Hi Khalid,
I had a similar issue with an LFTX that I had been working with for
about two years. I actually had two boards running on separate USRP2's
and both were working fine for quite a while, but I recently noticed
that one had a drastically lower output range. I ended up replacing
the LFTX and all is working well now, so I'm assuming it was a
hardware issue that came up at some point.
I didn't take the time to look for the problem, but I figured I'd
share this info since what you're seeing might be a hardware issue
rather than something you can resolve with settings.
-Mike
The only active component that can really fail on those boards is the
differential-to-single-ended buffer. But you have to work failry hard
to make
those fail. Like maybe driving a dead short for an extended period,
or a big ESD zap on the RF connector.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:59 PM, khalid.el-darymli
<khalid.el-dary...@mun.ca <mailto:khalid.el-dary...@mun.ca>> wrote:
>> Output power is determined largely by baseband signal magnitude
in that case.
Yes, I understand. And I noticed that for baseband signal with an
amplitude *> 1, * the pass-band signal gets clipped off. So I
assume that an amplitude of 1 for the baseband signal should
deliver the maximum output power (for the pass-band signal).
My question was, what is the maximum power one can get for the
pass-band signal output from LFTX? In your earlier reply, you said
it is around +7dBm, am I getting this right? In my case, for a
baseband amplitude of around 1, I am only getting *-28.13dBm*,
much less than what you said, I am not sure,*why?*
Thanks,
Khalid
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Marcus D. Leech <mle...@ripnet.com
<mailto:mle...@ripnet.com>> wrote:
__
Thanks Marcus for your reply.
>> Probably somewhere in the neighborhood of +7dBm, maybe a
little more.
>> The LF/BASIC series have *no* gain in either path, so
you're just looked
at buffered ADC ouput.
So, ~ *+7dBm* is the max output power I supposed to get from
the LFTX daughterboard? How do I get that?
Since I am only getting -28.13 dBm, does that mean I have
some issue with my LFTX daughterboard?
Khalid
Output power is determined largely by baseband signal
magnitude in that case.
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Hi,
What is the maximum output power from the LFTX daughterboard
when used with
the USRP N200?
According to this datasheet [1], the N200 with the WBX
daughterbaord
provide an output power of 15 dBm. However, when using the LFTX
daughterboard, I am getting a much less output power.
[1]
http://www.ettus.com/content/files/07495_Ettus_N200-210_DS_Flyer_HR.pdf
In GNU Radio with the USRP N200, we use a sinusoid with a
frequency of 150
kHz and an amplitude of 0.98, fed into the LFTX daughterboard
for a center
frequency of 5 MHz. When the output of LFTX is plugged into a
scope
terminated with a 50-ohm terminator, the scope reads 24.8 mV
(peak-to-peak). This is around -28.13 dBm.
Is this the max power one can get out of the LFTX daughterboard?
Thanks.
Best regards,
Khalid
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On 01/06/2015 08:43 AM, khalid.el-darymli wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the maximum output power from the LFTX
daughterboard when used
> with the USRP N200?
>
> According to this datasheet [1], the N200 with the WBX
daughterbaord
> provide an output power of 15 dBm. However, when using the LFTX
> daughterboard, I am getting a much less output power.
> [1]
>
http://www.ettus.com/content/files/07495_Ettus_N200-210_DS_Flyer_HR.pdf
>
> In GNU Radio with the USRP N200, we use a sinusoid with a
frequency of
> 150 kHz and an amplitude of 0.98, fed into the LFTX
daughterboard for
> a center frequency of 5 MHz. When the output of LFTX is
plugged into a
> scope terminated with a 50-ohm terminator, the scope reads
24.8 mV
> (peak-to-peak). This is around -28.13 dBm.
>
> Is this the max power one can get out of the LFTX
daughterboard?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
> Khalid
Probably somewhere in the neighborhood of +7dBm, maybe a
little more.
The LF/BASIC series have *no* gain in either path, so you're
just looked
at buffered ADC ouput.
--
Marcus Leech
Principal Investigator
Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium
http://www.sbrac.org
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http://www.sbrac.org
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