Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 8 bit samples have an odd spectrum

[Chris Stankevitz]

Matt Ettus wrote:
> Remember that while the ADCs are 12 bits, we carry 16+ 
> bits of precision throughout the signal processing.

Matt,

How do you get 16 bits of precision from a 12 bit ADC?  What does 16+ 
mean?  I'm looking at the shorts coming from the USRP and I'm seeing 
values in the range [-3296 3264] which implies more than 12 bits... curious.

FYI, we supposedly tuned our front end to saturate the ADC 1% of the time.

Thanks,

Chris