Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RSSI calculation

Shouldn't the second one also read ADC value on the RFX900/1200/1800/2200/2400 and then calculate out the analog signal
strength?

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Matt Ettus <matt@ettus.com> wrote:

On 03/25/2011 07:52 PM, Fengyuan Gong wrote:
> Hi, All,
> I am a bit confused about RSSI calculation.
> In the given verilog code
> at http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/fpga/repository/revisions/8b377a9d6d0ad281474a8dbff49ea3b093178b28/entry/usrp2/sdr_lib/rssi.v
> I can see RSSI is defined by 16 bits.
>
> But in usrp_prims_common.cc, function usrp_read_aux_adc,
> *value = ((v_hi << 2) | ((v_lo >> 6) & 0x3)) << 2;// format as 12-bit
> the value is only assigned by 12 bits. I though the value is RSSI. But
> then it contradicts with format given in the verilog code. Or value is
> not RSSI?

You are looking at 2 different calculations of RSSI.  The first one
happens in the FPGA and uses ADC values.  This is in the USRP1.

The second one happens on the host and it uses the analog signal
strength measurement on the RFX900/1200/1800/2200/2400.

Matt