Hi,
I know that on the UmTRX the switching controllers ( ST L5973 ) are all synchronized together.
IIRC the earlier versions of the UmTRX didn't have this and I'm wondering if you really noticed a difference due to this change ?
Cheers,
Sylvain
Hi Sylvain.
Sorry for so delayed reply, I've found that I've lost subscription for this mailing list.
Well, actually DC/DC were synchronized (between each other) even in the very first UmTRX version. On the first versions I saw spurs from DC/DC ~500 kHz at the TxPLL noise plot (few in case of non-sync) and some other surprises. You can see issue #42 here: https://code.google.com/p/umtrx/issues/detail?id=42&can=1&colspec=ID...
Nowadays, we use DC/DC chip TPS54560, synchronized to 541 kHz signal (26/48) from FPGA. No surprises noticed anymore, but actually, we chose TPS54560 because of better efficiency and higher input voltage.
Best regards,
Andrey Sviyazov
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sylvain Munaut 246tnt@gmail.com Date: Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 11:12 PM Subject: Regulator Synchronization To: umtrx umtrx@lists.osmocom.org
Hi,
I know that on the UmTRX the switching controllers ( ST L5973 ) are all synchronized together.
IIRC the earlier versions of the UmTRX didn't have this and I'm wondering if you really noticed a difference due to this change ?
Cheers,
Sylvain