Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] new 802.11b receiver

2008-03-24 Thread Brian Padalino
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Mohammad Hamed Firooz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > As you may know, BBN guys have developed a receiver for 802.11b. But > due to the USB limitation, they had to cut the spectrum which leads to > low SNR. We have developed a new receiver by doing some oper

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DV Dongle - AMBE USB Device

2008-03-24 Thread Jeff Brower
Eric- > I got the DV Dongle friday and it seems to work. I downloaded an > application to decode DStar on the computer but DStar is not very > popular in the area yet. I have not decoded any DStar voice so far. > I only did a AMBE loopback test. > > I got concerned because all the application so

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DV Dongle - AMBE USB Device

2008-03-24 Thread Jeff Brower
Eric- > APCO Project 25 has quite a number of standards documents. If you look > at a list for vocoders: > > ANSI/TIA/EIA 102.BABA Vocoder Description > ANSI/TIA/EIA 102.BABB-A Vocoder Mean Opinion Score (MOS) Test > ANSI/TIA/EIA 102.BABC Vocoder Reference Test > ANSI/TIA/EIA 102.BABD Vocoder Sele

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DV Dongle - AMBE USB Device

2008-03-24 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Jeff Brower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > Using a AMBE or other codec chip is part of the hardware versus software > > decision. We want to do everything in software but there are > > limitations. [snip] > Agree. In the open source voice community, ma

[Discuss-gnuradio] a question about wx.App()

2008-03-24 Thread Bill Stevenson
hello, everybody! I am reading wfm_rcv_gui.py (usrp_wfm_rcv.py), but there are something confusing me! 1, there should be a class wx.App(),from which stdapp is derived! But where can I find it, what is the pathof it? i have checked out the path:usr/lib/python2.5/sitepackages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicod

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DV Dongle - AMBE USB Device

2008-03-24 Thread Jeff Brower
Gregory- > You guys do realize that the 'hardware' AMBE solutions are just > software running on a TI DSP, don't you? Have you been following this thread and mention of TI DSPs, other low bitrate codecs that run on TI DSPs (MELPe), etc? We were speculating on which underlying TI chip that DVSI

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DV Dongle - AMBE USB Device

2008-03-24 Thread Eric Cottrell
> Can you clarify for me, why should the DV Dongle contents be open source? > What GNU licensed code are they using that requires them to give back? > > -Jeff Hello, The DV Dongle device uses open source firmware. It appears the manufacturer is not following the provisions of the GNU license a

[Discuss-gnuradio] top_block/flowgraph problem

2008-03-24 Thread Aadil Volkwin
I am using two TVRx modules on the same motherboard to write a 1 second sample every minute for 30mins. theoretically I should have 60 sample sets, collectively. I am able to write the first sample set succesfully but all writes after that fail! Please take a moment to look at what I may be doing

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DV Dongle - AMBE USB Device

2008-03-24 Thread Jeff Brower
Eric- >> Can you clarify for me, why should the DV Dongle contents be open source? >> What GNU licensed code are they using >> that requires them to give back? > > The DV Dongle device uses open source firmware. Do you mean inside the Dongle? If so, which firmware? > It appears the manufactur

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] a question about wx.App()

2008-03-24 Thread Michael Dickens
On Mar 24, 2008, at 11:02 AM, Bill Stevenson wrote: 1, there should be a class wx.App(), from which stdapp is derived! But where can I find it, what is the path of it? i have checked out the path: usr/lib/python2.5/sitepackages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx, but there is no file named App()! Where

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DV Dongle - AMBE USB Device

2008-03-24 Thread Eric Cottrell
- Start Original Message - Sent: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:33:26 -0600 (CST) From: "Jeff Brower" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eric Cottrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DV Dongle - AMBE USB Device > Eric- > > >> Can you clarify for me, why should the DV Dongle contents be op

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 proof computer.

2008-03-24 Thread Matt Ettus
Philip Balister wrote: On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Per Zetterberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I am about to buy a new computer. Preferably a laptop. However, in the future I may be using USRP2. Is there any Dell laptop that can be recommended (my university has a deal with Del

[Discuss-gnuradio] GNU Radio Release 3.1.2 available for download

2008-03-24 Thread Johnathan Corgan
GNU Radio release 3.1.2 is now available: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuradio/gnuradio-3.1.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuradio/gr-howto-write-a-block-3.1.2.tar.gz Release 3.1.2 is a feature and maintenance release, incorporating numerous bug fixes and new functionality. Please refer to the releas

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Impulse response USRP DAC<->ADC

2008-03-24 Thread Matt Ettus
Per Zetterberg wrote: Hi All, I connected the DAC of the USRP directly to the ADC (basic db, 50ohm cable), 2MHz sample-rate. The impulse responses I get are: h1=[0,-2,2,-7,8,-6,314,479,-47,-161,-124,-103,-79,-63,-50,-39,-29,-23,-17,-1 4,-13,-9,-7,-5,-4,-3,-3,-2,-1,-3,-3]; h2=[0,-1,-1,0,-2,2,22,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] new 802.11b receiver

2008-03-24 Thread George Nychis
Brian Padalino wrote: On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Mohammad Hamed Firooz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, As you may know, BBN guys have developed a receiver for 802.11b. But due to the USB limitation, they had to cut the spectrum which leads to low SNR. We have developed a new receiver

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] new 802.11b receiver

2008-03-24 Thread Eric Blossom
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 04:19:48PM -0400, George Nychis wrote: > > > Brian Padalino wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Mohammad Hamed Firooz >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> As you may know, BBN guys have developed a receiver for 802.11b. But >>> due to the USB limitation, they

[Discuss-gnuradio] Sense spectrum by usrp_spectrum_sense.py

2008-03-24 Thread Brook Lin
Hi All, I am using usrp_spectrum_sense.py 1400M 2000M -F 512 -d 16 --tune-delay 1e-3 --dwell-delay 10e-3 to sense the spectrum. In main_loop(tb), I print m.center_freq and m.data. freq_step = 0.75 * usrp_rate=0.75*(64M/16)=3M. So m.center_freq[0]=1401.5M, m.data[0]~m.data[511] are 512 bins co

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] new 802.11b receiver

2008-03-24 Thread Mohammad Hamed Firooz
Quoting George Nychis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Brian Padalino wrote: On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Mohammad Hamed Firooz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, As you may know, BBN guys have developed a receiver for 802.11b. But due to the USB limitation, they had to cut the spectrum which leads

[Discuss-gnuradio] Signal processing block compiling problem

2008-03-24 Thread Jonathon Pendlum
Hey Everyone, To whoever can help me out, I'm trying to make my own signal processing block. I've gotten to the point where I run the make file, but I keep getting the following error: "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfftw3f" This even occurs if I try to compile the howto example. Another member on my

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DV Dongle - AMBE USB Device

2008-03-24 Thread Eric A. Cottrell
Gregory Maxwell wrote: On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Jeff Brower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Using a AMBE or other codec chip is part of the hardware versus software > decision. We want to do everything in software but there are > limitations. [snip] Agree. In the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DV Dongle - AMBE USB Device

2008-03-24 Thread Jeff Brower
Eric- > > >> Can you clarify for me, why should the DV Dongle contents be open > > >> source? What GNU licensed code are they using > > >> that requires them to give back? > > > > > > The DV Dongle device uses open source firmware. > > > > Do you mean inside the Dongle? If so, which firmware? >