-----Original Message-----
From: Patrik Tast [mailto:pat...@poes-weather.com]
Sent: Sunday, 1 April 2012 9:19 PM
To: Balint Seeber; discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RTL2832 ($20 USB SDR) support now in gr-
baz
Hi Balint,
Good job!
Would it be possible to also git the I2C command document that you used
to
"tame" the RTL2832 or a link to it in the README?
Thanks,
Patrik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Balint Seeber" <balint...@gmail.com>
To: <discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:43
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RTL2832 ($20 USB SDR) support now in gr-
baz
> Hi Rafael,
>
> The intention for upstream submission is certainly there, however time
is
> not quite... hopefully soon.
>
> Some blocks need optimisation, cleaning and re-styling - if anyone
wishes
> to
> help by sending a patch, that would be wonderful (I just received my
first
> a
> little while ago!).
>
> Re: getting the dongle, I happened to get lucky on eBay. I can only
> suggest
> to keep searching! Good luck.
>
> Kind regards,
> Balint
>
> PS: Lots happening here: http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR/
> And
>
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/rjp8v/20_ultracheap_software
_d
> efined_radio_with_rtl2832/
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: discuss-gnuradio-bounces+balint256=gmail....@gnu.org
>> [mailto:discuss-gnuradio-bounces+balint256=gmail....@gnu.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of
>> Rafael Diniz
>> Sent: Friday, 30 March 2012 3:43 AM
>> To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org
>> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RTL2832 ($20 USB SDR) support now in
gr-
>> baz
>>
>> Indeed, F****ng awesome!
>> Do you plan to submit upstream your gr-baz?
>>
>> People, in dealextreme store the dongle is sold out.
>> I do not want to start an off-topic trend, but could you please mail
>> me
>> in
>> private where are you buying such dongle?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Rafael Diniz
>>
>> > Awesome! I'm still waiting on my RTL-based card to arrive via
>> > snail-mail from an unknown factory on the other side of the world.
>> > Will test when it arrives!
>> >
>> > From: discuss-gnuradio-bounces+sean.nowlan=gtri.gatech....@gnu.org
>> > [mailto:discuss-gnuradio-bounces+sean.nowlan=gtri.gatech....@gnu.org]
>> > On Behalf Of Balint Seeber
>> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:22 AM
>> > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org
>> > Subject: [Discuss-gnuradio] RTL2832 ($20 USB SDR) support now in
>> > gr-baz
>> >
>> > Hi folks,
>> >
>> > I've just added RTL2832 support to gr-baz with support for both
tuners
>> > (Elonics E4000 and Fitipower FC0013).
>> >
>> > If you're not aware, this is sold as a DVB-T USB receiver for ~$20,
>> > which is a pretty decent price for a device that can do general
>> > purpose SDR at
>> > 3.2 MHz and 8-bits! The journey starts with Antti
>> > Palosaari<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-
infr
>> > astructure/44461/focus=44461> who discovered it can be put in a mode
>> > where it streams baseband data directly over USB (for analog FM
>> > demodulation in software). This resulted in Steve Markgraf's
>> > rtl-sdr<http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr>
>> > user-space capture utility over at Osmocom (see the Osmocom page to
>> > find compatible devices).
>> >
>> > I've taken that source and created a fully-featured GNU Radio Source
>> > block
>> > 'baz.rtl_source_c'<http://wiki.spench.net/wiki/Gr-baz#rtl_source_c>
>> > (with GRC block) that outputs complex values, and allows adjustment
of
>> > frequency, sample rate and LNA gain. There is also an optional
>> > automatic tuner mode control for the E4000. If you also like using
>> > Winrad/HDSDR/WRplus, my ExtIO
>> > plugin<http://wiki.spench.net/wiki/USRP_Interfaces> now has support
>> > for the device too. The Source block performs internal
>> > multi-threaded
>> > buffering for smoother performance (this might be over-engineered,
but
>> it seemed to help with the ExtIO plugin).
>> >
>> > You can get the source code from my
>> > SVN<http://svn.spench.net/main/gr-baz/> or
>> > github<https://github.com/balint256/gr-baz> (though please visit the
>> > info page<http://wiki.spench.net/wiki/Gr-baz#rtl_source_c> first for
>> > more info/pre-reqs - e.g. libusb-1.0, etc). It's experimental, and
not
>> > the prettiest because I actually ported it back from the ExtIO
plugin,
>> > but it works for me and if you want to help test/clean it up then
that
>> > would be very much appreciated!
>> >
>> > To see it in action, have a peek here: http://youtu.be/FUQd9HOVTk8
>> >
>> > Balint @spenchdotnet<http://twitter.com/spenchdotnet>
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