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

2008-06-03 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Heckler, Gregory W. (GSFC-596.0) wrote: Have you ruled out the USRP overflowing? I have had that problem bite me too. It causes all of the tracking channels to dump in my receiver, but I could see how it could also cause a jump in the frequency estimate (delay in time domain == shift in frequenc

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

2008-06-02 Thread Heckler, Gregory W. (GSFC-596.0)
acquisition. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chris Stankevitz Sent: Mon 6/2/2008 8:54 PM To: Heckler, Gregory W. (GSFC-596.0) Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX used for GPS: cycle slip Heckler, Gregory W. (GSFC-596.0) wrote: > I

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

2008-06-02 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Heckler, Gregory W. (GSFC-596.0) wrote: I was referring to the Doppler estimate output by your PLL over time (traditional tracking), whereas you indicated that you were looking at repeated acquisition attempts. Greg, While performing traditional tracking with a PLL using "prompt" accumulatio

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

2008-06-02 Thread Heckler, Gregory W. (GSFC-596.0)
6/2/2008 6:34 PM To: Heckler, Gregory W. (GSFC-596.0) Cc: 'discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org' Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX used for GPS: cycle slip Gregory W Heckler wrote: > Chris: > > So you are not tracking the signal in the traditional sense, only > looking at t

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

2008-06-02 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Gregory W Heckler wrote: 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

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] DBSRX used for GPS: cycle slip

2008-06-02 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Peter Monta wrote: How sudden are the shifts and how often do they happen? Do they look They are sudden (happen within 10 ms) and they happen about once a second. I visualize them by continuously acquiring a GPS signal and watching the peak move along the freq axis in the 3D plot of freque

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

2008-05-30 Thread Peter Monta
Matt Ettus wrote: What are your PLL settings? If you minimize the R divide ratio, you can eliminate this. The larger R divide will put you further from right on frequency, but the DDC will put you right back in the right place. Yes. You can also try setting the frequency to 1575 rather t

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

2008-05-29 Thread Matt Ettus
Chris Stankevitz wrote: Chris Stankevitz wrote: I am seeing sudden freq shifts at the local oscillator on the order of ~500Hz which make it impossible to track GPS. It appears that this problem happens on only one of my two DBSRX boards. What are your PLL settings? If you minimize the R div

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

2008-05-29 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Chris Stankevitz wrote: I am seeing sudden freq shifts at the local oscillator on the order of ~500Hz which make it impossible to track GPS. It appears that this problem happens on only one of my two DBSRX boards. Chris ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing

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

2008-05-29 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Chris Stankevitz wrote: 1. Can someone provide a schematic of the DBSRX in pdf or tell me how to read the one at http://www.gnuradio.org/trac/browser/usrp-hw/trunk/dbsrx I found that I can open the .ps version. Thanks, Chris ___ Discuss-gnuradio

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

2008-05-29 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Hi, I am seeing sudden freq shifts at the local oscillator on the order of ~500Hz which make it impossible to track GPS. We suspect under certain conditions there are cycle slips in the DBSRX PLL. Questions: 1. Can someone provide a schematic of the DBSRX in pdf or tell me how to read the