Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FM Radio USB Dongles?

2006-11-10 Thread Dave hartzell
On 11/10/06, Johnathan Corgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As the original poster wondered, it would be far more useful to get downconverted I/Q out of the thing. This would be great, for example, if someone ever gets around to implementing an IBOC decoder for HD Radio. That was along the lines

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FM Radio USB Dongles?

2006-11-10 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 18:44 -0500, michael taylor wrote: > The bigger limitation, in terms of flexibility, is "Worldwide FM band > support (76–108 MHz)" from their Features page of the Si470x single > chip FM receiver. I don't see the interest, it is a FM-only receiver > basically with the broadca

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FM Radio USB Dongles?

2006-11-10 Thread michael taylor
On 11/10/06, Johnathan Corgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 14:19 -0500, michael taylor wrote: > :-) Silicon Labs makes one chipset used in some. It has a 8051 > microcontroller and a FM Tuner chip. I think all those chips output > Left/Right audio, not I/Q. > > http://www.si

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FM Radio USB Dongles?

2006-11-10 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 14:19 -0500, michael taylor wrote: > :-) Silicon Labs makes one chipset used in some. It has a 8051 > microcontroller and a FM Tuner chip. I think all those chips output > Left/Right audio, not I/Q. > > http://www.silabs.com/tgwWebApp/public/web_content/products/Broadcast/Ra

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FM Radio USB Dongles?

2006-11-10 Thread michael taylor
On 11/10/06, Dave hartzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've seen a lot of these $50 devices lately and I'm wondering if they would be compatible with GnuRadio... No support currently. Not likely. Anyone ever used one, and/or know how they operate? Hopefully they're just a front-end with a ADC

[Discuss-gnuradio] FM Radio USB Dongles?

2006-11-10 Thread Dave hartzell
I've seen a lot of these $50 devices lately and I'm wondering if they would be compatible with GnuRadio... Anyone ever used one, and/or know how they operate? Hopefully they're just a front-end with a ADC that sends I/Q to the CPU for processing Thanks, Dave _