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/*! \page page_calibration Calibration Application Notes
\tableofcontents
\section calibration_self Self-Calibration
UHD software comes with several self-calibration utilities for
minimizing IQ imbalance and DC offset. These utilities perform
calibration sweeps using transmit leakage into the receive path (special
equipment is not required). The results from a calibration are written
to a CSV file in the user's home directory. UHD software will
automatically apply corrections at runtime when the user re-tunes the
daughterboard LO. Calibration results are specific to an individual RF
board.
<b>Note:</b> When a calibration table is present, and the user wishes to
override the calibration settings through the API: the user should
re-apply the desired setting every time the LO is re-tuned.
UHD software comes with the following calibration utilities:
- **uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance:** - mimimizes RX IQ imbalance vs. LO
frequency
- **uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset:** - mimimizes TX DC offset vs. LO
frequency
- **uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance:** - mimimizes TX IQ imbalance vs. LO
frequency
The following RF frontends are supported by the self-calibration
utilities:
- RFX Series transceiver boards
- WBX Series transceiver boards
- SBX Series transceiver boards
- CBX Series transceiver boards
\subsection calibration_self_utils Calibration Utilities
UHD software installs the calibration utilities into
`<install-path>/bin`. **Disconnect** any external hardware from the
RF antenna ports, and run the following from the command line. Each
utility will take several minutes to complete. :
uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance --verbose --args=<optional device args>
uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance --verbose --args=<optional device args>
uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset --verbose --args=<optional device args>
See the output given by --help for more advanced options, such as:
manually choosing the frequency range and step size for the sweeps.
<b>Note:</b> Your daughterboard needs a serial number to run a calibration
utility. Some older daughterboards may not have a serial number. If this
is the case, run the following command to burn a serial number into the
daughterboard's EEPROM: :
<install dir>/lib/uhd/utils/usrp_burn_db_eeprom --ser=<desired serial> --args=<optional device args>
\subsection calibration_ Calibration Data
Calibration files are stored in the user's home/application directory.
They can easily be moved from machine to another by copying the "cal"
directory. Re-running a calibration utility will replace the existing
calibration file. The old calibration file will be renamed so it may be
recovered by the user.
- **Linux:** `${HOME}/.uhd/cal/`
- **Windows:** `%APPDATA%\.uhd\cal\`
*/
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