Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Odd use of LO phase lock feature on USRP for RFID application

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Ettus
On 04/19/2011 05:26 PM, Colby Boyer wrote: > Basically, if possible use the same LO, or lock the two LO's together. > > Going back to the original question: is locking the LOs for an RX card > and a TX card on a USRP1 feasible? > Yes, it is possible to lock them together. Matt ___

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Odd use of LO phase lock feature on USRP for RFID application

2011-04-19 Thread Colby Boyer
SNR between using same LO's > vs separate LO's > > Best regards, > -Vijay > > --- On *Tue, 4/19/11, Colby Boyer * wrote: > > > From: Colby Boyer > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Odd use of LO phase lock feature on USRP > for RFID application > To:

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Odd use of LO phase lock feature on USRP for RFID application

2011-04-19 Thread Vijay Pillai
11, Colby Boyer wrote: From: Colby Boyer Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Odd use of LO phase lock feature on USRP for RFID application To: i...@agile-sdr-solutions.com Cc: "Matt Ettus" , "GNU Radio Discussion" Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 5:00 PM The two boards should hav

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Odd use of LO phase lock feature on USRP for RFID application

2011-04-19 Thread info
On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:00:01 -0700, Colby Boyer wrote: The two boards should have different clocks, so there should be some frequency offset. Even in typical SISO systems, you use a PLL block to deal with this since you can't access the other LO because its physically somewhere else. While

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Odd use of LO phase lock feature on USRP for RFID application

2011-04-19 Thread Colby Boyer
The two boards should have different clocks, so there should be some frequency offset. Even in typical SISO systems, you use a PLL block to deal with this since you can't access the other LO because its physically somewhere else. While receiving, the transmitter is still running at full power to r

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Odd use of LO phase lock feature on USRP for RFID application

2011-04-19 Thread info
On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:41:46 -0700, Matt Ettus wrote: > On 04/19/2011 11:38 AM, Colby Boyer wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> In RFID applications, a reader receives (backscatter from RFID tag) and >> transmits (constant tone) at the same frequency. With commercial >> readers, a single LO will be shared by

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Odd use of LO phase lock feature on USRP for RFID application

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Ettus
On 04/19/2011 11:38 AM, Colby Boyer wrote: > Hi All, > > In RFID applications, a reader receives (backscatter from RFID tag) and > transmits (constant tone) at the same frequency. With commercial > readers, a single LO will be shared by the RX and TX chain. However, in > the USRP case, two separat

[Discuss-gnuradio] Odd use of LO phase lock feature on USRP for RFID application

2011-04-19 Thread Colby Boyer
Hi All, In RFID applications, a reader receives (backscatter from RFID tag) and transmits (constant tone) at the same frequency. With commercial readers, a single LO will be shared by the RX and TX chain. However, in the USRP case, two separate daughter boards are used so different LOs are in use