[USRP-users] Re: Center frequency drift on USRP B-series even with Octoclock

2021-06-04 Thread Brian Padalino
On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 2:21 AM Viktor Erdelyi wrote: > You're right Marcus, 0.9GHz seems to be better indeed (see image). Also > thanks for the input on the B205 PLL. > > May I ask in what way phase noise can affect the signal's frequency? > According to an NI webpage [1], it "deals with very

[USRP-users] Re: Center frequency drift on USRP B-series even with Octoclock

2021-06-04 Thread Viktor Erdelyi
You're right Marcus, 0.9GHz seems to be better indeed (see image). Also thanks for the input on the B205 PLL. May I ask in what way phase noise can affect the signal's frequency? According to an NI webpage [1], it "deals with very short time scales and produces effects that look more like

[USRP-users] Re: Center frequency drift on USRP B-series even with Octoclock

2021-06-03 Thread Marcus D Leech
Different synthesizers have different phase noise properties. I suspect that if so the same test at lower frequencies on the B2xx things will improve. Also the external-clock PLL in the B205 is much poorer than on the other family members—B200 and B210. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3,

[USRP-users] Re: Center frequency drift on USRP B-series even with Octoclock

2021-06-03 Thread aneesh patel via USRP-users
Great info and thanks for the use case. Makes sense for the precision you need for your situation. Since really it's just IO, basic driver calls, and instrumentation and your specs support all of that (assuming no weird nuances / I say this to cover myself ha), your sample methods seems great. 

[USRP-users] Re: Center frequency drift on USRP B-series even with Octoclock

2021-06-03 Thread Viktor Erdelyi
Hi Aneesh, Thanks for your comment. I used a Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8850H CPU for the B-series experiment (which is somewhat weaker than the "AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor" I used with the X310s, but the sampling rate was only 1MHz in both cases, so it should be fine). The software is