Hi John,

I have to implement a modified version of costas loop which is to be used to 
compensate for frequency offset present between LO's of two USRP's (RFX900). 
So, I think I should make a new such signal processing block now.

Thanks,
Mahboob

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From: John Wilson [[email protected]]
Sent: 02 August 2010 02:33
To: Rahman, Muhammad Mahboob Ur
Cc: discuss-gnuradio
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] PLL and VCO questions

Hey,

You can't make a feedback system in the Python flowgraph. You can, however use 
feedback in an individual signal processing block. If you need to use a PLL 
look at the Costas loop block which locks to RF signals with complex baseband 
components eg. QPSK, SSB etc.

John


On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:52 AM, Rahman, Muhammad Mahboob Ur 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi all,

I have made up a simple PLL block in GRC using a multiplier phase detector, low 
pass filter (FIR) and VCO to lock to a 1KHz reference. When I run the 
simulation, it gives me a run time error "flow graph has loops!". Does it mean 
that I cannot make any kind of feedback system in the gnuradio or is there 
something else to ponder? Also, I am adding "1" to the output of the low pass 
filter so that when the phase error (output of low pass filter) becomes zero in 
the locked state, the VCO then runs at its quiescent frequency of 1KHz (I have 
set the sensitivity of VCO as 2*pi*1K rad/s/V). Is it the right way to use VCO?

Below is the error message:

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Generating: "/home/mahboob/Desktop/top_block.py"

Executing: "/home/mahboob/Desktop/top_block.py"

>>> gr_fir_fff: using SSE
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/home/mahboob/Desktop/top_block.py", line 71, in <module>
   tb.Run(True)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/grc_gnuradio/wxgui/top_block_gui.py", 
line 73, in Run
   if start: self.start()
 File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gnuradio/gr/top_block.py", line 97, in 
start
   self._tb.start()
 File 
"/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gnuradio/gr/gnuradio_swig_py_runtime.py", 
line 1455, in start
   return _gnuradio_swig_py_runtime.gr_top_block_sptr_start(self)
RuntimeError: flow graph has loops!
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