Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronization issue with multiple USRPs

2011-05-25 Thread Josh Blum
On 05/25/2011 09:56 AM, David Evans wrote: > > This has never been clear to me! > What about the phase ambiguity due to the fractional-N VCO's, as Marcus has > mentioned? > > This has to be calibrated out, yes/no?, but how?, unless after a retune you > then > > TX a calibration sequence th

[Discuss-gnuradio] 802.15.4 performance analysis: pin Oscilloscope on IF

2011-05-25 Thread Marius
Hi! - To my background there's to say - before you read this - I'm just a software-dev. I have little expertise when it comes to hardware. I support the development of a real-time application that uses 802.15.4 on an AT86230RF Chip. That RF chip is IEEE 802.15.4-2003 compliant. It has got a data

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronization issue with multiple USRPs

2011-05-25 Thread David Evans
This has never been clear to me! What about the phase ambiguity due to the fractional-N VCO's, as Marcus has mentioned? This has to be calibrated out, yes/no?, but how?, unless after a retune you then TX a calibration sequence that you can correlate against and correct. But after this, then

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] QAM demod Error in GRC

2011-05-25 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Colby Boyer wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Tom Rondeau > wrote: > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Ben Reynwar wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Josh Blum wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > On 05/23/2011 03:29 AM, Vlad Stoianovici wrote:

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronization issue with multiple USRPs

2011-05-25 Thread David Evans
This has never been clear to me! What about the phase ambiguity due to the fractional-N VCO's, as Marcus has mentioned? This has to be calibrated out, yes/no?, but how?, unless after a retune you then TX a calibration sequence that you can correlate against and correct. But after this, then,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronization issue with multiple USRPs

2011-05-25 Thread Douglas Geiger
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Josh Blum wrote: > > > > 2) Calibrate the setup. After you tune, the daughterboard LOs will have > different constant phase offsets. With boards like WBX, its actually > possible to sync the LOs using hardware, but this isnt implemented yet. > In any case, *no mat

[Discuss-gnuradio] Tuesday, 24th May sample volcanic ash image

2011-05-25 Thread Patrik Tast
Just FYI, to encourage GNURadio users, Received using GR USRP1 + TVRX (traditional, no uhd). Satellite Feng Yun channel-6 HRPT (1km resolution) gray-scale unprocessed image showing volcanic ash cloud entering Scandinavian airspace on Tuesday 24th May @ 1350Z http://www.poes-weather.com/download

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] QAM demod Error in GRC

2011-05-25 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Tom Rondeau wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Colby Boyer wrote: > >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Tom Rondeau >> wrote: >> > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Ben Reynwar wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Josh Blum >> wrote: >> >

[Discuss-gnuradio] Unexpected energy peak sensing thermal noise and using usrp_spectrum_sense.py

2011-05-25 Thread Lebowski80
Hello everyone I’m using an USRP with a XCVR2450 daughter board working at 2.4 - 2.5 GHz. I want to find a threshold between thermal noise and signals energy using the script usrp_spectrum_sense.py and sensing from 2.400 GHz to 2.500 GHz. To do that, I replaced the WiFi antenna with a resistor of

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronization issue with multiple USRPs

2011-05-25 Thread Marc Epard
On May 25, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Josh Blum wrote: > 2) Calibrate the setup. After you tune, the daughterboard LOs will have > different constant phase offsets. In my experience (with a WBX in a USRP2 and a DBSRX2 in an N210), the phase offsets can change between bursts, not just when you retune. Is

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronization issue with multiple USRPs

2011-05-25 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 25/05/2011 12:01 PM, Marc Epard wrote: On May 25, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Josh Blum wrote: 2) Calibrate the setup. After you tune, the daughterboard LOs will have different constant phase offsets. In my experience (with a WBX in a USRP2 and a DBSRX2 in an N210), the phase offsets can change betw

[Discuss-gnuradio] log scale on gnuradio wxgui scopesink "Counts"

2011-05-25 Thread Arturo Rinaldi
is it possible to show in the *wxgui_scopesink* the "Counts" values in the form of a log scale, i.e. 10^(-1) 10^(-2), 10^(-3), 10^(-4) and so on ? do i have to modify some source python file ? thx in advance Regards, Arturo ___ Discuss-gnuradio maili

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Simulink and USRP

2011-05-25 Thread David Scaperoth
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Camden Mendiola wrote: > Hi, > > Doe the USRP2 require specific FPGA and firmware contents to interface with > simulink? When I turn on the USRP2 with the SD card in, all 6 leds flash and > then D and F stay on. Does this mean my SD card is properly programmed with

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tuesday, 24th May sample volcanic ash image

2011-05-25 Thread Alexandru Csete
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Patrik Tast wrote: > Just FYI, to encourage GNURadio users, > > Received using GR USRP1 + TVRX (traditional, no uhd). Satellite Feng Yun > channel-6 HRPT (1km resolution) gray-scale unprocessed image > showing volcanic ash cloud entering Scandinavian airspace on Tu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] log scale on gnuradio wxgui scopesink "Counts"

2011-05-25 Thread Josh Blum
On 05/25/2011 12:16 PM, Arturo Rinaldi wrote: > is it possible to show in the *wxgui_scopesink* the "Counts" values in > the form of a log scale, i.e. 10^(-1) 10^(-2), 10^(-3), 10^(-4) and so on ? > > do i have to modify some source python file ? > yup. You may want to go after wxgui/plotters/

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronization issue with multiple USRPs

2011-05-25 Thread Josh Blum
On 05/25/2011 12:01 PM, Marc Epard wrote: > On May 25, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Josh Blum wrote: > >> 2) Calibrate the setup. After you tune, the daughterboard LOs will >> have different constant phase offsets. > > In my experience (with a WBX in a USRP2 and a DBSRX2 in an N210), the > phase offsets c

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronization issue with multiple USRPs

2011-05-25 Thread Josh Blum
On 05/25/2011 10:51 AM, Douglas Geiger wrote: > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Josh Blum wrote: >> >> >> >> 2) Calibrate the setup. After you tune, the daughterboard LOs will have >> different constant phase offsets. With boards like WBX, its actually >> possible to sync the LOs using hardwar

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronization issue with multiple USRPs

2011-05-25 Thread Douglas Geiger
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Josh Blum wrote: > > >> >> What will it take to implement syncing the LOs on the daughterboards >> that do support this - is this on the roadmap for UHD currently? >> > > Basically a timed spi command can sync the LOs. Its on the roadmap. That > wont forgo the nee

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP complex multiplication question

2011-05-25 Thread John Andrews
Dear All, I have a question regarding the first complex multiplication process with the IF sinusoid in the USRP. Which of the scheme mentioned below is actually happening in the USRP? Let's say that two ADCs provide the sampled received signal to the next stage of processing. Let's call the sample

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Unexpected energy peak sensing thermal noise and using usrp_spectrum_sense.py

2011-05-25 Thread Nick Foster
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 08:51 -0700, Lebowski80 wrote: > Hello everyone > > I’m using an USRP with a XCVR2450 daughter board working at 2.4 - 2.5 GHz. I > want to find a threshold between thermal noise and signals energy using the > script usrp_spectrum_sense.py and sensing from 2.400 GHz to 2.500 G

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP complex multiplication question

2011-05-25 Thread Nick Foster
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 12:14 -0500, John Andrews wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a question regarding the first complex multiplication process > with the IF sinusoid in the USRP. Which of the scheme mentioned below > is actually happening in the USRP? > > > Let's say that two ADCs provide the sampl

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP complex multiplication question

2011-05-25 Thread Nick Foster
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 12:14 -0500, John Andrews wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a question regarding the first complex multiplication process > with the IF sinusoid in the USRP. Which of the scheme mentioned below > is actually happening in the USRP? I should also clarify -- USRPs are zero-IF quadr

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tuesday, 24th May sample volcanic ash image

2011-05-25 Thread Patrik Tast
Yep, Patrik - Original Message - From: "Alexandru Csete" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 19:39 Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tuesday, 24th May sample volcanic ash image On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Patrik Tast wrote: Just FYI, to encourage GNURadio users, Received using

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] To implement WiMAX with GnuRadio or not?

2011-05-25 Thread Michael Dickens
Hi Alexander - I think Martin & Tom covered that GNU Radio is quite capable of being programmed for the basic receiver processing. You might need to play around a bit with your DSP blocks, but otherwise I think GNU Radio's data processing is up to the task. On May 23, 2011, at 3:50 PM, Alexand

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] To implement WiMAX with GnuRadio or not?

2011-05-25 Thread Jeff Brower
Michael- > Hi Alexander - I think Martin & Tom covered that GNU Radio > is quite capable of being programmed for the basic receiver > processing. You might need to play around a bit with your > DSP blocks, but otherwise I think GNU Radio's data > processing is up to the task. > > On May 23, 2011,

[Discuss-gnuradio] [RFC] Add a cyclic extender to gr

2011-05-25 Thread Igor Almeida
Hi all, I have been familiarizing myself with the inner guts of gnuradio and hacked together the attached patch, applied to tag v3.3.0. It is an extended version of gr_ofdm_cyclic_prefixer which can add cyclic suffix and symbol overlapping, which is used in VDSL/2 standards, and it is named gr_dmt

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] To implement WiMAX with GnuRadio or not?

2011-05-25 Thread Marcus D. Leech
Alexander is asking excellent questions and I'm surprised at the tepid response -- he's got like 4 replies so far? He's the prototype GNU radio user who needs to maintain his group's IP, he should be receiving "how to's", not "INALs". -Jeff Actually, IANAL is a perfectly-valid response. IP lice

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Please give me some advice for purchasing the USRP series!

2011-05-25 Thread Matt Ettus
On 04/21/2011 06:40 PM, 김보미 wrote: > 1) Buy one USRP N200 because of this comment of Ettus “Please > consider the USRP N200 series instead of USPR2.” > > And connect *the USRP2* and USRP N200 with MIMO cable to implement > the relay system > > 2) Buy one USRP. > > Then, use the USRP fo

[Discuss-gnuradio] Building gnuradio 3.3.0 on Fedora 15 (issue with SDCC)

2011-05-25 Thread Arturo Rinaldi
i have an issue regarding the SDCC executable in the building of gnuradio 3.3.0 on Fedora 15. I set up the PATH in my *.bashrc* file as : /export PATH=/usr/libexec/sdcc:$PATH /as written in the build guide but I still get the error in the configure process : /USRP requires sdcc. sdcc not fou

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Building gnuradio 3.3.0 on Fedora 15 (issue with SDCC)

2011-05-25 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 05/25/2011 09:01 PM, Arturo Rinaldi wrote: > i have an issue regarding the SDCC executable in the building of > gnuradio 3.3.0 on Fedora 15. I set up the PATH in my *.bashrc* file as : > > /export PATH=/usr/libexec/sdcc:$PATH > > /as written in the build guide but I still get the error in the >