Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] signal level

2014-06-05 Thread Marcus Müller
Well, clipping *definitively* will occur when you leave the +-1 range; below that, clipping can happen in the analog part, which the USRP can't warn you about. On 05.06.2014 13:28, Activecat wrote: > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Martin Braun wrote: > >> On 05.06.2014 05:17, jason sam wrote: >>

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] signal level

2014-06-05 Thread Martin Braun
On 05.06.2014 13:13, Activecat wrote: Dear Sirs, There is a parameter "Ch0: Gain(dB)" on both UHD Source and UHD Sink. Does this gain apply before or after the ADC? Meanwhile depends on daughtercards, sometime there are some built-in "auto-gain" mechanism, is this correct? That sort of wraps

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] signal level

2014-06-05 Thread Activecat
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Martin Braun wrote: > On 05.06.2014 05:17, jason sam wrote: > >> Hi Tom, >> Can you tell what is the constraint for USRP B210? >> > > Stay *well* within +/-1. > Is there any way to tell whether clipping had happened, says from warning message etc ..?

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] signal level

2014-06-05 Thread Activecat
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Marcus Müller wrote: > Hi Ali, > >power is very less... > Of course, since power is proportional to amplitude squared. > Obviously, if you try to drive an DAC with more than it's maximum > amplitude, you will get clipping. > This is a nonlinear thing and has very

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] signal level

2014-06-05 Thread Marcus Müller
Hi Ali, >power is very less... Of course, since power is proportional to amplitude squared. Obviously, if you try to drive an DAC with more than it's maximum amplitude, you will get clipping. This is a nonlinear thing and has very bad effects on your spectrum, and that's why you usually avoid it.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] signal level

2014-06-05 Thread jason sam
What will happen if i exceed this limit?Actually with this amplitude the TX power is very less...Is there any other solution? On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Martin Braun wrote: > On 05.06.2014 05:17, jason sam wrote: > >> Hi Tom, >> Can you tell what is the constraint for USRP B210? >> > > St

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] signal level

2014-06-05 Thread Martin Braun
On 05.06.2014 05:17, jason sam wrote: Hi Tom, Can you tell what is the constraint for USRP B210? Stay *well* within +/-1. M On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Tom McDermott mailto:tom.n...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Ali - some sinks care about the amplitude, and others do not. For example

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] signal level

2014-06-04 Thread jason sam
Hi Tom, Can you tell what is the constraint for USRP B210? On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Tom McDermott wrote: > Hi Ali - some sinks care about the amplitude, and others do not. > > For example, the instruments built into gnuradio (Scope, Frequency > display, etc.) can examine a signal of almo

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] signal level

2014-06-04 Thread Tom McDermott
Hi Ali - some sinks care about the amplitude, and others do not. For example, the instruments built into gnuradio (Scope, Frequency display, etc.) can examine a signal of almost any amplitude within floating-point range because you can adjust the display scale factor. However other sinks, such as

[Discuss-gnuradio] signal level

2014-06-04 Thread jason sam
Hi, In GRC is it necessary that we give a signal to any sink having an amplitude greater than 1? Regards, Ali ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio