Hi Lakshay,

this might be a bit USRP-/Ettus-hardware-centric; maybe
[email protected] is a better platform (in CC:)

Ringing like that might be due to a measurement device / transmitter
impedance mismatch (imagine part of the wave energy travelling back and
forth on the transmission line); what sink impedance is your measurement
device?

Best regards,
Marcus
On 29.08.2016 21:31, Lakshay Narula wrote:
> Hi Lou,
>
> Thanks for your response. I am generating the baseband pulse just as
> you are. Also, all pulses have the same transient behavior, not just
> the first one.
>
> If it matters, I am using the CBX daughterboard and using a center
> frequency of 2 GHz. Unfortunately I do not have an oscilloscope that
> can display the frequencies that CBX transmits. So I run the signal
> into this NI equipment that downconverts the pulse to baseband and
> then records it. I use the same external clock to run both these
> equipments.
>
> I realize that this set up makes it harder to debug the issue because
> I have another equipment involved. But I do not have another option as
> of now.
>
> Thanks,
> Lakshay.
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 12:49 PM, madengr <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     How are you generating the bursts at baseband?  I fill a vector
>     source with
>     (1+1j)*(numpy.ones() + numpy.zeros()) at the appropriate length
>     for the
>     sample rate, then let that repeat.  I'm getting nice, clean rising
>     edges on
>     my pulses (run into an oscilloscope).  Maybe the first pulse is
>     distorted,
>     but once the filters have been filled up, everything should be clean.
>     Lou
>
>
>
>     Lakshay Narula wrote
>     > Hello all,
>     >
>     > I have been trying to perform ranging between nodes using
>     time-of-arrival
>     > of signals. To this end, I am trying to transmit an accurately
>     timed pulse
>     > using the USRP. My initial experiment simply sends out a 100 ms
>     burst
>     > every
>     > 1 sec. I am then recording this signal using NI PXIe-5663 front
>     end for
>     > analysis. Everything is working out fine, except that I am
>     seeing some
>     > wild
>     > transients at the beginning of the burst for several nanoseconds.
>     >
>     > I am attaching some plots that show this behavior at
>     > http://imgur.com/a/C0Ynq. The falling edges of the burst are
>     very sharp. I
>     > would like to get something like that on the rising edge too.
>     >
>     > In another post on the list (
>     >
>     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2012-06/msg00312.html
>     
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2012-06/msg00312.html>),
>     > Josh said that "*If you are seeing transients at the beginning
>     of a burst,
>     > thats probably the half band filters. They are implemented in block ram
>     > and
>     > don't clear **between bursts.*"
>     >
>     > Is this the reason I am seeing these transients? Is there
>     anything I could
>     > do to correct this?
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Lakshay.
>     >
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