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B200mini and low-freq modulation of tx'd signal

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Steven Knudsen
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 4:46 PM

Hi,

I have a TDMA flowgraph that defines packets using tx_time and tx_sob + tx_eob. Packets are sent to a B200mini every 10 ms (which is not important). Below I have the packet format from GRC followed by 3 oscilloscope captures that show the effect I’m seeing.

The B200mini is connected to an Octoclock 1 PPS reference.

The modulation is BPSK, 2x oversampled, RRC.

Image 1 - the GRC waveform that is input to the USRP sink
Image 2 - this time the transmitted signal looks pretty good. Note the leading zeros so that the transmit power rises to full before samples are applied.
Image 3 - it appears that some form of slow modulation has been applied
Image 4 - same again, but obviously at a different offset

(oops, forgot to turn off stupid network config menu in scope caps)

I am a bit stumped. A “theory” is that maybe I’m seeing a window of some kind being convolved with the signal.

Steven Knudsen, Ph.D., P.Eng.
www. techconficio.ca
www.linkedin.com/in/knudstevenknudsen

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Hi, I have a TDMA flowgraph that defines packets using tx_time and tx_sob + tx_eob. Packets are sent to a B200mini every 10 ms (which is not important). Below I have the packet format from GRC followed by 3 oscilloscope captures that show the effect I’m seeing. The B200mini is connected to an Octoclock 1 PPS reference. The modulation is BPSK, 2x oversampled, RRC. Image 1 - the GRC waveform that is input to the USRP sink Image 2 - this time the transmitted signal looks pretty good. Note the leading zeros so that the transmit power rises to full before samples are applied. Image 3 - it appears that some form of slow modulation has been applied Image 4 - same again, but obviously at a different offset (oops, forgot to turn off stupid network config menu in scope caps) I am a bit stumped. A “theory” is that maybe I’m seeing a window of some kind being convolved with the signal. Steven Knudsen, Ph.D., P.Eng. www. techconficio.ca www.linkedin.com/in/knudstevenknudsen Der entscheidende Augenblick der menschlichen Entwicklung ist immerwährend. Darum sind die revolutionären geistigen Bewegungen, welche alles Frühere für nichtig erklären, im Recht, denn es ist noch nichts geschehen. - Franz Kafka