Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Denver Area Meetup?

2014-04-23 Thread Eric Schneider
I just sent an email regarding the first meetup planning to those that had expressed interest. If I missed you, please send me a email and I'll add you to the email discussion. --Eric On 04/10/2014 11:26 AM, Eric Schneider wrote: Is anyone doing a GnuRadio / SDR meetup in the Denver

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GSOC 14 proposal for project "Vector Network Analyzer"

2014-04-11 Thread Eric Schneider
I'm not sure how the GSOC thing works, but if there is anything I can do to help make this project happen, let me know! This very idea has been on my "some day" shelf for far to long... --Eric On 03/13/2014 11:41 AM, MITUL VEKARIYA wrote: Hi Here's the link for my proposal for the project "Ve

[Discuss-gnuradio] Denver Area Meetup?

2014-04-10 Thread Eric Schneider
Is anyone doing a GnuRadio / SDR meetup in the Denver Area? If not, is anyone in the area interested? First beer is on me. :-) --Eric ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

[Discuss-gnuradio] GnuRadio / Ettus Consultants?

2014-04-10 Thread Eric Schneider
I hope this isn't bad form for the lists, but this skill set is proving difficult to find through other channels. Is there a good place to find people with GnuRadio / UHD / Ettus hardware experience? And if you are available for consulting, please contact me! I'm looking for multiple persons

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 UHD consecutive tx timestamps

2010-09-02 Thread Eric Schneider
I would like to be able to send a continuous stream of tx packets, each with a timestamp, such that if one is dropped, the next will be transmitted at the correct time. My use case involves CDMA test signal generation, and currently a dropped packet causes a total loss of sync on the test devices (

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Detecting transmit underruns on UHD

2010-09-02 Thread Eric Schneider
Oh cool! When was that implemented? I missed it... I assume there is no problem with timeout = 0? Is the interface thread safe? read/write/recv_async? --Eric On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 13:23 -0400, Josh Blum wrote: > See recv async message: > http://www.ettus.com/uhd_docs/doxygen/html/classuhd_1_1d

[Discuss-gnuradio] usrp ets-inband repo

2010-09-01 Thread Eric Schneider
I have forked the Ettus github repo (usrp-fpga-mirror) and added a branch with my alternate rx-buffer / timestamp fixes. git://github.com/etschneider/usrp-fpga-inband.git Use the 'ets-inband' branch, I'm leaving master to follow the Ettus upstream. If anyone uses it, please let me know. --Eric

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP1 Inband firmware questions

2010-08-12 Thread Eric Schneider
On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 23:25 +0200, Sylvain Munaut wrote: > Unfortunately : > > Error (10663): Verilog HDL Port Connection error at > rx_buffer_inband.v(273): output or inout port "num_packets" must be > connected to a structural net expression > > And altough I'm fluent in VHDL, I have no idea a

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP1 Inband firmware questions

2010-08-12 Thread Eric Schneider
On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 17:14 +0200, Sylvain Munaut wrote: > Mmm, in the code I've read, the tx timestamp counter was different than > the rx timestamp counter and with different reset signals. This is all from memory... There were two clocks, but the resets should have been tied together. If the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP1 Inband firmware questions

2010-08-12 Thread Eric Schneider
Correction: As Brian stated, I think 0x is the correct "NOW" timestamp. On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 09:08 -0600, Eric Schneider wrote: > Sylvain - > > On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 14:27 +0200, Sylvain Munaut wrote: > > > - How can I know the 'current'

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP1 Inband firmware questions

2010-08-12 Thread Eric Schneider
Sylvain - On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 14:27 +0200, Sylvain Munaut wrote: > - How can I know the 'current' TX timestamp ? I want to send a ping > command, but I don't see a way to know what timestamp I should use. It is in the header of every Rx packet. If you need to send a command without knowing t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UHD support for USRP1

2010-08-10 Thread Eric Schneider
Josh, as far as I know, I was the last one to work on the "inband" firmware. I used it extensively for a project I was working on and didn't have problems with it, but more testing would be warranted before considering for the default firmware. (Which I would like to see) As to the rationale for

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using external clock with USRP2/WBX

2010-06-14 Thread Eric Schneider
On Sun, 2010-06-13 at 08:12 -0700, Damien S. wrote: > Hi all, > I'm trying to use the external clock input of the usrp2 with WBX in receive > mode. Unfortunately after processing the recorded signal there is still a > clock drift despite the fact i'm using a GPS reference clock. So i suppose > that

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] External Clock in GRC

2010-05-25 Thread Eric Schneider
Damien, I use: Clock Source usrp2_clock_src usrp2.MC_WE_DONT_LOCK enum Internal usrp2.MC_WE_DONT_LOCK

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Cheap Network Analysers

2010-04-24 Thread Eric Schneider
On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 14:58 -0400, Marcus D. Leech wrote: > Anyone know of any reasonably-priced network analysers, up to 2 or > 3GHz? Basic S21 and S11 > measurements would be a good start. I've been contemplating trying such a thing using using a WBX daughterboard. It hasn't got past the "ta

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP1 Inband rework, request for features and comments

2010-02-16 Thread Eric Schneider
irmed that timestamps to the host are not > jumping in any manner when there is no overrun, and have you confirmed > that timestamps are being treated properly when trying to transmit? > > Thanks a bunch for updating this code. > > - George > > > On Tue, Jan 26, 201

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP1 Inband rework, request for features and comments

2010-01-26 Thread Eric Schneider
Echoing some feedback to the list... On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 08:47 -0700, Eric Schneider wrote: > 1. I do not intent to implement VRT over USB. Only to implement a VRT > compatible interface on the host. The USB inband protocol will simply > serve to make that possible in the most effi

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] getting IQ data from 2 uspr1 synchronously

2010-01-25 Thread Eric Schneider
I'm not aware of an existing way to do this on the USRP1. A function similar to the USRP2 pps input (and start_streaming_at or at least inband timestamps) would be required. In addition to a shared clock of course. Perhaps this would make a good addition for a future inband FPGA revision. Is an

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP1 FPGA <-> FX2 communication

2010-01-25 Thread Eric Schneider
What is available? I am trying to figure out how to accomplish some level of time coordination between inband timestamps on the FPGA and the daughterboard communication via the FX2. Exact sample clock precision isn't expected and just a predictable latency channel might do. Can the FX2 peek/in

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP1 Inband rework, request for features and comments

2010-01-25 Thread Eric Schneider
Hi all, I'm looking to be doing some more rework of the USRP1 inband code, specifically to align with the USRP2 VRT work. For those not familiar, USRP1 inband allows for timestamped rx/tx samples (and commands), which is very useful for TDMA type systems. It is a separate FPGA configuration and

Re: [Fwd: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gain Range error / Tx LO Offset]

2010-01-22 Thread Eric Schneider
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 13:50 -0800, Matt Ettus wrote: > On 01/21/2010 12:40 PM, Eric Schneider wrote: > > Linearity does seem to be an issue above 0.1 or so, based on the > > intermod products I'm seeing. > > > Well, it depends on what you mean by "issue".

Re: [Fwd: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gain Range error / Tx LO Offset]

2010-01-21 Thread Eric Schneider
On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 18:11 -0800, Matt Ettus wrote: > Because 0.2 amplitude doesn't clip. On a typical 1800, it will start to > clip somewhere around 0.5 to 0.6, and a typical 2400 will be much closer > to 1.0. But in any case, you want to back off on the power to get the > linearity you need

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gain Range error / Tx LO Offset

2010-01-16 Thread Eric Schneider
On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 10:57 -0800, Matt Ettus wrote: > On 01/16/2010 10:46 AM, Eric Schneider wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, was there a design decision made to not use the > > DAC PGAs to adjust Tx gain? > > > The issue is that changing the DAC PGA not only

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gain Range error

2010-01-16 Thread Eric Schneider
Just out of curiosity, was there a design decision made to not use the DAC PGAs to adjust Tx gain? On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 09:08 -0800, Josh Blum wrote: > On 01/16/2010 01:36 AM, amarnath alapati wrote: > > hi friends, > > When I tried to print the Transmitter gain range by the following > > com

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] kernel freeze during continuous transmission using USRP2

2009-12-22 Thread Eric Schneider
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 15:31 -0800, Jung Il Choi wrote: > Does anyone has any clue/suggestion? I am using Ubuntu 8.04 with the > kernel 2.6.24-21, and using D-Link DGE-560T gigabit pci-express adapter. I had the same problem (same card) on Ubuntu 8.10. I have since upgraded to 9.10, and rebuilt

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: Ticket 378 / usrp2::tx_raw: FIXME: short packet

2009-12-19 Thread Eric Schneider
FYI, the current development/master branch in the git repo has Johnathan Corgan's work-around which solved my issue. $ git clone http://gnuradio.org/git/gnuradio.git (build as usual) --ETS On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 10:40 -0700, Eric Schneider wrote: > I've been testing wi

[Discuss-gnuradio] Ticket 378 / usrp2::tx_raw: FIXME: short packet

2009-12-13 Thread Eric Schneider
I've been testing with a USRP2 by streaming a data file along with some trivial type conversions. I receive several of the following errors: usrp2::tx_raw: FIXME: short packet: 1 items (32 bytes) I am running an up-to-date 3.2 branch build (which has EB's fragmenting work around). I noticed a c

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If it's coming from two different parts of the chip with two > independent reset signals, then yes there is always suspicion that > they are unaligned. I didn't realize there were different resets. It should be change

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: George Nychis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm not sure what code you started from, Eric S. ... I had mentioned I > had some fixes in my own developer branch, one of which was making sure > there was only 1 counter: > http://gnuradio.org/trac/changeset/8987 > htt

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: George Nychis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Just going to chime in here with nothing really too important, because > this isn't really my area. But, I am trying to follow discussion here, > and I appreciate you working on this Eric. > > As for your segmentati

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No. It just seems silly to have a hard wrapper (fifo_1kx16_dc_la) for > a generic wrapper (dcfifo). It would be nice if there was an > identification of the different FIFOs and made those aspects generics > to a t

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Schneider
Thanks for the input Brian. A few comments inline. > -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 7:58 AM > To: Eric Schneider > Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buf

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-07 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 3:03 PM > I am disappointed by the prioritization scheme for the channels and > would have rather seen a more fair round-robin approach instead of a > priority encoder. Man, tough cro

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-07 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 7:21 AM > > Were these results for the 2 channel mode? > > What is the size difference within the USRP when using 2 channels? Is > it significant or pretty insignificant? They were f

[Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-07 Thread Eric Schneider
For those interested, I've committed my changes to the inband RX buffering subsystem. It is available at: http://gnuradio.org/svn/gnuradio/branches/developers/ets/inband/usrp/fpga Source only at the moment, I'm not sure of the policy for RBFs in dev branches. Caveat emptor. The m

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] rx_buffer_inband.v FX2 bug

2008-09-04 Thread Eric Schneider
Arg. Ok, so the RD counter is cleared along with a drop of RD too. So I guess I can assume that RD must be cleared for at least one cycle between packets? Maybe some fresh air would be a good idea too. :-) --ets > -Original Message- > From: Eric Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

[Discuss-gnuradio] rx_buffer_inband.v FX2 bug

2008-09-04 Thread Eric Schneider
The new rx_buffer_inband.v is very nearly complete. The FX2/USB interface code refers to a "FX2 Bug Fix" or "257 Bug Fix" in the non inband rx_buffer. I'm assuming that this bug is that the FX2 keeps the RD line set for 257 usbclk cycles instead of 256. The coded fix is a 256 step counter preven

[Discuss-gnuradio] inband FPGA rx/tx module communications

2008-08-26 Thread Eric Schneider
I'm a bit confused by the communication signals between the rx and tx inband buffers. Maybe it's the names that are throwing me. Can anyone help explain the design? Inband communication signals (from rx buffer): input [15:0] rx_databus //data from inband_tx input rx_WR

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband timestamp issues

2008-08-26 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You're generating significantly less muxing at the interface to the > FX2. In the pull design, you have 2 muxes per channel and at least 2 > channels (one control, one data). Increasing the number of channels > gr

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband timestamp issues

2008-08-26 Thread Eric Schneider
Thanks for the comments Brian, my replies are inline. > -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 11:41 AM > Maximum throughput for 16-bit IQ is a decimation by 8, so 6 clock > cycles for header setup should be fine. Even for dec

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband timestamp issues

2008-08-26 Thread Eric Schneider
design docs for the new stuff... --ets > -Original Message- > From: George Nychis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 4:20 PM > To: Eric Schneider > Cc: discuss-gnuradio > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband timestamp issues > > Hi Eric

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband timestamp issues

2008-08-26 Thread Eric Schneider
Okay, so to elaborate on the design options a little more... I see to primary topologies: packet push, and packet pull. Both designs have a slimmed down packet_builder for each channel. The multichannel multiplexing would be similar in either design. ### Packet Push: Packet buffers only, packe

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband timestamp issues

2008-08-21 Thread Eric Schneider
Regarding the rx_buffer design, is there a reason that there are two FIFO stages in the current design? I seems that one layer of FIFOs should do. Either on the channel side or the fx2 side, before or after packet building, either should work. I haven't decided which I prefer, maybe I'll have som

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband timestamp issues

2008-08-21 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:09 PM > What do you think of those ideas? Do you have a proposed solution? > > Brian Of the two, I would prefer the rollover flag solution. If we are willing to put limit on how

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband timestamp issues

2008-08-21 Thread Eric Schneider
Just thinking out loud here... Given your suggested solution (which I like): N RX Sample Streams -> N Packet Builders -> N Packet FIFOs -> N:1 FIFO MUX -> FX2 USB Interface The FIFO MUX could be a module that implements a virtual FIFO output, and automatically selects (and emulates) the input FI

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband timestamp issues

2008-08-21 Thread Eric Schneider
> From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Eric Schneider > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Is it true that there are N RX Sample FIFOs? It seems that the > channels > > are already muxed by the time they get to the pa

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] inband timestamp issues

2008-08-21 Thread Eric Schneider
Hi all, I'd really like to help with this. I've been pouring over the design (usrp_inband_usb), so my brain is a little mushy at the moment, hopefully I'm not totally off track here. 1. Is it true that there are N RX Sample FIFOs? It seems that the channels are already muxed by the time they ge

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] New OpenGL-based FFT, Waterfall, and Scope displays in trunk

2008-08-18 Thread Eric Schneider
I was bit by this as well. In my case I get the AttributeError error if config.conf is missing or has a typo ("type=nogl"). A present and correct config.conf works fine. -Original Message- From: Johnathan Corgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:04 AM To: Firas