Re: Spectrum_sense of a smaller banwidth

Thanks for the reply Eric, here is what I have now:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from gnuradio import gr, gru, window
from gnuradio import usrp

from gnuradio.wxgui import stdgui, fftsink, scopesink
import wx

class topBlock(gr.top_block):
   def init(self):
      gr.top_block.init(self)

      fftsize = 256
      udecim = 256

      mywin = window.blackmanharris(fftsize)
      fft = gr.fft_vcc(fftsize, True, mywin)

      signal = usrp.source_c(0,udecim)   # signal from Basic RX,
decimation=256

      ss2v = gr.stream_to_vector(gr.sizeof_gr_complex, fftsize)
      v2ss = gr.vector_to_stream(gr.sizeof_gr_complex, fftsize)

      f_sink = gr.file_sink(gr.sizeof_gr_complex,“output.dat”)

      self.connect(signal, ss2v, fft, v2ss, f_sink)

      # Do stuff with fsink.data()
     Â

def main():
   print “Initilizing…”
   tb = topBlock()
   print “Flowgraph start…”
   tb.start()

   print “Exiting…”

if name == “main”:
   main()

But the output.dat file is empty. What I want to do here is to calculate
the fft of a bunch of samples and from there to extract the bin with the
maximum value in order to be able later to “follow” that signal in a
aprox 200 Hz bandwidth

Adrian

You need to insert a gr.stream_to_vector block between the usrp and
the fft. Also, using vector_sink_c is not recommended for anything
but QA code that runs with a small number of samples. If used like
you are trying to use it, it will consume all of the memory on your
system. Use a gr.file_sink instead.

Eric

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:48:10AM -0700, David Adrian wrote:

class topBlock(gr.top_block):

def main():
But the output.dat file is empty. What I want to do here is to
calculate the fft of a bunch of samples and from there to extract
the bin with the maximum value in order to be able later to “follow”
that signal in a aprox 200 Hz bandwidth

Adrian

Use tb.run() instead of tb.start().
As written this exits immediately.

Eric