[Discuss-gnuradio] Front-end board for GPS / GNSS

2012-06-07 Thread Peter Monta
s geared toward high-spectral-efficiency signals with many (>=8) bits per sample. Cheers, Peter Monta ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Question about sampling colored image with TVRX

2008-08-22 Thread Peter Monta
Hi Nan, 1. For TVRX board, as we know, the output signal is a 6MHz chuck. But in which band is this 6MHz bandwidth located? For example, if the carrier frequency is 477.25MHz, is the output signal from 477.25-1.5MHz to 477.25+4.5MHz, or from 477.25-3MHz to 477.25+3MHz, or in other band? F

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS L2C transmissions?

2008-08-09 Thread Peter Monta
From my knowledge all the semi-codeless tracking algorithms are heavily patented, and hence cannot be found in textbooks or in any open forum. But the patents themselves contain pretty good descriptions of the techniques; also there is this paper: http://www.navcomtech.com/Support/Downlo

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS L2C transmissions?

2008-08-08 Thread Peter Monta
I can verify that there is NO DATA on any of the L2C capable SVs. Ah. I'd thought from the ICD that the only valid options were legacy data or new data. While I understand that this is all pre-operational, it would be nice to have some rough guidelines from the GPS people about what to ex

[Discuss-gnuradio] GPS L2C transmissions?

2008-08-08 Thread Peter Monta
On the chance that there are GPS folks here that are familiar with the status of the new L2C signals: is there a currently-maintained list of which satellite is emitting what? In particular, PRN 29 seems to have no L2C (or at least none that I can acquire), while PRN 31 has a nice strong carrier

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] What's wrong with this constellation?

2008-07-29 Thread Peter Monta
probability)? One thing you could try, if the channel permits, is to temporarily hold the AGC fixed to see if that gives a better constellation (perhaps at the wrong size; or if you're using decision feedback, try to get it to the right size :-) ). Cheers, Peter

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

2008-05-30 Thread Peter Monta
from sudden jumps over temperature, but this doesn't match your experience, since the TCXO is on the motherboard and would affect both dbsrx's equally. Cheers, Peter Monta ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] direct conversion compensation

2007-12-09 Thread Peter Monta
> [ I/Q compensation ] There's some discussion in Razavi's "RF Microelectronics", section 5.2.2, and Kenington's "Software Defined Radio", section 5.3.1.1. The distinction you mention between DC and AC might come from this LO self-mixing business, a nonlinear effect, and indeed only at DC since

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] direct conversion compensation

2007-12-09 Thread Peter Monta
For example, if I have a 6 MHz bandwidth that I direct convert to baseband can I tune a narrow band DDC (say 30 kHz) around that bandwidth without the performance degradation? If you tune the DDC to, say, +500 kHz, then the output of the DDC will be contaminated with a small amount of signal

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] direct conversion compensation

2007-12-09 Thread Peter Monta
Has anyone experimented with the digital compensation of the I/Q imbalance from direct conversion asics like the one in the dbsrx? I'm interested in the algorithms employed and how successful the compensation can be. It depends on how detailed a model you're willing to implement and the st

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FFT Spectral smoothing

2007-06-22 Thread Peter Monta
e FFT demos, since currently there is no "video filtering", as the spectrum analyzer folks say. A more flexible spectral estimate would allow showing nice clean noise floors at the expense of a little measurement time. Cheers, Peter Monta

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS on DBSRX

2007-04-09 Thread Peter Monta
figure. There's also an amplifier on the dbs_rx prior to the receiver chip, so the system noise figure of the USRP itself should not be a problem. Did you see my other email from April 4? I think it went out to the list. Cheers, Peter

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Troubleshooting GPS on DBSRX

2007-04-04 Thread Peter Monta
e acquisition step (say +- 50 kHz), consistent with the 50ppm absolute accuracy of the USRP's LO. Cheers, Peter Monta ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

[Discuss-gnuradio] GPS carrier tracking, USRP oscillator performance

2007-03-09 Thread Peter Monta
e tripler would just be a filter). Cheers, Peter Monta ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

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

2007-03-06 Thread Peter Monta
input (after the saw filter) This will result in 24.58 Mhz +jitter +LOdrift at the input of the USRP (after dbs_rx downmix) I wonder if any 25th harmonic is already in the signal, by virtue of leakage within the USRP itself? That would be great. Cheers, Peter Monta

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

2007-03-06 Thread Peter Monta
would like). Thanks! I could take a look if you like---two seconds perhaps? Cheers, Peter Monta n = length(e); r = 0; phase = 0; freq = 0; data = zeros(1,n); for i=1:n, pd = exp((1j)*phase) * e(i); # phase detector data(i) = real(pd); # save data (in-phase arm

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Fewer than 8 bits per sample FPGA support

2007-03-04 Thread Peter Monta
Eric Blossom wrote: The "short" version doesn't touch the data. You'll be able to unpack it youself. Strange, I had some problem with rx_cfile not seeming to respect the width parameter. I'll try it again. That determines the minimum decimation rate required upstream from the halfband (4

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Fewer than 8 bits per sample FPGA support

2007-03-04 Thread Peter Monta
Please let me know if anything else is needed for the patch. There's a testbench for bit_pack.v I can send along if you like. One possible issue is synchronization, to make sure that the channels are properly distributed within the 16 bits after changing width. Cheers, Peter Monta //

[Discuss-gnuradio] Fewer than 8 bits per sample FPGA support

2007-03-01 Thread Peter Monta
ted). Cheers, Peter Monta --- rx_buffer.v.orig2007-02-25 14:32:58.0 -0800 +++ rx_buffer.v 2007-03-01 02:57:00.0 -0800 @@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ output [15:0] debugbus ); - wire [15:0] fifodata, fifodata_8; - reg [15:0] fifodata_16; + reg [15:0] fifodata; wire [1

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] rx_buffer testbench

2007-03-01 Thread Peter Monta
ful, actually---if I request 4-bit samples, I'm more or less expecting 4-bit uniform quantization, right? So the attached patch changes to round-to-nearest-even. Cheers, Peter Monta --- rx_buffer.v.orig2007-02-25 14:32:58.0 -0800 +++ rx_buffer.v 2007-03-01 00:01:05.0