Re: [casper] inverse PFB

2014-12-10 Thread Gerry Harp
d to Friday afternoon. Jona On Dec 5, 2014, at 7:12 PM, Gerry Harp wrote: Hi Jonathan This is interesting. Is an inverse PFB is just a PFB using an inverse FFT? That should be very close by possibly not bit-perfect inversion. Or are you considering a step-by-step inverse of the PFB algo

Re: [casper] inverse PFB

2014-12-05 Thread Gerry Harp
Hi Jonathan This is interesting. Is an inverse PFB is just a PFB using an inverse FFT? That should be very close by possibly not bit-perfect inversion. Or are you considering a step-by-step inverse of the PFB algorithm? I'm interested because there are traps. Small numerical errors are magni

Re: [casper] KatADC vs ASIAA ADC

2014-03-21 Thread Gerry Harp
Hi John If you can sample 800 MHz bandwidth, then can't you use a digitial bandpass filter to get to the lower bandwidths? Gerry On 3/21/2014 11:43 AM, John Ford wrote: John We do have switchable analog filters that define the 200, 400 and 800 MHz bandpasses in our IF processors. So decima

Re: [casper] Finally Compiled Correlator!!! //QUADC+IBOB

2014-02-18 Thread Gerry Harp
Nice solution, Andrew! Gerry On 2/17/2014 11:24 PM, Andrew Martens wrote: Hi Rolando Congratulations How I can confirm that the correlator function properly? A good way to test a correlator is to do the following; 1. Get a wideband noise source and add a low pass filter so that the signal

Re: [casper] casper Digest, Vol 75, Issue 8

2014-02-13 Thread Gerry Harp
Hi Dan and all This looks very cool. There is something in the specs I don't understand: * Analog signal: 50 ohm single-ended configurable as three of: o 4 inputs at 250 Msps o 2 inputs at 500 Msps o 1 input at 1 Gsps How many analog inputs are there to feed the

Re: [casper] how long can filter banks be?

2014-01-23 Thread Gerry Harp
will appear in two places in the spectrum, and the SNR of the signal of interest is degraded...) best wishes, dan On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Gerry Harp <mailto:gh...@seti.org>> wrote: FWIW: We generally pass the real-valued digitized signal through a Hilbert (?) filter

Re: [casper] how long can filter banks be?

2014-01-23 Thread Gerry Harp
n you can have more memory, but you'll need a lot more CPU's to keep up with the data rate, so CPU's won't help. be wary of readout rate too - that's a lot of data to read out : 256M channels x 42^2 baselinepols x 4B = 1 TB every integration time best wishes, da

Re: [casper] how long can filter banks be?

2014-01-20 Thread Gerry Harp
x27;s > won't help. > > be wary of readout rate too - that's a lot of data to read out : > > 256M channels x 42^2 baselinepols x 4B = 1 TB every integration time > > > > best wishes, > > dan > > > &g

Re: [casper] how long can filter banks be?

2014-01-20 Thread Gerry Harp
eed a lot more CPU's to keep up with the data rate, so CPU's won't help. be wary of readout rate too - that's a lot of data to read out : 256M channels x 42^2 baselinepols x 4B = 1 TB every integration time best wishes, dan On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Gerry Har

[casper] how long can filter banks be?

2014-01-20 Thread Gerry Harp
s or educated guesses are welcome. Also, how fast did it go? Possible to keep up with 100 MSPS? It is proposal time, once more... Thanks Gerry Harp On 1/17/2014 11:56 AM, Dan Werthimer wrote: Dear Casper Collaborators, We hope you can attend this year's Casp

Re: [casper] 64ADC64-12 on a roach1

2013-08-14 Thread Gerry Harp
Hi David Saroff As a old/newbie, I'm not fully up on the lingo. Can you break down the meaning of 64ADC64-12 for me? 64 inputs? 64 outputs? 12 bits? Thanks Gerry On 8/13/2013 1:22 PM, David Saroff wrote: Folks, I've discovered that the CASPER tools are picky about versions of matlab, xili

Re: [casper] ROACH1 QDR size

2013-03-02 Thread Gerry Harp
Hi Ryan Can you say a few words about how the in-place corner turner works? I'd be fascinated to hear. Thanks Gerry On 3/1/2013 11:28 AM, David MacMahon wrote: Thanks, Ryan, The problem was actually in the integration buffers. We were using QDR vector accumulators and the vector was too

Re: [casper] casper Digest, Vol 57, Issue 32

2012-08-29 Thread Gerry Harp
Hi Jason Looks like a nice app. Gerry On 8/29/2012 8:32 AM, Jason Castro wrote: This may be helpful to someone. I've written a LabVIEW KATCP - interface. I attached a screen shot. Like everything, it's a work in progress, but it has a lot of basic functionality that I find useful. You c

Re: [casper] Roach2/channelization question

2012-08-26 Thread Gerry Harp
questions. Cheers, Jonathan On Aug 24, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Gerry Harp wrote: Hi Dan Your numbers look somehow backwards. Did you mean: 32 inputs at 8K 16 at 4K 8 at 2K 4 at 1K? Presumably, by narrowing the input bandwidth could permit proportionally smaller channels at the output? So at 2.5 MHz

Re: [casper] Roach2/channelization question

2012-08-24 Thread Gerry Harp
HiĀ  Dan Your numbers look somehow backwards. Did you mean: 32 inputs at 8K 16 at 4K 8 at 2K 4 at 1K? Presumably, by narrowing the input bandwidth could permit proportionally smaller channels at the output? So at 2.5 MHz input one could

Re: [casper] SKA site decision: split

2012-05-25 Thread Gerry Harp
Sounds like a good answer. Gerry On 5/25/2012 8:10 AM, melvyn wright wrote: That's a relief . Mel. On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Aaron Parsons wrote: The decision to split the SKA between South Africa and Australia is official: http://www.skatelescope.org/news/dual-site-agreed-squar