Re: N310 radio Sample Rate setting

[Marcus D. Leech]

On 25/03/2023 15:45, George Edwards wrote:
> Hello GNURadio Community,
>
> I am about to use a N310 radio to transmit and receive data. My 
> problem is I do not know how to interpret the sample rate parameter. I 
> will pose some questions that I am seeking answer to (I read there are 
> 3 Master Clocks for the N310):
>
> Q1. The transmitter Sample Rate setting: is this the sample rate of 
> the data that will enter the N310 hardware from the GRC software 
> component?
yes.

> Q2. The receiver Sample Rate setting: is this the sample rate that the 
> N310 hardware outputs the connected GRC software component?
Yes

> Q3. Now I was reading the interpolation/decimation in the N310 radio 
> and there were statements made about the device having 3 Master 
> Clocks. Let's assume I choose the Master Clock frequency of 125e6 for 
> the transmitter and I wish to upsample by a factor of 100 in the N310 
> transmitter. I take it that this assumes that  GRC component connected 
> to the N310 USRP Tx block must be running at a sample rate 1.25e6 and 
> that by setting the Sample Rate in the USRP block to 1.25e6 (with the 
> Master Clock set to 125e6) then N310 hardware will upsample the data 
> entering to 125e6, right?
Yes.

> Q4. Now, for the converse at the receiver: with the USRP Master Clock 
> set to 125e6 and USRP Sample Rate set to 1.25e6, then the USRP block 
> will deliver a sample rate of 1.25e6 to the attached  GRC component, 
> right?
Yes,

> Q5. What happens if I do not select one of the Master Clocks, but  
> provide the Sample Rates at the respective USRP Tx/Rx?
The default master-clock if you don't specify in a device argument is by 
default (as I recall) 125MHz.   But that can be
  easily verified by asking for some sample-rate that is a proper 
fraction of 125MHz, and seeing if UHD changes it to
  something different.