Hi,
I am encountering very strange behavior with a custom FPGA image (N310). It
appears that data streaming through SEPs can get swapped (I/Q) and/or
negated.  Is anyone at Ettus aware of anything that could cause this?  Of
course, the issue might be on my end, but I can't think of what it might be
given that all of my custom blocks work as expected in isolation (if the
block is the only block in graph).

My custom image is the following:

   - default blocks of Radios, DDCs, DUCs (each 2x2 and statically
   connected as in default image)
   - custom blocks of two 1x1 windowed-fft blocks, two 1x1 vector-avg
   blocks, and one 2x2 custom block. Note: each of these blocks is connected
   to its own SEP, so I can connect dynamically in any fashion.

My test case is transmitting 8192 random samples from host to FFT block and
then optionally through a 2nd FFT block before back to host.  In the test
case, the radios/DDCs/DUCs are not used.

Here is what I observed:

   - If I only include 1 FFT block in my RFNoC graph, I get the expected
   results (the output from the FPGA matches what I calculate in Matlab for
   the FFT).  This is true for either of the two FFT blocks.
   - If I include both FFT blocks in series, I can only match the FPGA
   output if I swap the I/Q values in between my Matlab FFTs.
   - Note: that this issue is not FFT-related as I can also duplicate this
   issue with the other blocks.
   - If I use 3 blocks in series (each through SEP), I need to negate
   certain data in order to get it to match the FPGA output

My next step is likely to build a new image with Ettus-developed FIFOs to
prove that the data is getting swapped/negated when 2 or more are used in
series through SEPs.

Let me know if you have any suggestions for other things to try.

Rob
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