Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310 (Update)

2017-04-10 Thread Dan CaJacob
That's out of my experience. But it's not easy - you have to learn RFNOC. It's a lot of work. Try the Ettus channel. On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 10:11 AM John B. Wood wrote: > On 04/10/2017 09:31 AM, Dan CaJacob wrote: > > It's probably unreasonable to expect the ARM processor to deliver 56 Msps >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310 (Update)

2017-04-10 Thread John B. Wood
On 04/10/2017 09:31 AM, Dan CaJacob wrote: It's probably unreasonable to expect the ARM processor to deliver 56 Msps to the 9361 without underflowing. It's just not that fast. It's marginal even on a high performance desktop CPU. You could try implementing a noise source in the FPGA using RFNO

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310 (Update)

2017-04-10 Thread Dan CaJacob
It's probably unreasonable to expect the ARM processor to deliver 56 Msps to the 9361 without underflowing. It's just not that fast. It's marginal even on a high performance desktop CPU. You could try implementing a noise source in the FPGA using RFNOC. That would almost certainly eliminate you

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310 (Update)

2017-04-10 Thread John B. Wood
Hello, all. Perhaps I was a little too optimistic in attempting to use the Ettus E310 as a broadband noise source. I'm using the GRC models "Fast Noise Source" with uniform noise type connected to a "UHD: USRP Sink" with a CF of 1 GHZ and sample rate set to 4 Msps. Running the GRC-generated

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310

2017-03-28 Thread John B. Wood
On 03/28/2017 01:51 PM, mle...@ripnet.com wrote: The baseband signal is simply mixed with the LO in the hardware. Thanks, Marcus. That should equate to AM which is what I want. Sincerely, John Wood U.S, Naval Res

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310

2017-03-28 Thread mleech
The baseband signal is simply mixed with the LO in the hardware. On 2017-03-28 13:46, John B. Wood wrote: > Hello, all. When I connect a GRC "Fast Noise Source" block output to the > input of a "UHD: USRP Sink" (an Ettus E310) and connect a spectrum analyzer > to the Tx port on the E310 I can

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310

2017-03-28 Thread John B. Wood
Hello, all. When I connect a GRC "Fast Noise Source" block output to the input of a "UHD: USRP Sink" (an Ettus E310) and connect a spectrum analyzer to the Tx port on the E310 I can see the RF output. My question (using either a gaussian or normal distribution specified as a baseband input to

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310

2017-03-23 Thread Marcus Müller
Hi John, trying to understand the confusion here: What I recommended was really the two-block solution you mentioned in GRC: Noise-to-air flow graph So, wouldn't that be exactly what you need? A samp_rate wide piece of white-as-it-gets noise anywhere the E310 can tune to? Best regards, Marcu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310

2017-03-23 Thread John B. Wood
On 01/05/2017 02:22 PM, Marcus Müller wrote: Hi John, sure! Just use the noise source with a noise variance (amplitude) low enough to allow for the resulting amplitude to very rarely exceed 1.0 (because that would lead to artifacts/non-gaussian distribution) (or, better yet, use the fast noise s

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310

2017-01-05 Thread Marcus Müller
Hi John, sure! Just use the noise source with a noise variance (amplitude) low enough to allow for the resulting amplitude to very rarely exceed 1.0 (because that would lead to artifacts/non-gaussian distribution) (or, better yet, use the fast noise source, which preallocates a definable amount of

[Discuss-gnuradio] AWGN using E310

2017-01-05 Thread John B. Wood
Hello, all. This may be a "RTFM" question but with the stock tools in GRC (or a non-GRC generated .py file) can a gaussian white noise generator be readily implemented on an Ettus E310 to provide a broadband RF noise output (some level in dBW/Hz) over a specified bandwidth (within the capabili