Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP GNU radio receiver

Il giorno mar 16 lug 2019 alle ore 18:59 Müller, Marcus (CEL) <address@hidden> ha scritto:

That phase is not any more or less random than that of your local
oscillator, so there might be some misunderstanding here.
On Tue, 2019-07-16 at 18:52 +0100, Simona Sibio wrote:
> Thank you very much!
> But, with the offset tuning I cannot edit the phase.
> Maybe, I have to change method.
> Best Regards,
>
> Simona
>
> Il giorno mar 16 lug 2019 alle ore 18:25 Müller, Marcus (CEL) <address@hidden> ha scritto:
> > Well, there's leakage / DC blocking filters in most mixers, so yes.
> >
> > But the solution is simple (and hardware-supported transparently on
> > USRPs): Just tune at an offset, and mix down to 0 Hz (==constant!) in
> > digital. Your USRP can do that for you, google for "USRP offset
> > tuning".
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marcus
> >
> > On Tue, 2019-07-16 at 18:15 +0100, Simona Sibio wrote:
> > > Thank you very much!!
> > > Then, I cannot measure a constant because, in the RX chain, maybe, some filter deletes the information, doesn't it?
> > > Thank you for your time and tour tips!
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Simona
> > >
> > > Il giorno mar 16 lug 2019 alle ore 18:01 Müller, Marcus (CEL) <address@hidden> ha scritto:
> > > > Look up what a quadrature modulator does. It's just a multiplication
> > > > with e^{j2\pi f_{carrier}t}, in the end.
> > > >
> > > > Your constant signal s(t) = c const. would hence be transmitted as
> > > >
> > > > c·e^{j2\pi f_{carrier}t}
> > > >
> > > > whereas a complex sinusoid of frequency f and amplitude a,
> > > > s(t) = a·e^{j2\pi f t) would be transmitted as
> > > >
> > > > a·e^{j2\pi f t)·e^{j2\pi f_{carrier}t} = a·e^{j2\pi (f+f_{carrier})t}
> > > >
> > > > so, identical to the constant signal, just at a different frequency.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Marcus
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2019-07-16 at 17:53 +0100, Simona Sibio wrote:
> > > > > Hi Marcus,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for tip!
> > > > > I know that calibration is not so easy but I hope that.
> > > > > Could you help me to understand what happened with a constant complex baseband signal?
> > > > > I am beginner in this field.
> > > > > Thank you for your time.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Simona
> > > > >
> > > > > Il giorno mar 16 lug 2019 alle ore 17:39 Müller, Marcus (CEL) <address@hidden> ha scritto:
> > > > > > Watch out! What do you get at the *output* of your SDR device when you
> > > > > > transmit a constant complex baseband signal, mixed to a carrier
> > > > > > frequency? How does that differ from transmitting a complex baseband
> > > > > > sinusoid mixed to a carrier frequency?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, 2019-07-16 at 18:32 +0200, sumit kumar wrote:
> > > > > > > Ok, so for a constant source, in the time domain you will see a flat signal only! Try connecting a spectrum analyzer and you shud see a peak at DC becz Fourier transform of constant signal is impulse.
> > > > > > > And yes, as Marcus said, increase the sampling rate!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 18:06, Simona Sibio <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Thank you for the assistance.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I put the module "constant source" in my flow grap.
> > > > > > > > With this module, I can choose witch amplitude I want to send.
> > > > > > > > I attached the flow graph.
> > > > > > > > And, I would want to read these values in the receiver.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Simona
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Il giorno mar 16 lug 2019 alle ore 16:58 sumit kumar <address@hidden> ha scritto:
> > > > > > > > > Hi Simona, what is the "constant signal" here ?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 17:54, Simona Sibio <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I want to use GNU radio to measure the amplitude and the phase of a signal.
> > > > > > > > > > I send a constant signal with the transmitter USRP but in the receiver there is a flat signal with amplitude 0 and offset 0.
> > > > > > > > > > I tried to send a sine signal and the receveir works fine.
> > > > > > > > > > How can I do to send only a constant and measure the amplitude?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your time.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Simona
> > > > > > > > > >
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From:	Simona Sibio
Subject:	Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP GNU radio receiver
Date:	Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:18:46 +0100