Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Deeper story on FCC versus open source SDR

2007-07-23 Thread John Clark
John Gilmore schrieb: http://news.com.com/Feds+snub+open+source+for+smart+radios/2100-1041_3-6195102.html This story had more details and investigation than the others I'd seen. This article was sent out on the list a few weeks ago. I personally see such a ruling as sinster. As it stands with

[Discuss-gnuradio] Deeper story on FCC versus open source SDR

2007-07-23 Thread John Gilmore
http://news.com.com/Feds+snub+open+source+for+smart+radios/2100-1041_3-6195102.html This story had more details and investigation than the others I'd seen. FYI. John ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.o

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] driver for ueidaq boards

2007-07-23 Thread Johnathan Corgan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How difficult do you think it would be to write the interface, based on > the information I link to above? Is there a template I could use to look > into writing it? In two words, I'd describe it as "medium difficulty." Their driver API abstracts most of the gory hard

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 th

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP's supplying values larger than 128

2007-07-23 Thread Chris Stankevitz
The USRP uses an AD9862 which has a 12-bit resolution ADC. D'oh, thank you Johnathan. Chris ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP's supplying values larger than 128

2007-07-23 Thread Jeff Brower
Chris- > Dumb question: > > Why is the USRP supplying values outside -127/127 when it has on board > an 8 bit ADC? The AD9862 is a 12-bit ADC. -Jeff ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dis

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] driver for ueidaq boards

2007-07-23 Thread Johnathan Corgan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP's supplying values larger than 128

2007-07-23 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Dumb question: Why is the USRP supplying values outside -127/127 when it has on board an 8 bit ADC? Thanks, Chris ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

[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] USRP internally generated signal at 1088 MHz

2007-07-23 Thread Matt Ettus
Eric Cottrell wrote: > Hello, > > I got the DBSRX board back working but noticed if I run the USRP_FFT program > a 20 db above the noise signal appears at 1088 MHz. It is there if the > antenna is disconnected and moves up and down with the gain. It will > decrease and go away as the gain is m

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] different registers

2007-07-23 Thread Matt Ettus
Zhuocheng Yang wrote: > Hi: > > In the spec. for command packets, there are several different kind of writes. > (register write, SPI write, I2C write). I noticed that master_control has a > few registers, serial_io has a few registers connected to it. Which one is > one? What registers are SPI,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gnuradio usrp python

2007-07-23 Thread Alaelddin
Hi I prefer Ubuntu. it works in Cygwin , but it is tricky. The Gnu Radio is free to use. what you have to do is to install it in Ubuntu as described in http://gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/UbuntuInstall , then try to run some examples and see how the code looks like. --Alaelddin Eze Kenneth C. wrote:

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: gnuradio usrp python

2007-07-23 Thread Patrick Strasser
Hello Eze! Eze Kenneth C. schrieb: i've never programmed in python, and the problem am having now is that the hardware 'usrp' only works in Linux and the programming is done on python. i need the HELP about the program. I learned Python with the Pyton Tutorial http://docs.python.org/tut/ Take

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gnuradio usrp python

2007-07-23 Thread Alaelddin
I face this problem when I started working with the USRP. Fortunately, you can install Sygwin. you can find the instruction on the link http://gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/CygwinInstallMain Sygwin will make a Linux environment in windows, so you do NOT have to install Linux Be careful, the installa

[Discuss-gnuradio] gnuradio usrp python

2007-07-23 Thread Eze Kenneth C.
hi, pls am a postgraduate student of brunel university west london, M.Sc Wireless communication systems, working on 'design and implementation of software defined radio for digital communication' preferably 3G. i've never programmed in python, and the problem am having now is that the hardware

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] License updated to GPL version 3 or later

2007-07-23 Thread Bob McGwier
I have noticed that the code seems lighter and the electrons seems happier this morning! Welcome back from vacation. Bob Eric Blossom wrote: FYI, I've just updated the license on GNU Radio from GPL version 2 or later to GPL version 3 or later. -- snip -- Eric -- Robert W. McGwi