Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-23 Thread Evan Merewether
-gnuradio-bounces+evan=syndetix@gnu.org] On Behalf Of mle...@ripnet.com Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:31 AM To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms Oooh, yeah. I forgot about X10! I once used an X10 cont

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-23 Thread mleech
Oooh, yeah. I forgot about X10! I once used an X10 control system to turn a stirrer on and off under program control for an electrochemical cell I was running for a month. Long story, unrelated to Gnu Radio :-) On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:59:06 -0800, Hugh and Irene Pett wrote: > Hi George, >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-23 Thread Hugh and Irene Pett
Hi George, The problem of connecting electronics cheaply to house wiring was implemented maybe 20 years ago in the X10 system, in which simple controllers would turn lights etc. on and off. There are inexpensive computer interfaces as well. Here is just one example of the sort of device th

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-23 Thread George Nychis
> > > > Maybe something a little more accessible from MAXIM: > > http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/powerline/ > > They have an evaluation kit which might have some testpoints to > connect up to a USRP, or try to ship off samples through their 10/100 > ethernet interface. > > Thanks, Brian! I will

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread Brian Padalino
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Johnathan Corgan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 13:20, Nick Foster wrote: > >> Before anyone goes out there and barbecues themselves with a USRP, two >> things: >> >> 1) Use Ettus Research products for power-line or hazardous voltage >> applications at your own

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 13:20, Nick Foster wrote: > Before anyone goes out there and barbecues themselves with a USRP, two > things: > > 1) Use Ettus Research products for power-line or hazardous voltage > applications at your own risk and after careful evaluation by competent > engineer. Yep.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread Evan Merewether
-Original Message- From: Evan Merewether [mailto:e...@syndetix.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:29 PM To: 'John Ackermann N8UR' Subject: RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms May I suggest looking at the schematic at the bottom

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread Nick Foster
tix@gnu.org >> [mailto:discuss-gnuradio-**bounces+evan >> =syndetix.com@gnu.**org ] On Behalf Of >> John Ackermann N8UR >> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:45 PM >> To: George Nychis >> Cc: discuss-gnuradio >> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
iscuss-gnuradio Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms On 2/21/2012 3:00 PM, George Nychis wrote: Okay! So apparently there is some interest in power line communication for GSoC. But, what we would want to do is already have a safe way of connecting

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread Evan Merewether
+evan=syndetix@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Johnathan Corgan Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:45 PM To: Brian Padalino Cc: discuss-gnuradio Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:30, Johnathan Corgan wrote: > They li

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread Evan Merewether
-bounces+evan=syndetix@gnu.org [mailto:discuss-gnuradio-bounces+evan=syndetix@gnu.org] On Behalf Of John Ackermann N8UR Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:45 PM To: George Nychis Cc: discuss-gnuradio Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms On 2/21/2

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:30, Johnathan Corgan wrote: > They list two North American distributors, but I couldn't find the > product on either distributor's website.  I'll give them a call and > see what I can come up with. These guys sell it: http://www.hiscoinc.com/ it is out of stock with

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
On 2/21/2012 3:00 PM, George Nychis wrote: Okay! So apparently there is some interest in power line communication for GSoC. But, what we would want to do is already have a safe way of connecting the USRP in to the wall socket for the student(s), and for the future of GNU Radio and USRP power li

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:18, Brian Padalino wrote: > Not sure how much they are or where you can even buy them, but they're > pretty much perfect for this: > >    http://www.onfilter.com/products.html?s=MSN01 They list two North American distributors, but I couldn't find the product on either

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread Brian Padalino
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 3:00 PM, George Nychis wrote: > Okay!  So apparently there is some interest in power line communication for > GSoC.  But, what we would want to do is already have a safe way of > connecting the USRP in to the wall socket for the student(s), and for the > future of GNU Radio

[Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-21 Thread George Nychis
Okay! So apparently there is some interest in power line communication for GSoC. But, what we would want to do is already have a safe way of connecting the USRP in to the wall socket for the student(s), and for the future of GNU Radio and USRP power line communications development. So, as a goal