[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP v2 TX Bandwidth

2009-11-12 Thread Gregory W. Heckler
Is there a status indicator in the USRP2 C++ interface that flags underflows? I am trying to push samples (using the std::complex type) to the USRP2 at an interpolation factor of 4. It seems to be working, but I require hard evidence that I am not underflowing. -- +

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS L2C transmissions?

2008-08-08 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Peter: I've been tracking L2C this summer also. I can verify that there is NO DATA on any of the L2C capable SVs. The US Coast Guard has a great GPS status site at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/. The GPS constellation status is listed at: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/navinfo/Gps/ActiveNanu.aspx

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP Documentation

2008-06-11 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Give this man a round of applause! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] NASA Goddard Space Flight Center AETD - Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Component and Hardware Systems Branch Mail Code 596, Greenbelt Rd. Greenbelt, MD 20771 (301) 286-6565 (301) 286-3823 (fax) ___

[Discuss-gnuradio] Reclocking URSP and phase imbalance

2008-06-05 Thread Gregory W Heckler
To the USRP experts out there: I reclocked my USRP from 64 to 65.536 MHz and have recently discovered that the I & Q samples are no longer orthogonal, rather they seem to be only 70 degrees or so apart. I would guess this is due to some hard coded values in the CIC or HB filters? Is there a US

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX used for GPS: cycle slip

2008-06-02 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Chris: So you are not tracking the signal in the traditional sense, only looking at the frequency and delay estimate of your FFT acquisition. How far spaced are your Doppler bins in the FFT acquisition? If you are using a 1 ms integration time, and hence a 500 Hz bin spacing, if the signal's

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS Receiver Daughter-boards / Antennas

2008-05-22 Thread Gregory W Heckler
After reading a bunch of questions about GPS antennas I am making myself the guinea pig. I just ordered the "Mighty Mouse 3" active GPS antenna. The spec sheet quotes +5dBi gain at zenith and -1dBi at 10 degrees. I ordered the antenna from: http://www.gpszone.ca/accessories/antennas/mm3.php T

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS Receiver Daughter-boards / Antennas

2008-05-21 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Bryan: The DBS-RX is the way to go. I use the +5V bias on the DBS-RX, and it works fine, with the added benefit of not adding another AC-DC brick to your setup. To enable the +5V bias just short J101 on the DBS-RX card. Checkout www.gps-sdr.com, you might be interested.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS 20 ms accumulations

2008-04-18 Thread Gregory W Heckler
If you have data I could look at that would be great, but in my post I did not mention I am using a USRP I clocked externally with a signal generator. In your message you indicate that you were successful extending correlations to 20 ms when you used a better clock, which tells me I am screwing

[Discuss-gnuradio] GPS 20 ms accumulations

2008-04-17 Thread Gregory W Heckler
For all the GPS users out there, has anyone been able to extend correlations to 20 ms? I have had a heck of a time extending the correlation interval without hosing my 3rd order PLL. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] NASA Goddard Space Flight Center AETD - Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Component

[Discuss-gnuradio] Testing, Ignore

2008-04-10 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Trying to sort out an email problem. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] NASA Goddard Space Flight Center AETD - Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Component and Hardware Systems Branch Mail Code 596, Greenbelt Rd. Greenbelt, MD 20771 (301) 286-6565 (301) 286-3823 (fax) _

[Discuss-gnuradio] Additional Decimation

2007-10-09 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Would anyone be interested in an additional decimation stage after the CIC and the halfband filters? The usable bandwidth is ~25-50% of the actual post decimation sample rate, an additional decimation stage (no filtering, just a plain decimation) would allow the sample rate pushed across the US

[Discuss-gnuradio] ION GNSS 07

2007-07-31 Thread Gregory W Heckler
To all the GPS geeks: If anyone is attending ION GNSS this year in Fort Worth we should schedule a rendezvous sometime during the conference. Would anyone have suggestions as to a time? ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org htt

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] max and argmax blocks with SIMD instructions

2007-04-24 Thread Gregory W Heckler
I have some C/C++ functions that utilize MMX and/or SSE available that work on 16 bit signed integers. The URL is: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/gps-toolbox/Heckler.htm They work particularly well for building a software correlator :). ___ Discuss-gnuradi

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Carrier offset on DBSRX.

2007-03-27 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Trond: Tuning the down-converter on the DBS-RX card consists of programming the values of 2 dividers. The R divider divides down the reference clock frequency (4 MHz, which derives from the 64 MHz board clock). The N divider divides down the LO frequency. The R divider has a range from 2 to 2

[Discuss-gnuradio] C++ Commenting for Doxygen

2007-03-26 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Is there a proper way to format comments in my DBS-RX driver's source to be included in the doxygen documentation? I would like to do this prior to submission of the driver. Thanks. Greg Heckler ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu

[Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Breakthough?

2007-03-07 Thread Gregory W Heckler
To all concerned parties: I think I've discovered the problem. My "tune" routine chose the R and N dividers to minimize the difference between the command and desired LO frequencies. For L1 this ended up being 64 and 25197. The refclk was set at 4 MHz, producing an R divider frequency of 62500

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-06 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Brian: From what I see it does not continuously stream data, which is a requirement for my needs. Additionally I am looking at recording GPS L2C and the new Galileo frequencies, so a tuneable front end is a must. Greg Brian Padalino wrote: On 3/6/07, Gregory W Heckler <[EMAIL PROTEC

[Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-06 Thread Gregory W Heckler
I've hit a wall with using the DBSRX to record GPS L1 C/A code data. The signal path consists of the following: Spirent GPS Simulator -> 2 MHz wide SAW @ L1 -> +40 dB Miteq Amp -> DBSRX -> USRP Notes/Settings: 1) Spirent Simulator: Static scenario, 39 deg North, -84.866 deg West, 0.0 meter h

[Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX C++ Driver

2007-02-13 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Before I submit my DBSRX C++ driver, I need some tips on the preferred style to the GnuRadio mods out there: Should the DBSRX class (db_dbs_rx) inherit the usrp_standard_rx class (currently I pass a handle to an already created usrp_standard_rx handle in the contructor)? Should the interface

[Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX

2007-02-12 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Has anyone successfully collected any GPS L1 data with the DBSRX daughterboard. If so what decimation, gain, and filter values did you use to do so? Thanks! ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listi

[Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX, I2C Interface Verification

2007-02-08 Thread Gregory W Heckler
I'm in the process of debugging my DBSRX driver, and have verified the following: 1) The GC1 input voltage from the aux_dac can be properly commanded. Verification was carried out by probing the GC1 pin on the Max2118 chip, and observing the voltage sweep from .75 to 2.6 Volts. 2) The enable

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX C++ Driver, Read I2C Issues

2007-02-08 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Doh, you are exactly right! *Flagellates self* Joshua Lackey wrote: Quoting Gregory W Heckler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): [...] in order to perform the charge pump calibration the read_i2c function keeps returning a null string. Any ideas on what might be the problem? This is basically the read_i2c

[Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX C++ Driver, Read I2C Issues

2007-02-08 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Hey, I'm almost done with the C++ port of the DBSRX driver, I'm stuck with one thing though. When I attempt to read the Max2118 status bytes in order to perform the charge pump calibration the read_i2c function keeps returning a null string. Any ideas on what might be the problem? This is basic

[Discuss-gnuradio] I2C Address, Python and C Header inconsistencies

2007-02-02 Thread Gregory W Heckler
In the file "usrp_i2c_addr.h" the I2C addresses for the receiver daughterboards are 0x57 and 0x55, respectively. In the python code self.i2c_addr = (0x67, 0x65). Which one is correct? ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://l

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS active antenna biasing

2007-02-02 Thread Gregory W Heckler
You can do this externally by putting in a bias-tee in the RF line prior to input to the USRP. I've personally used the following from MiniCircuits: http://minicircuits.com/pdfs/ZFBT-4R2G-FT.pdf Or if you want to take a more risky route, on the DBSRX daughterboard there is header to input a DC

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX LO Frequency

2007-02-01 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Did anyone have the addendum to the Max2118 data sheet that gives specific details on how to program the LO frequency? It is not available on the Maxim website. Thanks. ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/m

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX Lo Frequency

2007-02-01 Thread Gregory W Heckler
I guess this implies there is no C++ native DBSRX support at this time? Does there exist an ICD to the DBSRX daughterboard that I could write a C++ driver to? -Heckler Marcus Leech wrote: Gregory W Heckler wrote: Is there a missing class for the DBSRX daughterboard not include in the CVS

[Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX Lo Frequency

2007-02-01 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Is there a missing class for the DBSRX daughterboard not include in the CVS repository? There seems to be no way to command the LO frequency tuning word of the MAX2118 downcoverter chip. ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP Win32 Library

2007-01-24 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Sorry if this is a repost: I just received my USRP and I'm interested in using the USRP as a GPS signal recording device. My goal is to build a win32 library available to MSVC (.lib file and associated .h files) in order to integrate the usrp/host/lib code into my preexisting GPS software receive

[Discuss-gnuradio] Win32 USRP Library

2007-01-23 Thread Gregory W Heckler
I just received my USRP and I'm interested in using the USRP as a GPS signal recording device. My goal is to build a win32 library available to MSVC (.lib file and associated .h files) in order to integrate the usrp/host/lib code into my preexisting GPS software receiver. Would MSYS or Cygwin b