Hello everybody!
I have series of questions dealing with GNU Radio / USRP.
I am trying to tx a controlled simple sine signal using a USRP v1. The
specs I am using are:
- SIN Frequency: 1 MHz
- SIN Amplitude: 16k (not relevant in my case for now)
- SIN Sample Frequency = dac_rate/interpolation_rate
- dac_rate = 128 MS/s
- interpolation_rate = 36
- set_tx_freq = 1 MHz
This produces two tones : the first one at 1.5 MHz and the second one at
2 MHz that I cannot explain !
I tried to change the interpolation rate to 4, 8, 16… but for values
less than 36, I see a “UuUuUu…” sequence appearing on the screen. This
means that my computer is not providing the samples fast enough. My
hardware at this moment is a [email protected], 1Gb of RAM.
To overcome this, I put my HD in a Quad-Core, 8 Gb of RAM, and tried
again. This produces the same results, but I was able to reduce the
interpolation rate down to 16. Less than this rate makes the “UuUu…”
appear again. So, with interpolation_rate = 16 the tones seen on the
spectrum analyzer screen went down from 1.5 MHz to ~1.3 MHZ and from 2
MHz to ~1.7 MHz.
I’ve been trying to change all available parameters (the interpolation,
frequency, amplitude, etc) but the result is never what I am looking
for!
I based my program in the example max_power.py.
What can I do to generate a signal, on which I can control perfectly the
frequency, through the USRP?
The tx parameters are:
####SIGNAL#####
waveform = sin
freq = 1MHz
sample_rate = 128e6/16
amplitude = 16e3
####USRP######
set_tx_freq = 1 MHz
set_mux = 0x98
nchannel = 1
set_interp_rate = 16
Any idea, constructive comment, example is welcome !
Thank you all!