Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 8-bit samples on USRP2 at 33.333Msps

[Josh Blum]

>> There is a configurable scale factor (see the stream args in the grc
>> block). It defaults to a value that gives you the upper 8.
>>
>> -Josh
>>
> I noticed there was a "scalar=1024" option.  Is that just a multiplier
> that UHD applies on the host
>   side for 8-bit samples, or does it affect the hardware (a barrel
> shifter or something).
> 

Its a full complex scaler multiplier in the FPGA. You can pick any
integer. Basically extract any of the bits you want.

-Josh