Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 8 bit samples have an odd spectrum

2008-07-11 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Matt Ettus wrote: Look at the samples in the scope sink. Do you see a pattern of A A B B C C D D, meaning instead of unique samples, is every one repeated? If so, it means that the halfband decimator is probably not being bypassed properly. Here are the first 100 8 bit samples from the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 8 bit samples have an odd spectrum

2008-07-11 Thread Dan Halperin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jul 11, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Chris Stankevitz wrote: Matt Ettus wrote: Remember that while the ADCs are 12 bits, we carry 16+ bits of precision throughout the signal processing. How do you get 16 bits of precision from a 12 bit ADC? What does

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 8 bit samples have an odd spectrum

2008-07-11 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Matt Ettus wrote: Remember that while the ADCs are 12 bits, we carry 16+ bits of precision throughout the signal processing. Matt, How do you get 16 bits of precision from a 12 bit ADC? What does 16+ mean? I'm looking at the shorts coming from the USRP and I'm seeing values in the range

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 8 bit samples have an odd spectrum

2008-07-11 Thread Matt Ettus
Chris Stankevitz wrote: Johnathan Corgan wrote: You *may* be seeing an artifact of the truncation of the ADC samples. Johnathan, others: I believe this is not the case. When I download 16 bit samples from the USRP and remove the 4LSBs myself, the spectrum looks normal. When I ask the US

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 8 bit samples have an odd spectrum

2008-07-11 Thread Matt Ettus
Chris Stankevitz wrote: Johnathan Corgan wrote: You *may* be seeing an artifact of the truncation of the ADC samples. Johnathan, others: I believe this is not the case. When I download 16 bit samples from the USRP and remove the 4LSBs myself, the spectrum looks normal. When I ask the US

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 8 bit samples have an odd spectrum

2008-07-11 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Johnathan Corgan wrote: You *may* be seeing an artifact of the truncation of the ADC samples. Johnathan, others: I believe this is not the case. When I download 16 bit samples from the USRP and remove the 4LSBs myself, the spectrum looks normal. When I ask the USRP for 8 bit samples, the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 8 bit samples have an odd spectrum

2008-07-11 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Johnathan Corgan wrote: You *may* be seeing an artifact of the truncation of the ADC samples. Johnathan: Thank you, that's exactly what it looks like. Adding USRP pga gain didn't help though. I'll get back to the group... Chris ___ Discuss-gnu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 8 bit samples have an odd spectrum

2008-07-10 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Chris Stankevitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. Why does b) show a lobe while a) does not? > 2. Why do b) and c) show lobes at the same pixels (vs shifted .5 MHz)? You *may* be seeing an artifact of the truncation of the ADC samples. In 8-bit mode, only the uppe

[Discuss-gnuradio] 8 bit samples have an odd spectrum

2008-07-10 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Hello, a) Here is a screenshot of 16 bit noise @ 12 MHz: http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8981/16bitsb0.png b) Here is a screenshot of the same noise with 8 bit samples: http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/5852/8bitqg7.png c) 8 bit noise, tuned to 12.5 MHz http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1596