September 2022 planning

[davenakasone]

Next steps are outlined on the white board:
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Monday, September 12, 2022

The goal is to build more complex features on top of the basic RSA API management capabilities.
With 4 fundamental objects (API handler, r3f file manager, siq file manager, and timer), the program can better meet the research need if:

1. create an interface to allow the user to sweep a specific range (about 10 MHz to 1.8 GHz), using desired settings
2. determine the mean and median of power (in dBm), during this sweep
3. write the data to an output file, for the entire sweep, once the sweep is complete
4. the stored data is to have its own directory, when the sweep concludes, make a new directory for the next sweep and repeat
5. analysis requirements:
   • be able to reconstruct the sweep, demonstrating max power, average, and median for the resolution bandwidth channels
   • document the timing implications
   • asses if the "sampling rate" is adequate for the research need

• if an event of interest is detected during the sweep:
  • pause the sweep
  • collect: IQ, IF, and SPECTRUM data (possibly DPX)
  • notify the user
  • continue the sweep

these new features will be computationally intensive (use a C++ STL data structure or python library with C/C++ bindings)
speed and accuracy are critical
the rate at which the RSA produces data must be at or below the rate data can be collected, analyzed, and stored
the researcher should be able to realize this capability from the python interface, through the shared library, to the RSA