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  • in reply to: Recording Raw IQ Samples – Suspiciously low values? #160554
    stevecrm
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    For reference these are my capture settings

    `bb_api.bbConfigureCenterSpan(id, 70000000, 4.0e6); //center hz, span hz
    bb_api.bbConfigureLevel(id, -20.0, bb_api.BB_AUTO_ATTEN);
    bb_api.bbConfigureGain(id, bb_api.BB_AUTO_GAIN);
    bb_api.bbConfigureIQ(id, bb_api.BB_MIN_DECIMATION, 4.0e6); //bandwidth hz

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    in reply to: Pull IQ Samples To Make Constellation Plot (API) #159712
    stevecrm
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    When I pull IQ samples are they already shifted down to baseband? For instance when I sample my 70MHz signal at 40Msamp/s I believe I should have 27MHz of instantaneous bandwidth. Has that 27MHz around 70MHz been shifted to 27MHz around 0Hz?

    in reply to: Pull IQ Samples To Make Constellation Plot (API) #159707
    stevecrm
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    Thanks for the quick response!

    I realize there’s a lot more than just plotting the samples, first of all my signal is 1.86Msym/s and I pulled points at 40, so there’s some intense re sampling needed.

    Before going through with the rest of the work I was concerned about how low my samples were compared to the stated range.

    Either way it’s going to be fun to try! It’s one of those things I had a textbook knowledge of, going to be fun actually try coding it!

    Thanks for the link!!

    in reply to: Pull IQ Samples To Make Constellation Plot (API) #159704
    stevecrm
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    I’ve attached a picture of the data I got from my capture

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