Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-28 Thread Iain Young, G7III
Hey John, On 24/06/11 15:06, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > Marcus D. Leech said the following on 06/21/2011 07:54 PM: > >> I have an example, in GRC, attached. >> >> It uses an audio source, which is common to all three modulators, this >> goes to a fractional interpolator to interpolate up to the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-24 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Marcus D. Leech said the following on 06/21/2011 07:54 PM: I have an example, in GRC, attached. It uses an audio source, which is common to all three modulators, this goes to a fractional interpolator to interpolate up to the basic sample rate of 200Ksps, which is an integral divisor of 100Msps

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 06/21/2011 04:40 PM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: Thanks, Nick. I missed the sample rate factor because I was thinking of USRP1. I'll fix that and the fallacy of adding rates, and try again. Thanks, John I have an example, in GRC, attached. It uses an audio source, which is common to al

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
On Jun 21, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Nick Foster wrote: Couple of things. First of all, when you add two signals together, you > don't add the sample rates. Two 256ksps streams added together still > result in a single 256ksps stream. Second, 256ksps is not a factor of > 100Msps, so the USRP2 picks the c

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread Nick Foster
On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 15:54 -0400, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > Thanks, all, for the replies. > > For my simple test case, I'm trying just two modulators with a frequency > translating FIR following each, one set to 0 Hz and the other to +25kHz. > > I set the NBFM modulator quadrature outputs to

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Thanks, all, for the replies. For my simple test case, I'm trying just two modulators with a frequency translating FIR following each, one set to 0 Hz and the other to +25kHz. I set the NBFM modulator quadrature outputs to 128ksps, then add them together and feed to the USRP at 256ksps. (At

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 21/06/2011 12:05 PM, Alexandru Csete wrote Sorry, I meant multiply with a complex sine or cosine wave of frequency f, where f is the offset. Marcus suggested using filters, which will also work but it's a bit overkill for a simple translation, isn't it? Alex Yes, it's overkill, but I

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 09:05, Alexandru Csete wrote: > Marcus suggested using filters, which will also work but it's a bit > overkill for a simple translation, isn't it? > That depends on the sample rate of the original NBFM stream. Likely, it is only high enough for its own bandwith. If you

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread Alexandru Csete
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Alexandru Csete wrote: > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:28 PM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > >> In GRC I would like to combine the outputs of several NBFM modulator >> blocks to drive a USRP sink. The idea is to output several discrete >> channels within the USRP tran

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread Johnathan Corgan
> In GRC I would like to combine the outputs of several NBFM modulator > blocks to drive a USRP sink. The idea is to output several discrete > channels within the USRP transmit bandwidth, e.g., three signal > channels at -30 kHz, 0 kHz, and +30 kHz offset from the USRP tune > frequency. As was al

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread Matt Ettus
On 06/21/2011 06:28 AM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > In GRC I would like to combine the outputs of several NBFM modulator > blocks to drive a USRP sink. The idea is to output several discrete > channels within the USRP transmit bandwidth, e.g., three signal > channels at -30 kHz, 0 kHz, and +30 kH

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread Alexandru Csete
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:28 PM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > In GRC I would like to combine the outputs of several NBFM modulator blocks > to drive a USRP sink. The idea is to output several discrete channels > within the USRP transmit bandwidth, e.g., three signal channels at -30 kHz, > 0 kHz,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiplexing modulators

2011-06-21 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 21/06/2011 9:28 AM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: In GRC I would like to combine the outputs of several NBFM modulator blocks to drive a USRP sink. The idea is to output several discrete channels within the USRP transmit bandwidth, e.g., three signal channels at -30 kHz, 0 kHz, and +30 kHz of