Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Ettus E310 & MIMO -- data rate?

Hi Rob,

Am 26.02.19 um 15:51 schrieb Rob Heig:
> Hi,
>
> I've bought an Ettus E310 board and I am trying to use it for a MIMO
> project, but I am encountering several issues.
>
> In particular, I have created a GNU Radio design, compiled it as Python
> script (as illustrated on the page
> https://kb.ettus.com/Streaming_processed_data_from_the_E31x_with_GNU_Radio_and_ZMQ),
> modified it (because it was complaining due to a
> TypeError: push_sink_make() takes at most 5 arguments (6 given)
> error with the ZMQ sink) and scp'd to the board.
>
> What I've found is
> (1) I cannot set an arbitrary sampling rate (for instance 9.1428M), but
> I am required to set e.g. 4M.
USRPs, like every hardware, is constraint in terms of available sampling
rates. You should stick with power of 2 divides of the master clock
rate. Otherwise, the CIC filters on the USRP will corrupt your signal.

> (2) even with small sampling rates (like 2M), and despite a 10MB buffer
> in between the USRP source and the ZMQ sink, the system keeps overflowin
>
> The design I'm using is depicted here: https://ibb.co/GVJxwcm
>
> - Am I doing anything wrong?
> - What is the sampling rate I am supposed to achieve?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!
> Best,
> Rob
>
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