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Performance comparison of atusb vs. atusd.

- atusd/tests/send-20100909: conducted performance comparison of atusb vs.
  atusd
- atusd/ERRATA: changed also first board to capacitative divider
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@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Version 20100908:
R3 -> 33 pF
R4 -> 220 pF
Applied work-around also to first 20100908 board after confirming dismal
performance caused by clock instability.
- considering that the clock input has a Vpp of only 400-500 mV, we should
have a ground plane also under as much of the the clock circuit as
possible.

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Signal strength tests. "Local" devices are on lab bench, about 5 cm apart.
"Distant" device is in the adjacent room, separated by one thin brick wall
and 4 m of air.
TX is requested 0 dBm (effectively -0.2 dBm). Transmission is without
CSMA-CA and ARQ. Results are LQI and ED (dBm). "garbled" is a bad CRC and
corrupted frame content. "-" is no reception.
Distant Local
--------------- --------------- ---------------
100903-red 100903-orange 100908-B
TX 255, -90 255, -90
TX 255, -90 garbled
TX 255, -90 255, -90
TX 255, -90 255, -90
TX 255, -90 255, -90
- TX garbled
garbled TX 255, -52
255, -89 TX 255, -52
255, -89 TX 255, -53
- TX 255, -53
255, -88 255, -48 TX
255, -86 255, -46 TX
255, -86 255, -49 TX
255, -86 255, -49 TX
255, -87 255, -49 TX
100903-red 100903-orange 100908-A
TX 255, -90 garbled
TX 255, -89 180, -89
TX 255, -87 196, -89
TX 255, -87 148, -89
TX 255, -87 -
255, -86 TX garbled
255, -87 TX 255, -49
255, -86 TX 255, -49
255, -87 TX 255, -49
255, -86 TX 255, -49
- garbled (-44) TX
- - TX
- - TX
- - TX
- - TX
100903-red 100903-orange 100908-A (reworked)
TX 255, -87 255, -87
TX 255, -87 255, -88
TX 255, -87 255, -87
TX 255, -87 255, -88
TX 255, -87 255, -88
255, -86 TX 255, -56
255, -86 TX 255, -57
255, -86 TX 255, -58
255, -86 TX 255, -58
255, -86 TX 255, -58
255, -85 255, -52 TX
255, -85 255, -52 TX
255, -85 255, -52 TX
255, -86 255, -52 TX
255, -86 255, -52 TX
Conclusions
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- 20100902 (atusb) and 20100908 (atusd) board show similar performance when
at least one station is an atusb
- resistive divider doesn't work
- no clear indication of whether capacitative divider causes interferences.
Marked difference in one series of tests but the others look the same.
- reception level is about 4 dB above workable minimum. (Specified receiver
sensitivity is -101 dBm, but things start to deteriorate around -90 dBm.)
We have a reserve of 3.2 dB for transmission (used -0.2 dBm, maximum is
+3.0 dBm).