Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] TX characterisation of USRPN210 with SBX daughterboard

2014-03-25 Thread Martin Braun
Ron, thanks for the input! On 03/25/2014 12:02 PM, Ron Economos wrote: > I took a look at the SBX schematic. The final output > uses a Mini-Circuits PHA-1+ MMIC amplifier that's > rated at +22 dBm output power at 1 dB compression. > > It would seem that the gain distribution of the SBX > is arra

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] TX characterisation of USRPN210 with SBX daughterboard

2014-03-25 Thread Martin Braun
On 03/24/2014 05:44 PM, Gayathri Ramasubramanian wrote: > Thanks for looking into my post. > I used a cable to connect to the spectrum analyzer ( united microflex > 150 with 15 db/ft attenuation, my cable length was 1 ft). However before > connecting to the spectrum analyzer, I had an attenuator se

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] TX characterisation of USRPN210 with SBX daughterboard

2014-03-25 Thread Ron Economos
I took a look at the SBX schematic. The final output uses a Mini-Circuits PHA-1+ MMIC amplifier that's rated at +22 dBm output power at 1 dB compression. It would seem that the gain distribution of the SBX is arranged so that the PHA-1+ cannot be overdriven, even at DAC full-scale and 0 dB attenu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] TX characterisation of USRPN210 with SBX daughterboard

2014-03-24 Thread Gayathri Ramasubramanian
Hi Ron Sorry about that. Please find attached the modified graph. The two curves seems more consistent in this graph. I am assuming the DAC should have reached saturation at Ampl =1. However my reading don't seem to depict that so well. Would it have been better to started at such lower values of

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] TX characterisation of USRPN210 with SBX daughterboard

2014-03-24 Thread Ron Economos
The graph doesn't match your numbers. Ron On 3/23/2014 8:56 PM, Gayathri Ramasubramanian wrote: Hi, I am trying to characterize the TX and RX characteristics of USRPN210 with a SBX board. I have tried one test : Amplitude Variation effects, by varying the amplitude in steps and finding out the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] TX characterisation of USRPN210 with SBX daughterboard

2014-03-24 Thread Gayathri Ramasubramanian
Hi Martin Thanks for looking into my post. I used a cable to connect to the spectrum analyzer ( united microflex 150 with 15 db/ft attenuation, my cable length was 1 ft). However before connecting to the spectrum analyzer, I had an attenuator set to 50 dB. These readings were taken with a gain set

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] TX characterisation of USRPN210 with SBX daughterboard

2014-03-24 Thread Martin Braun
On 03/24/2014 05:56 AM, Gayathri Ramasubramanian wrote: > I am trying to characterize the TX and RX characteristics of USRPN210 > with a SBX board. I have tried one test : Amplitude Variation > effects, by varying the amplitude in steps and finding out the o/p > power through spectrum analyser. The

[Discuss-gnuradio] TX characterisation of USRPN210 with SBX daughterboard

2014-03-23 Thread Gayathri Ramasubramanian
Hi, I am trying to characterize the TX and RX characteristics of USRPN210 with a SBX board. I have tried one test : Amplitude Variation effects, by varying the amplitude in steps and finding out the o/p power through spectrum analyser. The foll are the readings I got. Amplitude level 921.25 MHz