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txlevels: updated README
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Tue, 13 Feb 2018 02:25:27 +0000
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1 Two sets of Tx power level calibration profiles have been created so far:
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2 rf3166-ideal and rf3166-fcdev3b. As implied in the naming, both sets of
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3 profiles are meant for GSM MS designs using the RF3166 PA as used by Openmoko,
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4 following OM's triband board design for the RF section. The only difference
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5 between the two versions is in the target dBm number for the maximum power
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6 level for the low band (EGSM or GSM850): it is 33 dBm as the GSM 05.05 spec
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7 calls for in the rf3166-ideal-900 profile, but the rf3166-fcdev3b-900 profile
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8 has it shifted down to 32.2 dBm, similarly to how TI did it on their I-Sample
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9 (LoCosto) boards. The rf3166-ideal profile set works for recalibrating
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10 Openmoko-made GTA02 devices, producing even better Tx power levels than OM's
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11 original (set to unshifted GSM 05.05 spec targets), but on our own FCDEV3B
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12 boards we are not able to get the full 33 dBm Tx output in the low band, hence
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13 the rf3166-fcdev3b profile set with the shifted target.