Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Carrier offset on DBSRX.

[Trond Danielsen]

2007/3/27, Gregory W Heckler <address@hidden>:
> Trond:
>
> Tuning the down-converter on the DBS-RX card consists of programming the
> values of 2 dividers. The R divider divides down the reference clock
> frequency (4 MHz, which derives from the 64 MHz board clock). The N
> divider divides down the LO frequency. The R divider has a range from 2
> to 256, the N divider from 256 to 32768. The Max2118 phase locks the
> divide LO frequency to the divided reference clock frequency, or:
>
> LO = N*(Refclk_Freq/R)
>
> However, the PLL in the Max2118 is unstable if you divide down the
> reference clock frequency to below 250 kHz, this effectively limits the
> frequency resolution at which you can command the LO frequency.
> Additionally, the error in the board clock at 64 MHz will produce a
> frequency error in the LO frequency of tens of kHz at L1. I would
> suggest passing a sine wave at 1.57542 GHz through the DBS-RX and USRP
> (set the digital down-convert frequency to 0), and observing where the
> frequency appears in the PSD of your samples. You can then use the
> resulting frequency to command the digital down-convert stage of the
> USRP to mix L1 precisely to baseband. I will formally submit the C++
> driver after I get it commented out, if you want the version I have
> working now I can forward it to you.
>
> Greg Heckler

Thank you very much for your explanation! Unfortunately the appnote
that describes how to set the frequency of the dbsrx is only available
on demand from Maxim, and the python driver contains only magic number
for someone who does not have access to this. Would it be possible to
add this information to the wiki?

I would very much like to test you C++ driver.

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Trond Danielsen