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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2004,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Radio
+#
+# GNU Radio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GNU Radio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GNU Radio; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+# the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+
+"""
+Benchmark the USB/USRP throughput. Finds the maximum full-duplex speed
+the USRP/USB combination can sustain without errors.
+
+This program does not currently give reliable results. Sorry about that...
+"""
+
+from gnuradio import gr
+from gnuradio import usrp
+from gnuradio import eng_notation
+
+import sys
+
+def run_test (usb_throughput, verbose):
+ # usb_throughput is in bytes/sec.
+ #
+ # Returns True or False
+
+ nsec = 1
+ stream_length = int (usb_throughput/2 * nsec) # length of stream to examine
+
+ adc_freq = 64e6
+ dac_freq = 128e6
+ sizeof_sample = 2 * gr.sizeof_short
+
+ usb_throughput_in_samples = usb_throughput / sizeof_sample
+
+ # allocate usb throughput 50/50 between Tx and Rx
+
+ tx_interp = int (dac_freq) / int (usb_throughput_in_samples / 2)
+ rx_decim = int (adc_freq) / int (usb_throughput_in_samples / 2)
+
+ # print "tx_interp =", tx_interp, "rx_decim =", rx_decim
+ assert (tx_interp == 2 * rx_decim)
+
+ fg = gr.flow_graph ()
+
+ # Build the Tx pipeline
+ data_src = gr.lfsr_32k_source_s ()
+ src_head = gr.head (gr.sizeof_short, int (stream_length * 2))
+ usrp_tx = usrp.sink_s (0, tx_interp)
+ fg.connect (data_src, src_head, usrp_tx)
+
+ # and the Rx pipeline
+ usrp_rx = usrp.source_s (0, rx_decim, 1, 0x32103210, usrp.FPGA_MODE_LOOPBACK)
+ head = gr.head (gr.sizeof_short, stream_length)
+ check = gr.check_lfsr_32k_s ()
+ fg.connect (usrp_rx, head, check)
+
+ fg.run ()
+
+ ntotal = check.ntotal ()
+ nright = check.nright ()
+ runlength = check.runlength ()
+
+ if verbose:
+ print "usb_throughput =", eng_notation.num_to_str (usb_throughput)
+ print "ntotal =", ntotal
+ print "nright =", nright
+ print "runlength =", runlength
+ print "delta =", ntotal - runlength
+
+ return runlength >= stream_length - 80000
+
+def main ():
+ verbose = True
+ best_rate = 0
+ usb_rate = [ 2e6, 4e6, 8e6, 16e6, 32e6 ]
+ #usb_rate = [ 32e6, 32e6, 32e6, 32e6, 32e6 ]
+ # usb_rate.reverse ()
+ for rate in usb_rate:
+ sys.stdout.write ("Testing %sB/sec... " % (eng_notation.num_to_str (rate)))
+ sys.stdout.flush ()
+ ok = run_test (rate, verbose)
+ if ok:
+ best_rate = max (best_rate, rate)
+ sys.stdout.write ("OK\n")
+ else:
+ sys.stdout.write ("FAILED\n")
+
+ print "Max USB/USRP throughput = %sB/sec" % (eng_notation.num_to_str (best_rate),)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main ()