RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] GnuRadio on PCI-104 (i.e., Fedora on USBFlash Drive)

2008-05-02 Thread Bahn, William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> -Original Message- > From: Jeff Brower [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:55 PM > To: Bahn, William L Civ USAFA/DFCS > Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Subject: RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] GnuRadio on PCI-104 (i.e., Fedora on > USBFlash Drive) &

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] GnuRadio on PCI-104 (i.e., Fedora on USB Flash Drive)

2008-05-01 Thread Bahn, William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> > Mandriva is promoting a version that boots off a USB drive > http://www.mandriva.com. That sounds promising. But when I went out there it looks like you can't download it - you have to buy their USB key. I have no problem with that, except that I need this computer up and running by tomorrow

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] GnuRadio on PCI-104 (i.e., Fedora on USB Flash Drive)

2008-05-01 Thread Bahn, William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
Thanks for the response. More questions below. > Bahn, William L Civ USAFA/DFCS wrote: > > > > I need to get GnuRadio up and running on some PCI-104 embedded > processors, which means I need the O/S to boot from a USB key. I have a 4 > GB key but am willing to purchase an 8 G

[Discuss-gnuradio] GnuRadio on PCI-104 (i.e., Fedora on USB Flash Drive)

2008-05-01 Thread Bahn, William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
I have GnuRadio up and running on some Fujitsu Tablet PC under Fedora Core 6. I need to get GnuRadio up and running on some PCI-104 embedded processors, which means I need the O/S to boot from a USB key. I have a 4 GB key but am willing to purchase an 8 GB or even a 16 GB key if that's what it t

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Default FPGA I/O standard

2007-10-02 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Brian Padalino > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 5:53 PM > To: Matt Ettus > Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Default FPGA I/O standard > > On 10/1/07, Matt Ettus <[EMAIL P

[Discuss-gnuradio] What is the range of USRP complex sample values

2007-09-09 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
For complex IQ data values, what is the min/max range both for data coming from the USRP and data sent to the USRP? There are three obvious guesses: 1) Normalized to +/-1.0. 2) Direct match to the ADC/DAC ranges. 3) Normalized to a nominal ADC/DAC range. The first is right out since the values

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Failed to tune to low frequency with usrp.tune

2007-08-22 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> > That is because the onboard VCO typically won't tune below 2.3 GHz. You > can change line 456 in gr-usrp/src/db_flexrf.py to allow you to try > going lower. > > Matt Is there someplace where the (nominal) tunable ranges of each of the daughterboards is available? ___

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Recovering x(t) from IQ samples

2007-08-17 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> From: Johnathan Corgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS wrote: > > > Please tell me there is a better way. > > I didn't follow the start of this thread, but can you reiterate what > you're trying to accomplish, vs. alternative w

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Recovering x(t) from IQ samples

2007-08-16 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
concern (at least for my needs). Please tell me there is a better way. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 5:57 PM > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org &

[Discuss-gnuradio] Recovering x(t) from IQ samples

2007-08-16 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
If my i(t) and q(t) samples are defined as follows: i(t) = x(t) * sin(wt) q(t) = x(t) * cos(wt) then, given i(t) and q(t), I can recover the magnitude of x(t) as follows: |x(t)| = sqrt(i^2(t) + q^2(t)) But how can I recover the sign of x(t)? For each of the four possible combinations of the si

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] File format question

2007-08-16 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> > When possible, I would prefer to use the constants that have been set up > so that the code is (1) more readable, and (2) more maintainable. So > instead of using "8" for complex, I would like to use > gr.sizeof_"whatever". But I don't know what "whatever" needs to be. Where > do I find this?

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] File format question

2007-08-14 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
-Original Message- > From: Dan Halperin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:19 PM > To: Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS > Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] File format question > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > H

[Discuss-gnuradio] Diverting data through external FPGA board

2007-08-14 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
Is it possible (in a relatively easy manner) to make the data from the ADC (or, probably better and more doable, from the DDC) available at the external pins of the USRP and to get external data from the USRP pins and feed that to the PC? Essentially we want to use the FPGA board as a front-end

[Discuss-gnuradio] File format question

2007-08-14 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
I have a few questions, but they mostly come down to: What is the data file format when using a file as a signal source? >From http://www.nd.edu/~jnl/sdr/docs/tutorials/9.html#tth_sEc3.3 2.5 File sources Block: gr.file_source

[Discuss-gnuradio] Good laptop for GR/USRP

2007-03-20 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
We will (hopefully) be purchasing some new laptops specifically for use with the USRP and wanted to get any recommendations on particularly good machines to purchase or, failing that, what specs to focus on. This is my present thinking - please correct any misconceptions I have: 1) Dual core is p

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Can't get input from sound card.

2007-03-19 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> > > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Can't get input from sound card. > > LRK > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 01:15:34AM -0600, Bahn William L Civ > USAFA/DFCS > > wrote: > > > > > > I still can't get

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Can't get input from sound card.

2007-03-19 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Can't get input from sound card. > LRK > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 01:15:34AM -0600, Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS > wrote: > > > > I still can't get any input from the sound card. I have installed

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Can't get input from sound card.

2007-03-16 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> > But I don't seem to me able to get any data from the audio card using such > programs as audio_to_file.py or audio_fft.py. > I still can't get any input from the sound card. I have installed GNU Radio on a completely different computer. The dial_tone.py program works. I get a flat line (it b

[Discuss-gnuradio] Can't get input from sound card.

2007-03-15 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
Greetings all, I'm trying to interact with the sound card. The example programs, such as dial_tone.py and dialtone_v.py, that output audio work fine. But I don't seem to me able to get any data from the audio card using such programs as audio_to_file.py or audio_fft.py. When I run []# audio_fft.

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Problems with How to Write a Signal ProcessingBlock

2007-01-30 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
. This implies that the make check process is not actually invoking the qa_howto.py program. That being the case, upon what basis does the article claim that the new block works? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bahn W

[Discuss-gnuradio] Problems with How to Write a Signal Processing Block

2007-01-30 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
I've gone through the How to Write a Signal Processing Block article. Everything worked - better than it was supposed to. When I got to the first time I was supposed to run "make check" and it was supposed to fail, it passed. I'm assuming that this is because the tarball included the howto module

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] B input on BasicRX not working

2007-01-26 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> -Original Message- > From: Eric Blossom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 7:56 PM > To: Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS > Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] B input on BasicRX not working > > On Fri, Jan 26,

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] B input on BasicRX not working

2007-01-26 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
If I understand you correctly, you are trying to receive a signal sent in to the "RX-B" input of a BasicRX board, as opposed to the "RXB" slot of the USRP (gotta love the completely clear and unambiguous labeling). If that is the case, then to get input from the B side you need to use A:1 as the

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] xmlto error encountered in trying to generate some doc files.

2007-01-25 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> -Original Message- > From: Eric Blossom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:40 AM > To: Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS > Cc: gnuradio mailing list > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xmlto error encountered in trying to > generate some doc fi

[Discuss-gnuradio] xmlto error encountered in trying to generate some doc files.

2007-01-25 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
In the docs/exploring-gnuradio directory I have previously looked at the dial_tone.py file (and it runs and I understand the gist of it well enough), but I couldn't find any actual documentation (remember, some of us are brand new to Linux). So now I figure that I need to run "make" since there is

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Interpretting results from usrp_rx_cfile.py

2007-01-19 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
// SIGNED // William L. Bahn Instructor of Computer Science United States Air Force Academy e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: Eric Blossom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 4:45 PM > To: Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS &g

[Discuss-gnuradio] Interpretting results from usrp_rx_cfile.py

2007-01-17 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
I have a function generator outputting a sine wave into the RX-B connector of the BasicRX board connected to the RX-B side of a USRP. I am trying to capture the waveform and store it to a file. Here are the commands I tried: # ./usrp_rx_cfile.py -R B -d 256 -f 1000 sine_1k1.dat # ./usrp_rx_cfile.

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Input Voltage Range of BasicRX board

2007-01-17 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> -Original Message- > From: Matt Ettus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:20 PM > To: Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS; gnuradio mailing list > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Input Voltage Range of BasicRX board > > Bahn William L Civ USA

[Discuss-gnuradio] Input Voltage Range of BasicRX board

2007-01-17 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
If I want to apply the output (50 ohm) from a function generator directly to the BasicRX inputs, what is the allowed voltage range that can be applied: 1) Without damaging anything? 2) Without exceeding the range of the ADC? Surely this kind of stuff is documented someplace. But where? I can't f

[Discuss-gnuradio] Transmitting the contents of a file.

2007-01-17 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
Perhaps my prior posts have included too much information to get a response, so I'll try trimming it way down. I have a file of waveform data that I want to send to the DAC on the USRP. Can it be done? How do I do it? What format does the data in the file need to be in? Any response would be app

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] What is the simplest way to get data to/from the USRP

2007-01-12 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
I'm just getting back to this after a few months (gotta love funding issues). Brief recap on what I am trying to do: I am trying to perform some very non-conventional signal processing. To show that our basic approach is viable it is sufficient for us to perform the following tasks: 1) Generate a

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Mayday, Mayday, flex2400 is down

2006-09-26 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
Matt, Just want to get clarification on one point: > I am not responsible. This includes, but is not limited to: > Transmitting directly into the receive port Does this apply to the BasicTX and BasicRX boards as well. I called the day we ordered this board asking about what kind of antenna

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] What is the simplest way to get data to/from the USRP

2006-09-21 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
> -Original Message- > From: Eric Blossom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:16 PM > To: Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS > Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] What is the simplest way to get data > to/from the

[Discuss-gnuradio] What is the simplest way to get data to/from the USRP

2006-09-20 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
Assuming that I am ever able to actually establish communications with the USRP, what is the simplest way to get raw data to/from the USRP?   I have been told by several people (none of whom, as far as I know, have actually played with SDR) that the basic idea behind SDR is that the softw

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP

2006-09-18 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
>> # ./usrp_siggen.py -f 10 >That would be 10 Hz. >Everywhere a frequency is expected you can use a float followed >immediately by an SI suffix. E.g., -f 92.3M Thanks. >> What I got was nine copies of a "connection timed out" message and a >> complaint about it not being able to load the FPGA

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP

2006-09-18 Thread Bahn William L Civ USAFA/DFCS
I believe I am at the point were I should be able to talk to the USRP, but can’t.   We presently have the USRP with two BasicTX and BasicRX boards installed. We are running Fedora Core 5 We have installed GNU Radio per the instructions in the README as closely as possible. If I run the