Hello, I have started to work with the B210 on a project. My interest is to collect samples from the 2 RX of the B210 looking at a frequency of channel 1 of 2.4GHz (2412). My goal is to use a grc to workout the algorithm then move to c++. I am having some challenges that I would like to ask the group for help. I used a .grc to collect samples and review the algorithm. The graph is attached. At this point I am just collecting data. I use a series of variables to create 2 data files.
I moved to c++ and modified a sample to collect the same dataset.
I am using the python file gr_plot_iq.py to review the signals. When I review
the grc graph the signals appear as I would think. The c++ the signals are
scattered way apart and A&B are consistent.
Any thoughts would be greatful.
Test: 2.4 GHz router chirping every 100 ms
local area with no wireless except router uhd
2412000000 channel 1 rate - 20 MSPS (only get 15)
looking at 2 RX channels at same freq
hardware & os
Intel® Core™ i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz × 4
12GB RAM
Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
attached is the probe from the uhd
The challenge is that I am seeing different results from the grc and the c++
file. On the grc graph I collect a variety of samples from the router. On the
c++ file there only seems to be 1-2 samples. I would expect to see a similar
set of samples.
c++ code excerpt
// detect which channels to use
std::vector<std::string> channel_strings;
std::vector<size_t> channel_nums;
boost::split(channel_strings, channel_list, boost::is_any_of("\"',"));
for (size_t ch = 0; ch < channel_strings.size(); ch++) {
size_t chan = std::stoi(channel_strings[ch]);
if (chan >= usrp->get_rx_num_channels()) {
throw std::runtime_error("Invalid channel(s) specified.");
} else
channel_nums.push_back(std::stoi(channel_strings[ch]));
}
// create a receive streamer
// linearly map channels (index0 = channel0, index1 = channel1, ...)
uhd::stream_args_t stream_args("fc32"); // complex floats
stream_args.channels = channel_nums;
uhd::rx_streamer::sptr rx_stream = usrp->get_rx_stream(stream_args);
if (total_num_samps == 0){
std::signal(SIGINT, &sig_int_handler);
std::cout << "Press Ctrl + C to stop streaming..." << std::endl;
}
// setup streaming
std::cout << std::endl;
std::cout << boost::format("Begin streaming %u samples, %f seconds in the
future...")
% total_num_samps % seconds_in_future
<< std::endl;
uhd::stream_cmd_t
stream_cmd(uhd::stream_cmd_t::STREAM_MODE_NUM_SAMPS_AND_DONE);
stream_cmd.num_samps = total_num_samps;
stream_cmd.stream_now = false;
stream_cmd.time_spec = uhd::time_spec_t(seconds_in_future);
rx_stream->issue_stream_cmd(stream_cmd); // tells all channels to stream
// meta-data will be filled in by recv()
uhd::rx_metadata_t md;
// allocate buffers to receive with samples (one buffer per channel)
const size_t samps_per_buff = rx_stream->get_max_num_samps();
std::vector<std::vector<std::complex<float>>> buffs(
usrp->get_rx_num_channels(),
std::vector<std::complex<float>>(samps_per_buff));
// create a vector of pointers to point to each of the channel buffers
std::vector<std::complex<float>*> buff_ptrs;
for (size_t i = 0; i < buffs.size(); i++)
buff_ptrs.push_back(&buffs[i].front());
// the first call to recv() will block this many seconds before receiving
double timeout = seconds_in_future + 0.1; // timeout (delay before receive
+ padding)
size_t num_acc_samps = 0; // number of accumulated samples
std::ofstream outfile1, outfile2;
outfile1.open(file1.c_str(), std::ofstream::binary);
outfile2.open(file2.c_str(), std::ofstream::binary);
while (not stop_signal_called) {
// receive a single packet
size_t num_rx_samps = rx_stream->recv(buff_ptrs, samps_per_buff, md,
timeout);
// use a small timeout for subsequent packets
timeout = 0.1;
// handle the error code
if (md.error_code == uhd::rx_metadata_t::ERROR_CODE_TIMEOUT)
break;
if (md.error_code != uhd::rx_metadata_t::ERROR_CODE_NONE) {
//throw std::runtime_error(str(boost::format("Receiver error %s") %
md.strerror()));
std::cout << md.strerror() << std::endl;
}
if (verbose)
std::cout << boost::format(
"Received packet: %u samples, %u full secs, %f
frac secs")
% num_rx_samps % md.time_spec.get_full_secs()
% md.time_spec.get_frac_secs()
<< std::endl;
if (outfile1.is_open())
outfile1.write((const char*)(&buffs[0].front()),
num_rx_samps*sizeof(std::complex<float>));
if (outfile2.is_open())
outfile2.write((const char*)(&buffs[1].front()),
num_rx_samps*sizeof(std::complex<float>));
num_acc_samps += num_rx_samps;
// check if continuous or number of samples
if (total_num_samps != 0) {
if (num_acc_samps >= total_num_samps)
stop_signal_called = true;
}
}
output from run with uhd
Creating the usrp device with: ...
[INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 7.5.0; Boost_106501;
UHD_3.14.1.HEAD-0-g0347a6d8
[INFO] [B200] Detected Device: B210
[INFO] [B200] Operating over USB 3.
[INFO] [B200] Initialize CODEC control...
[INFO] [B200] Initialize Radio control...
[INFO] [B200] Performing register loopback test...
[INFO] [B200] Register loopback test passed
[INFO] [B200] Performing register loopback test...
[INFO] [B200] Register loopback test passed
[INFO] [B200] Setting master clock rate selection to 'automatic'.
[INFO] [B200] Asking for clock rate 16.000000 MHz...
[INFO] [B200] Actually got clock rate 16.000000 MHz.
Using Device: Single USRP:
Device: B-Series Device
Mboard 0: B210
RX Channel: 0
RX DSP: 0
RX Dboard: A
RX Subdev: FE-RX2
RX Channel: 1
RX DSP: 1
RX Dboard: A
RX Subdev: FE-RX1
TX Channel: 0
TX DSP: 0
TX Dboard: A
TX Subdev: FE-TX2
TX Channel: 1
TX DSP: 1
TX Dboard: A
TX Subdev: FE-TX1
Using Antenna 0: RX2
Using Antenna 1: RX2
Actual RX Freq: 2412.000000 MHz...
Actual RX Freq: 2411.999998 MHz...
RX Gain Range 0: (0, 76, 1)
...
Setting RX Gain: 64.000000 dB...
Actual RX Gain: 64.000000 dB...
Setting RX Bandwidth: 15.000000 MHz...
Actual RX Bandwidth: 15.000000 MHz...
Setting RX Rate: 15.000000 Msps...
[INFO] [B200] Asking for clock rate 60.000000 MHz...
[INFO] [B200] Actually got clock rate 60.000000 MHz.
Actual RX Rate: 15.000000 Msps...
Setting device timestamp to 0...
Begin streaming 10000 samples, 10.000000 seconds in the future...
Received packet: 2040 samples, 10 full secs, 0.000003 frac secs
Received packet: 2040 samples, 10 full secs, 0.000139 frac secs
Received packet: 2040 samples, 10 full secs, 0.000275 frac secs
Received packet: 2040 samples, 10 full secs, 0.000411 frac secs
Received packet: 1840 samples, 10 full secs, 0.000547 frac secs
Done!
probe output
Description: Binary data
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