Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Support for 8-bit USB samples in GRC

[Marcus D. Leech]

Josh Blum wrote:
> According to this:
> http://gnuradio.org/trac/browser/gnuradio/trunk/gr-usrp/apps/usrp_rx_cfile.cc#L87
>
>
> if you dont like half band filters or you want to decimate by 4,
> "std_4rx_0tx.rbf" is the firmware for you
>
> -------->
>
> so, it seems that the correct thing to do in grc would be to set this
> special firmware if your desired decim is 4 and its a usrp source.
>
> Does that make sense (to someone in the know)?
>
> -Josh
That sounds like the right strategy.

For the DBS_RX (which is the card I use for radio astronomy), it has
built-in programmable low-pass filters on the I and Q
  baseband outputs anyway.

-- 
Marcus Leech
Principal Investigator, Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium
http://www.sbrac.org