8648/plot1gi6.gif http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8528/plot2fp1.gif

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A medley of questions

2007-03-14 Thread Steven Clark
There is always an unknown phase between the transmitter and receiver. In addition, the clocks between the transmitter and receiver are never running at exactly the same frequency. FWIW, the oscillator on the USRP is spec'd to 50ppm. Eric GMSK is a constant amplitude modulation. So unless I

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A medley of questions

2007-03-14 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 05:54:03PM -0400, Steven Clark wrote: > >> I'm using usrp_rx_cfile.py. So hopefully I'm just looking at the raw > >complex > >> baseband coming across USB. > > > >No surprise, you're not sampling at the center of the symbols. > > > > > Eh? I'm using the -f command line arg

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RFX1200 and RFX1800 schematics

2007-03-14 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 04:55:25PM -0400, Pascal Charest wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for RFX1200 and RFX1800 schematics. I've downloaded hardware > schematics from svn (svn co http://gnuradio.org/svn/usrp-hw/trunk usrp-hw). > I've found schematics for each daughterboards except for RFX1200 and >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A medley of questions

2007-03-14 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 04:53:58PM -0400, Steven Clark wrote: > Eric: many thanks for your responses. My responses below: > > On 3/14/07, Eric Blossom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 03:45:32PM -0400, Steven Clark wrote: > >> Hi all- > >> Two very different questions for

[Discuss-gnuradio] RFX1200 and RFX1800 schematics

2007-03-14 Thread Pascal Charest
Hi, I'm looking for RFX1200 and RFX1800 schematics. I've downloaded hardware schematics from svn (svn co http://gnuradio.org/svn/usrp-hw/trunk usrp-hw). I've found schematics for each daughterboards except for RFX1200 and RFX1800. Anybody know where I can get these schematics? Or at least know t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A medley of questions

2007-03-14 Thread Steven Clark
Eric: many thanks for your responses. My responses below: On 3/14/07, Eric Blossom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 03:45:32PM -0400, Steven Clark wrote: > Hi all- > Two very different questions for you: > > 1) As a test, I am sending a GMSK signal (created by a signal generat

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Latest trunk on FC6, on a Pentium D 940 x86_64 system

2007-03-14 Thread Marcus Leech
Marcus Leech wrote: I pulled the latest from the trunk last night, and it built and installed without complain. I set PYTHONPATH to /usr/local/lib64/python-2.4/site-packages and export the path. When I try to run my application, which does a from gnuradio import gr, gru I get a "no module

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A medley of questions

2007-03-14 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 03:45:32PM -0400, Steven Clark wrote: > Hi all- > Two very different questions for you: > > 1) As a test, I am sending a GMSK signal (created by a signal generator, > very low noise) at low symbol rates into the USRP and plotting the complex > baseband that reaches the PC.

[Discuss-gnuradio] A medley of questions

2007-03-14 Thread Steven Clark
Hi all- Two very different questions for you: 1) As a test, I am sending a GMSK signal (created by a signal generator, very low noise) at low symbol rates into the USRP and plotting the complex baseband that reaches the PC. One would expect to see a nice tight unit circle, and at low decimation r

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] high speed frequency hopping

2007-03-14 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:28:26AM -0700, John Bratteli wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm working on something to hop through a large range > of frequencies identifying signals. I was testing to > see how fast I could hop by capturing the data from > the USRP and sending it to a null sink. I found t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Latest trunk on FC6, on a Pentium D 940 x86_64 system

2007-03-14 Thread Johnathan Corgan
Marcus Leech wrote: > I pulled the latest from the trunk last night, and it built and > installed without complain. > > I set PYTHONPATH to /usr/local/lib64/python-2.4/site-packages and export > the path. > > When I try to run my application, which does a > > from gnuradio import gr, gru > > I

[Discuss-gnuradio] Latest trunk on FC6, on a Pentium D 940 x86_64 system

2007-03-14 Thread Marcus Leech
I pulled the latest from the trunk last night, and it built and installed without complain. I set PYTHONPATH to /usr/local/lib64/python-2.4/site-packages and export the path. When I try to run my application, which does a from gnuradio import gr, gru I get a "no module named gnuradio found"

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr_fractional_interpolator.i missing, does anybody have it

2007-03-14 Thread Johnathan Corgan
Martin Dvh wrote: >> Thanks for doing this. I can test and merge from your changeset in your >> branch, but this will make it difficult to merge from your branch in the >> future (the changeset will already be in the trunk when you attempt it.) >> If this is the only thing in there, then no prob

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband signaling usb host

2007-03-14 Thread Brian Padalino
On 3/14/07, George Nychis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What's the downside to this: "it freezes the analog AGC for the duration of the packet." Feed my lack of an EE background... Thibaud is out of town for me to poke him :D If a fade occurs within a signal, you could possibly lose data - or i

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband signaling usb host

2007-03-14 Thread George Nychis
Eric Blossom wrote: My original thought was to support two modes: (1) Just keep streaming samples at me. (2) The FPGA is doing some kind of packet detection, possibly linked to the AGC control loop, and it just sends when it thinks it's got a packet. In this case, I think it

[Discuss-gnuradio] high speed frequency hopping

2007-03-14 Thread John Bratteli
Hi everyone, I'm working on something to hop through a large range of frequencies identifying signals. I was testing to see how fast I could hop by capturing the data from the USRP and sending it to a null sink. I found that it takes .38 seconds, plus the time length I set to get data, to run a

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband signaling usb host

2007-03-14 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 09:47:08AM -0400, George Nychis wrote: > First off, I never received the original e-mail that you are responding > to... was it sent to the board? I don't see it in the archives either. If > so, this is the second e-mail I've not received simply related to the > in-band

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Problem with adopting ccomplex_dotprod_sse() in my block

2007-03-14 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 05:26:02PM +0800, hanwen wrote: > Hi, everyone, > > Recently, I'm implementing some synchronization algorithm in block, which > require higher efficiency. I try to use the function ccomplex_dotprod_sse() > to speed up the block, but I always get "segment fault". > I'm using

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband signaling usb host

2007-03-14 Thread George Nychis
First off, I never received the original e-mail that you are responding to... was it sent to the board? I don't see it in the archives either. If so, this is the second e-mail I've not received simply related to the in-band signaling that was sent to the board. I don't keep up with the other

[Discuss-gnuradio] Problem with adopting ccomplex_dotprod_sse() in my block

2007-03-14 Thread hanwen
Hi, everyone, Recently, I'm implementing some synchronization algorithm in block, which require higher efficiency. I try to use the function ccomplex_dotprod_sse() to speed up the block, but I always get "segment fault". I'm using a PC with Pentium D CPU, and I'm sure the ccomplex_dotprod_sse() w

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Fewer than 8 bits per sample FPGA support

2007-03-14 Thread Davide Anastasia
Il giorno mar, 13/03/2007 alle 08.08 -0700, Eric Blossom ha scritto: > I suspect you're getting caught by the sanity check in the host > library code. > > Take a look at usrp_standard.cc, usrp_standard_rx::set_format and > remove the test for rx_format_is_valid. I added some width to rx_format_is