Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] increasing output power from lftx with resistor mod gives saturated output

2014-07-30 Thread ematlis
According to the AD8047 datasheet, the output voltage range is +/- 3 volts into a 150 ohm load.  That works out I believe to 30 milli-watts of output.  So it should be able to sink sufficient current to do better than what I'm observing... On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 4:22 PM, Marcus D. Leech

[Discuss-gnuradio] increasing output power from lftx with resistor mod gives saturated output

2014-07-30 Thread ematlis
Hello- I have attempted to increase the output power from my Rev 2.2 LFTX as per instructions from Matt Ettus on this list dated Aug 3 2013 in which he suggests reducing the values of resistors R3 and R5, but I am seeing a clipped output at peak values much less than expected. Using the ettus

[Discuss-gnuradio] increasing output power from lftx with resistor mod gives saturated output

2014-07-30 Thread ematlis
Hello- I have attempted to increase the output power from my Rev 2.2 LFTX as per instructions from Matt Ettus on this list dated Aug 3 2013 in which he suggests reducing the values of resistors R3 and R5, but I am seeing a clipped output at peak values much less than expected. Using the ettu

[Discuss-gnuradio] missing internal callbacks

2014-07-03 Thread ematlis
Hello- when creating a flowgraph in GRC there are times I would like to change the decimation on-the-fly with a gui slider. However, this does not work because the decimation factor in blocks such as the AM Demod or Decimating Fir Filter does not have an internal callback (as I understand it).

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] filename using time-stamp in GRC

2011-08-23 Thread ematlis
Alexandru- I thought I would revisit the "dynamic file creation" issue under GRC. The last suggestion was to simply code this up as a GRC custom block. I was hoping to get some help from you on this, since my GRC/python programming skills are very limited. I have modified a simple GRC-create

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] grc amplitude demodulation questions

2011-02-04 Thread ematlis
Getting back to my question about adjusting decimation on the fly, and having the FFT sink adjust to show the spectrum correctly, I have an example of what I am doing on my site at: www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio There's a jpg and the grc file there. If anybody would care to take a loo

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] filename using time-stamp in GRC

2011-01-20 Thread ematlis
--- On Thu, 1/20/11, Alexandru Csete wrote: > From: Alexandru Csete > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] filename using time-stamp in GRC > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 11:41 AM > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:41 > PM,  > wrote: > > > ... > > Following up on this,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] filename using time-stamp in GRC

2011-01-20 Thread ematlis
--- On Wed, 1/19/11, emat...@yahoo.com wrote: > From: emat...@yahoo.com > Subject: [Discuss-gnuradio] filename using time-stamp in GRC > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 12:47 PM > He all- > > is there a way to implement a button controlling a > record-to-file

[Discuss-gnuradio] filename using time-stamp in GRC

2011-01-19 Thread ematlis
He all- is there a way to implement a button controlling a record-to-file function where the filename is generated instantly from the current time stamp? I can do this manually in python as follows (taken from a previously existing gnuradio code): # # Recording file, in case w

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] grc amplitude demodulation questions

2011-01-14 Thread ematlis
--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Josh Blum wrote: > From: Josh Blum > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] grc amplitude demodulation questions > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 2:14 PM > > > I believe the code is already doing this.  Here > are code segments for > > 2 fft guis.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] grc amplitude demodulation questions

2011-01-14 Thread ematlis
Martin, thanks for responding. See my follow ups below: --- On Thu, 1/13/11, Marcus D. Leech wrote: > From: Marcus D. Leech > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] grc amplitude demodulation questions > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 4:26 PM > > Hello- > > > > I am

[Discuss-gnuradio] grc amplitude demodulation questions

2011-01-13 Thread ematlis
Hello- I am using GRC 3.3 to create a flow graph using the USRP2 and a LFRX to do amplitude demodulation. I have a few questions. 1) What are good values for "Audio Pass" and "Audio Stop" within the "AM Demod" block? 2) I observe a DC offset at the output of the demodulation. Is this exp

[Discuss-gnuradio] am antenna

2010-10-02 Thread ematlis
Hello all- can anyone suggest a source for an am-band antenna for the usrp? I need to acquire signals in the frequency band between roughly 1 to 2 MHz. Something small and compact would be nice. Thanks, eric ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing li

[Discuss-gnuradio] determining rms of AM carrier

2010-08-14 Thread ematlis
Hello- I am interested in determining the rms strength of the carrier of an AM modulated waveform, and displaying it in realtime, perhaps as a windowed average value. I am using the LFRX boards on the USRP. This question probably comes up a lot in the SNR and RSSI related posts, but perhaps n

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] usrp usb problem with Mandriva 2010.1

2010-08-11 Thread ematlis
--- On Wed, 8/11/10, Thomas Tsou wrote: > From: Thomas Tsou > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] usrp usb problem with Mandriva 2010.1 > To: emat...@yahoo.com > Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 1:52 PM > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:07 > AM,  > wrote: > > Hello- > > >

[Discuss-gnuradio] usrp usb problem with Mandriva 2010.1

2010-08-11 Thread ematlis
Hello- I am having a usb/USRP issue under x86_64 Mandriva 2010.1 with gnuradio-3.3.0. I compiled and installed using the default procedure: ./configure make sudo make install When I try to use usrp_fft.py, I get many errors (see below). The gui pops up, but no data is displayed: [mat...@loc

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP with Basic_RX

2010-06-01 Thread ematlis
> From: Marcus D. Leech > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP with Basic_RX > To: "Johnathan Corgan" , > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 2:32 PM > On 06/01/2010 03:15 PM, Johnathan > Corgan wrote: > > > > I think he's using a USRP2.  Isn't the dual > source USRP1 only? >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] compile errors with gcc-4.4

2009-06-10 Thread ematlis
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, emat...@nd.edu wrote: On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, emat...@nd.edu wrote: Hi all- I just installed Fedora 11 x86_64 which features gcc-4.4. I get compile errors such as: "gr_fft_filter_ccc.cc: In member function ‘void gr_fft_filter_ccc::compute_sizes(int)’: gr_fft_filter_ccc.cc:13

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] compile errors with gcc-4.4

2009-06-09 Thread ematlis
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, emat...@nd.edu wrote: Hi all- I just installed Fedora 11 x86_64 which features gcc-4.4. I get compile errors such as: "gr_fft_filter_ccc.cc: In member function ‘void gr_fft_filter_ccc::compute_sizes(int)’: gr_fft_filter_ccc.cc:133: error: ‘stderr’ was not declared in this

[Discuss-gnuradio] compile errors with gcc-4.4

2009-06-09 Thread ematlis
Hi all- I just installed Fedora 11 x86_64 which features gcc-4.4. I get compile errors such as: "gr_fft_filter_ccc.cc: In member function ‘void gr_fft_filter_ccc::compute_sizes(int)’: gr_fft_filter_ccc.cc:133: error: ‘stderr’ was not declared in this scope gr_fft_filter_ccc.cc:134: error: ‘

[Discuss-gnuradio] subdevice selection in USRP2

2009-05-12 Thread ematlis
Hi all- as part of my on-going efforts to acquire 2 channels (two independent signals) on my USRP2 with an LFRX board, I would like to know if there is an equivalent to the subdevice setup code that exists for the USRP1. For example: if not self.u.set_nchannels(nchan): s

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 2-channel AM demodulation on USRP2

2009-05-11 Thread ematlis
e two channels, one from each input of the LFRX? thanks, eric ematlis wrote: > > Hi all- > > I have a USRP2 with a LFRX daughterboard. I'm trying to acquire two > channels each at a separate frequency where Ch0 is amplitude modulated and > Ch1 is not. As per suggestions m

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 2-channel AM demodulation on USRP2

2009-05-11 Thread ematlis
On Sun, 10 May 2009, davek wrote: have you had success with your translating filters ? dave Dave- thanks much for responding. I have not yet succeeded in making my application work. Let me just review what I am trying to do. I want to capture with the USRP2 two signals; one AM with a car

[Discuss-gnuradio] modified scopesink

2009-05-11 Thread ematlis
I'm not sure if my email got sent out, so I'm re-posting Hi all- I have attached a modified scopesink that I believe fixes some sizing bugs. The issue is that the scope window would intrude on the controls below when sizes other than the default 640 by 240 is specified in the scopesink c

[Discuss-gnuradio] 2-channel AM demodulation on USRP2

2009-05-08 Thread ematlis
Hi all- I have a USRP2 with a LFRX daughterboard. I'm trying to acquire two channels each at a separate frequency where Ch0 is amplitude modulated and Ch1 is not. As per suggestions made to me from this list, to capture two channels at separate frequencies I was advised to tune the USRP2 to

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] usrp2 tune two different frequencies

2009-04-20 Thread ematlis
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Matt Ettus wrote: emat...@nd.edu wrote: On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Johnathan Corgan wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:59 AM, wrote: Is there any reason why the situation could not be the same as with the USPR1, with which I can program 2 DDC's on 1 LFRX daughterboard (with t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] usrp2 tune two different frequencies

2009-04-20 Thread ematlis
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Johnathan Corgan wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:59 AM, wrote: Is there any reason why the situation could not be the same as with the USPR1, with which I can program 2 DDC's on 1 LFRX daughterboard (with the appropriate mux) to tune in two separate frequencies? Yes,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] usrp2 tune two different frequencies

2009-04-20 Thread ematlis
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Johnathan Corgan wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Johnathan Corgan wrote: The USRP has one receive daughterboard and one baseband DDC, so no, you can only tune to one center frequency. I of course meant the USRP2 here. Johnathan Is there any reason why the sit

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] usrp2 tune two different frequencies

2009-04-20 Thread ematlis
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Johnathan Corgan wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:33 AM, wrote: is it possible to tune the USRP2 to two different frequencies?  I can do this with the USRP1 and a LFRX daughterboard using usrp.tune twice: The USRP has one receive daughterboard and one baseband DDC, so

[Discuss-gnuradio] usrp2 tune two different frequencies

2009-04-20 Thread ematlis
Hi all- is it possible to tune the USRP2 to two different frequencies? I can do this with the USRP1 and a LFRX daughterboard using usrp.tune twice: # Ch 0 r = usrp.tune(self.u, 0, self.subdev[0], target_freq1) # Ch 1 r = usrp.tune(self.u, 1, self.subdev[1], target_freq2) to tune each DDC to

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] bad usrp followup 2

2009-03-19 Thread ematlis
Thanks! eric On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, Eric Blossom wrote: On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 06:12:22PM -0400, emat...@nd.edu wrote: I discovered that F501 is measuring as an open; I take it that this is a fuse, and probably it has blown. Can anybody supply me with the part specification so I can replace i

[Discuss-gnuradio] bad usrp followup 2

2009-03-18 Thread ematlis
I discovered that F501 is measuring as an open; I take it that this is a fuse, and probably it has blown. Can anybody supply me with the part specification so I can replace it? The BOM data sheet doesn't seem to specify it. Thanks! eric Eric H. Matlis,

[Discuss-gnuradio] bad usrp follow up

2009-03-18 Thread ematlis
I was going to mention that there is no consistent voltage on the input of the LT1085 either; it's near zero but not exactly; it seems to vary. thanks, eric ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listi

[Discuss-gnuradio] usrp1 not responding

2009-03-18 Thread ematlis
Hi all- I have a problem with my USRP. The device is not detected by the pc OS, and the led's do not flash or come on. I checked the power supply; I can find 6.33 V on the board when powered up, but not 3.3V. I checked the voltage on the LT1085, and there is 0 V on the output pin. Is it l

[Discuss-gnuradio] gnuradio mentioned in cnet article on phone snooping

2009-02-12 Thread ematlis
Gnuradio was recently mentioned in this article on the technology of phone snooping: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-10159055-46.html ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradi

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Usrp2 and Agere ET131x compatibility

2009-02-11 Thread ematlis
I downloaded it from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/et131x I use dkms to auto compile; here is my dkms.conf: - PACKAGE_NAME="et131x" BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="$PACKAGE_NAME" DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/kernel/3rdparty/$PACKAGE_NAME/" AUTOINS

[Discuss-gnuradio] add-on pci-express GigE card compatibility

2008-12-11 Thread ematlis
Hi all- I just wanted to report that a PCI-express card with the Agere ET131x chipset (StarTech ST1000BTPEX from Newegg) doesn't seem to work (as eth1) with the USRP2, but an Intel-based card with the 82572EI chipset does. Maybe there is some option during compilation of the Agere kernel drive

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] non root access to usrp2 on Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread ematlis
Update- making sudo chmod u+s /usr/local/bin/usrp2_socket_opener allows usrp2_fft.py to work (also as suid) by a normal user. thanks! I would be interested in trying the sudo approach, but as I mentioned in my previous post there are some issues perhaps with sudo not knowing about the path o

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] non root access to usrp2 on Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread ematlis
In terms of using sudo, there is some issue with the environment variables not being passed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo usrp2_fft.py [sudo] password for matlis: sudo: usrp2_fft.py: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo /usr/local/bin/usrp2_fft.py execlp: couldn't exec usrp2_socket_opener

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] non root access to usrp2 on Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread ematlis
Michael- I found that setting usrp2_fft.py suid doesn't work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] z.research]$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/usrp2_fft.py -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 9915 2008-12-02 19:03 /usr/local/bin/usrp2_fft.py This is the same permissions as ping, so I thought it would work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -l

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] non root access to usrp2 on Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread ematlis
If I want to run the example program usrp2_fft.py, which routines (python and/or c++) need to be made suid? thanks, eric On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Michael Ossmann wrote: find_usrps and any other front-end programs would need to be suid (have the suid bit set and be owned by root). On Tue, Dec 02,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] non root access to usrp2 on Fedora 10

2008-12-02 Thread ematlis
Thank you very much for your response. If I wanted to provide access through suid, which file should be set suid? On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Michael Ossmann wrote: On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 03:41:35PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I looked over the wiki and the mailing list but could not

[Discuss-gnuradio] non root access to usrp2 on Fedora 10

2008-12-02 Thread ematlis
Hi all, I looked over the wiki and the mailing list but could not find mention of how to access the usrp2 as a non-root user on Fedora 10. As root, I get the following response from "find_usrps": 00:50:c2:85:30:68 hw_rev = 0x0300 but as a user, I get: socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(0xBEEF)

[Discuss-gnuradio] simultaneous receive/transmit with LFRX/TX

2008-01-22 Thread ematlis
Hi all- I looked over the mailing list, and I think I see that what I want to do is possible, but I want to verify before I order the parts: I want to receive an AM modulated waveform using an LFRX, demodulate it, and simultaneously and in a phase-locked way send out the demodulated waveform

[Discuss-gnuradio] corrupt points follow up

2007-12-27 Thread ematlis
It just occurred to me that perhaps the explanation for the "corrupt" points I described in my AM demodulation script is due to the mechanics of how the Hilbert Transform works; it produces a copy of the waveform that's delayed, and this would affect the first set of points. Can anybody expand

[Discuss-gnuradio] corrupted points when writing to file

2007-12-27 Thread ematlis
Hi- I have a python app which seems to corrupt points when I use it to demodulate a data stream stored in a file and write the de-modulated result back to a file. I've attached the python code, and an image of the problem can be seen at www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/waveform.jpg

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] control time or number of points acquired

2007-12-22 Thread ematlis
Thanks Eric, Juha, and Michael- to get 3 helpful responses within an hour of sending a post is truly amazing, particularly considering the time of the year. I should have elaborated in my post. I tried the gr.head approach, but I'm not sure it works in my application- I'm using the approach

[Discuss-gnuradio] control time or number of points acquired

2007-12-22 Thread ematlis
Hi all- has anybody implemented a control whereby the user can limit how long or how many points gets acquired by a gnuradio application? If so I'd appreciate any pointers! I've got an app where I'm storing samples to file and I'd like to control how many points go into each data file. tha

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-11 Thread ematlis
Thanks! eric Eric H. Matlis, Ph.D. Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Dept. 120 Hessert Center for Aerospace Research University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556-5684 Phone: (574) 631-6054 Fax: (574) 631-8355 On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Martin Dvh wrote: [EMA

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-11 Thread ematlis
I'm sure you are right about the gui taking the majority of the cycles, but it's the real-time feedback that makes gnuradio so attractive. Ideally one would beable to switch them on and off as needed during operation of the program, which it is my understanding will be possible with the impleme

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-10 Thread ematlis
to other decimations in the file Brian cites? thanks Brian and Eric, eric Also- this fix you are proposing- is it a simple scaling of gain that would be independent of decimation? Because as you can see from the following figure, the amplitudes scale directly with the decimation for values abo

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-10 Thread ematlis
ollowing figure, the amplitudes scale directly with the decimation for values above 128 on the 4 rcv rbf. www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/Amplitude_vs_decimation.jpg Both rbf's produce a flat response below 128 decimation; greater than this is where the change occurs. The standard half-band r

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-10 Thread ematlis
alues above 128 on the 4 rcv rbf. www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/Amplitude_vs_decimation.jpg Both rbf's produce a flat response below 128 decimation; greater than this is where the change occurs. The standard half-band rbf does have a couple of dips but is basically flat. thanks, eric

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-10 Thread ematlis
clipping on the std_4rx_0tx.rbf), the second figure is at the full scale voltage of 2 V P-P. Neither show clipping. The clipping is clearly dependent on which rbf file is used. www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/usrp_fft_180dec_1.4V_1khz.jpg www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-10 Thread ematlis
Eric- using -d 160 the problem goes away with this latest build, but remains for higher decimation values. For example, at decimation of 180, I can reproduce the problem. As a picture is worth a thousand words, I've put two jpg's up online at: www.nd.edu/~ematlis/

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-09 Thread ematlis
I don't have a chance to test your suggestion at the moment, but no, my test signal was an un-modulated 10 kHz signal. eric On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 05:11:52PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks- I just downloaded, compiled and installed this latest revision. When I test multi_scope.py i

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-09 Thread ematlis
Thanks- I just downloaded, compiled and installed this latest revision. When I test multi_scope.py in the mutli-antenna examples directory with this release I get the same issue. Please note, I have the LF_RX daughterboards, so I change the daughterboard ID from BASIC to LF in the python co

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-09 Thread ematlis
Thanks so much for clarifying that! I see now that config.vh controls how the code is configured. Regarding the loss of the half-band filters in the multi-antenna fpga configuration; what is the recommendation to avoid aliasing? Say for the case of a 2 MHz carrier AM waveform with modulation

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-09 Thread ematlis
So there is no difference in the fpga code between the standard usrp_fft.py and multi_fft.py found in the multi-antenna directory? Then why does the latter specify std_4rx_0tx.rbf? And to reiterate my original concern, the multi-antenna versions of the code will not accept more than between .

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-09 Thread ematlis
Actually no, I want the code that enables a single usrp to receive signals on two daughterboards. Sorry about the confusion on that; I assumed the "multi" in the filenames was referring to multiple daughterboards, I had forgotten there's a multi-usrp capability as well. So, with that cleared

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-08 Thread ematlis
Your suggestion worked to fix the compilation problem, along with the addition of a line for atr_delay.v, however, I'm not able to load the newly compiled rbf file into the usrp, and the error leads me to believe I need to take a step back and make sure I'm working with the right files. When I

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-08 Thread ematlis
Just as an update, I downloaded revision 6599 and tried again, no change in the result. I then tried to compile usrp_std.qpf, and that did work; it produced 11,496 total logic elements for a utilization of 95%, so I think the Quartus software is working correctly. From this it would appear t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-08 Thread ematlis
Ok, I installed the latest Quartus II ver. 7.2 software onto a virtualized WinXP guest hosted by a Linux x86_64 system running kvm/qemu. I downloaded a recent revision of gnuradio (revision 6595) onto the host. I started Quartus, and using a samba connection between the virtual guest and the

[Discuss-gnuradio] saturation with multi_fft.py

2007-10-05 Thread ematlis
Can anybody tell me why the multi_* versions of the fft and scope applications (found in the multi-antenna directory) seem to have such a large gain on the input signal for high decimation values (eg 250), relative to the non-multi versions (at same -g gain setting) of the fft and scope aps? I

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ATSC

2007-10-05 Thread ematlis
Here it is: www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/gr-atsc.tar.gz eric Eric H. Matlis, Ph.D. Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Dept. 120 Hessert Center for Aerospace Research University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556-5684 Phone: (574) 631-6054 Fax: (574)

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] low frequency oscope

2007-09-13 Thread ematlis
Yes, it's 10 Hz. And a 50 Hz high-pass; I originally didn't have that in place, thinking it would filter off the 4 Hz, but in fact it doesn't seem to, although it does remove most of the DC. Could this problem be an aliasing problem? Or could it be related to the frequency resolution of the

[Discuss-gnuradio] low frequency oscope

2007-09-13 Thread ematlis
Hi all- I'm trying to understand the behavior of the USRP/LFRX when used as a low frequency oscilloscope. I am trying to measure a AM modulated waveform with carrier frequency 34 kHz, modulated at 4 Hz. The decimation in the FPGA is 250, with a 10 Hz low-pass fir filter with a decimation fac

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] driver for ueidaq boards

2007-07-23 Thread ematlis
I put their latest driver and a pdf user guide on my website. These are freely available from them. They are at: www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/powerdaq_linux_full_3.6.18.tgz and www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/PDAQ-MAN-MFX-601.pdf The tar file contains the driver and there is a manual of

[Discuss-gnuradio] driver for ueidaq boards

2007-07-23 Thread ematlis
Hi all- I was curious what would be involved in getting gnuradio to run on any given data acquistion board that already has a linux kernel driver, such as the United Electronic Industry's Powerdaq boards: http://ueidaq.com/products/pci-data-acquisition/pd2-mfs/ We have a number of these in t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX

2007-06-24 Thread ematlis
Thank you! eric On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Roshan Baliga wrote: You want the full schematics, which I believe are in the subversion repository. You can get them with this command (once you've installed the subversion client, of course): svn co http://gnuradio.org/svn/usrp-hw/trunk usrp-hw -Rosha

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX

2007-06-22 Thread ematlis
I would like to see this schematic that Don mentions; I look at ettus.com but all I could find is the 1-page basic description of the daughterboard. Is there something more detailed that shows the layout of the 8132 as well as the ADC? thanks, eric p.s.- the USRP performed beautifully for my

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX

2007-06-22 Thread ematlis
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Matt Ettus wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Matt Ettus wrote: If there is no dc-removing capacitor in the circuitry , then should I not expect that for a board using a single (positive) supply, that the signal is always above zero? No, you can p

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX

2007-06-22 Thread ematlis
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Matt Ettus wrote: If there is no dc-removing capacitor in the circuitry , then should I not expect that for a board using a single (positive) supply, that the signal is always above zero? No, you can put a negative voltage in, as long as it doesn't go below -3.33V.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX

2007-06-21 Thread ematlis
gnuradio.org appears to be down. Where can I find that flag, and how do I disable it? However, my surmise of the last post seems to be correct. When I substitute a regular Basic RX for the LF RX unit, the upwards shift goes away. This is I'm guessing because, as I hinted to in my previous p

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX

2007-06-21 Thread ematlis
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Matt Ettus wrote: Oddly enough, usrp_oscope.py doesn't show any DC bias whatsoever, regardless of what offset I put into the function generator. Maybe it's removed inside the flow-graph? DC offset is automatically removed in hardware, but you can turn that feature off

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX

2007-06-21 Thread ematlis
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Matt Ettus wrote: Oddly enough, usrp_oscope.py doesn't show any DC bias whatsoever, regardless of what offset I put into the function generator. Maybe it's removed inside the flow-graph? DC offset is automatically removed in hardware, but you can turn that feature off

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX

2007-06-21 Thread ematlis
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Don Ward wrote: - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: [Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX Hi all- can anybody explain why the USRP/ LF_RX would seem to introduce a DC bias or offset to a signa

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX

2007-06-21 Thread ematlis
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Matt Ettus wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all- can anybody explain why the USRP/ LF_RX would seem to introduce a DC bias or offset to a signal generated by a function generator? I have a function generator configured to produce a 1 kHz .1 V P-P signal into a 50 Ohm lo

[Discuss-gnuradio] offset at input of LF_RX

2007-06-21 Thread ematlis
Hi all- can anybody explain why the USRP/ LF_RX would seem to introduce a DC bias or offset to a signal generated by a function generator? I have a function generator configured to produce a 1 kHz .1 V P-P signal into a 50 Ohm load. I have a Lecroy digital oscilloscope configured with the in

[Discuss-gnuradio] problem with mult-fft/scope resolved

2007-06-20 Thread ematlis
The problem was in the gain level- I hadn't realized the default gain in the mult_ versions is at 20 compared to midvalue for the standard versions. My signal was saturating the A/D's at this value of gain. Reducing the gain eliminated the problem. eric E

[Discuss-gnuradio] multi scope/fft not working right?

2007-06-20 Thread ematlis
ter, but I have to have a cuttoff very close to my 1 khz to clean it up. What is going on? I have two images, one for the scope and one for the fft at: www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/multi_scope.jpg www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/multi_fft.jpg The standard usrp_oscope.py and usrp_fft.py do

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] noise problem with USRP

2007-06-19 Thread ematlis
Chris- thanks for the suggestions. I may try to add the ferrite toroid. It's just curious that I didn't notice this before. Maybe my power brick is functioning differently, although it is brand new. thanks, eric On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Chris Albertson wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[Discuss-gnuradio] noise problem with USRP

2007-06-18 Thread ematlis
laptop is plugged into the mains, my am-demod gui shows a lot of noise in the spectrum and time series; when I disconnect the laptop from the power socket to operate on the battery this noise goes away. I have two images demonstrating the difference at: www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/usrp_on

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] VIA USB-2 combo card card, not working on linux for usrp

2007-06-07 Thread ematlis
I have an Adaptec DuoConnect AUA-1422 combo card with an NEC USB2 chipset. Using Mandriva 2007 spring on a Dell Latitude C840 with Pentium 4 m 2.6 GHz cpu I only get 16 MB/s transfer as determined by benchmark_usb.py. A little dissapointed, specially as I'm experiencing uO's with my latest 4-c

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] multi_file usrp tuning options

2007-06-01 Thread ematlis
Ok, great. This simplifies things; I was afraid I was going to have to create a modulating circuit to modulate those low-frequency timing signals so they could be captured along with the 2 MHz am-modulated signals using a single tuning frequency. I have some questions about the deinterleaver.

[Discuss-gnuradio] multi_file usrp tuning options

2007-05-31 Thread ematlis
Hi- I'm developing a 4-channel receiver using 4 rx paths and 2 LFRX daughter boards. I'm basing my code on the multi_* examples in the multi-antenna directory. Two of the channels I want to capture are AM-modulated at roughly 2 MHz carrier frequency, the other two signals are not modulated

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] chuck swiger's file utilities

2007-05-29 Thread ematlis
Hi- I've fixed the problem. I can just read the data directly as a float. You can see my c-code if you want to at: www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio/gnuradio_read_binary_float.c thanks for your help. eric On Tue, 29 May 2007, ismail_itee_uq wrote: ematlis wrote: Hi- does anybody

[Discuss-gnuradio] chuck swiger's file utilities

2007-05-29 Thread ematlis
Hi- does anybody know where Chuck Swiger's website went to? His old site seems to be down and I was looking for his c-code based binary read file utilities. I tried plotting with gr_plot_float.py but the result doesn't seem right to me. thanks, eric Er

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Sdcc now available in Fedora.

2007-05-02 Thread ematlis
I also have some sdcc rpm's that worked for me in FC5 at: www.nd.edu/~ematlis/z.gnuradio try sdcc-20061124-4482.x86_64.rpm or sdcc-20061124-4482.src.rpm eric On Wed, 2 May 2007, Trond Danielsen wrote: 2007/5/2, Achilleas Anastasopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Trond, I was

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

2007-03-19 Thread ematlis
I just got the audio_fft.py running, and this is how I did it on a Fedora Core 6 x86_64 machine, in KDE with a set of earphones/microphone: 1) started kmix, went to the "Input" selection and enabled "capture" 2) verified that audio_fft.py was responding by starting it in Oscilloscope mode, ie

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] window sizing issue

2007-03-19 Thread ematlis
Michael- I'm trying to "calibrate" the flow-graph of the am_rcv_plasma_mod.py so that the values displayed in the final window represent actual input amplitudes. The first step to do this would be to account for the internal gain; so I need to divide through by a factor of 10^(gain) where ga

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] window sizing issue

2007-03-16 Thread ematlis
Ok, I can accept that this device was not intended to be used as a calibrated measurement device, but maybe I can give it a shot. If I keep the decimation constant, and stabilize the temperature, what other considerations do I need to take into account (other than the obvious one, ie gain) for

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] window sizing issue

2007-03-16 Thread ematlis
Thanks again! That worked great. As for who wrote the script, well, I adapted it (with much help from people on the discussion list) from a pre-existing wfm-based script, if I recall correctly. eric On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Michael Dickens wrote: On Mar 16, 2007, at 12:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] window sizing issue

2007-03-16 Thread ematlis
Thanks- I'm using the DC-30 MHz basic RX board. So by recording the input signal, recording the value displayed on my "time series" window, and knowing the gain (0-20db if memory serves) I can calibrate the hardware so that I can back out the original voltage levels at the input? What impact

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] window sizing issue

2007-03-16 Thread ematlis
Michael- thanks very much for your help! Your changes have fixed the "control buttons covered" issue. I'll have to study what you did; I don't know any wxPython at all and as you've mentioned it's not easy to wade through existing documentation. Two other questions- 1) do you happen to kn

[Discuss-gnuradio] window sizing issue

2007-03-15 Thread ematlis
Hi- I've got an application with 3 plot windows and a control area in the bottom. Depending on the screen resolution, the control area on the bottom is "covered" by the lowest of the 3 plot windows. The applicatoin works fine at 1600x1200 but less well at 1440x900, and certainly at lower reso