Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP Dynamic Range and 8 Bit Problem

2007-12-24 Thread Don Ward
Hi Firas, >>I think we could quickly double the processing gain (and gain 6 dB >>S/N >>and dynamic range at higher decimation rates) by either shifting >>by 4 >>bits before the CORDIC stage or eliminating the divide by 2 at >>the end >>of the CORDIC stage. Can you modify the FPGA quickly and

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP Dynamic Range and 8 Bit Problem

2007-12-24 Thread Firas Abbas
Hi Don, >>Don Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I don't have the tools to do so. No tools are required. All what you have to do is to download the free windows Altera FPGA design software (Quartus II Web edition) from : http://www.altera.com/products/software/products/quartus2web/sof-quar

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP Dynamic Range and 8 Bit Problem

2007-12-24 Thread Don Ward
I don't have the tools to do so. No tools are required. All what you have to do is to download the free windows Altera FPGA design software (Quartus II Web edition) . . . Yeah, that's the part I haven't done yet . . . Alternatively (In this case I think it is quicker), tell me the places

[Discuss-gnuradio] Flex2400 and benchmark_rx.py - receiving only fraction of packets

2007-12-24 Thread sri ram
Hi all, I am working with Flex2400 boards and the USRP. I have a question about the digital module (GMSK data transfer). I observe this: When I send 660 packets , I receive less than 400 of them and less than 200 are correct. I setup two PCs with ubuntu and with an USRP each. The antennas wer

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Flex2400 and benchmark_rx.py - receiving only fraction of packets

2007-12-24 Thread Dan Halperin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 sri ram wrote: > P.S. I am attaching the output of the rx side. uOok = True pktno = 47 n_rcvd = 48 n_right = 48 ok = True pktno = 48 n_rcvd = 49 n_right = 49 ok = True pktno = 49 n_rcvd = 50 n_right = 50 ok = True pktno

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Flex2400 and benchmark_rx.py - receiving only fraction of packets

2007-12-24 Thread sri ram
Hello Dan, I see that the u0 occurs once every 3 entries which could explain the ratio between the packets that are received and sent. I am using a Pentium4 1.8GHz CPU. 'top' tells me that the processor is 98% free and memory is also 95% free. Do you still think that this computer

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Flex2400 and benchmark_rx.py - receiving only fraction of packets

2007-12-24 Thread sri ram
Hello Dan, Using a higher decimation rate (128) , that problem does not arise. Thanks, Sriram On Dec 24, 2007 3:16 PM, sri ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Dan, > I see that the u0 occurs once every 3 entries which could > explain the ratio between the packe

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] OLPC - next generation with SDR?

2007-12-24 Thread John Gilmore
As preface, I'm not a radio engineer. I'm a software guy with pretentions to understanding digital hardware. I have a few signal processing books on a dusty shelf. You lose me as soon as you start talking "Q signals". The Odyssey board operates at 10MHz IF; so wouldn't it need an external tuner

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] OLPC - next generation with SDR?

2007-12-24 Thread David Young
On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 02:11:34PM -0800, John Gilmore wrote: > I'm glad you-all are pointing out low volume prototypes. I hope we'll > get someone interested who has designed high volume digital radio > electronics. High volume ~= million-unit. (Do any people like this > exist? Perhaps Matt's

[Discuss-gnuradio] OS X Leopard usrper error - omnithread?

2007-12-24 Thread Andrew Back
Just built GNU Radio on Mac OS X Leopard, and the "Hello World" Dial Tone example worked fine. Tried running 'usrper' to see if it built OK and got the following error: dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: __ZN11omni_thread6init_tC1Ev Referenced from: /Users/andrew/gr2/lib/libusrp

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] OS X Leopard usrper error - omnithread?

2007-12-24 Thread Michael Dickens
Andrew - You'll need to work with the SVN trunk as of r7252 (yesterday). I checked in changes for OSX (any version) to include the omnithread library in the compilation of the USRP's library and applications. Updating to the latest SVN will take care of the "Symbol not found" issue; I don

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] OS X Leopard usrper error - omnithread?

2007-12-24 Thread Andrew Back
On 25/12/07 00:30, "Michael Dickens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew - You'll need to work with the SVN trunk as of r7252 > (yesterday). I checked in changes for OSX (any version) to include > the omnithread library in the compilation of the USRP's library and > applications. Updating to th

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] OLPC - next generation with SDR?

2007-12-24 Thread Frank Brickle
On Dec 24, 2007 5:11 PM, John Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Odyssey board operates at 10MHz IF; so wouldn't it need an external > tuner? Yes, but many different tuners (band sets) can be serviced by the same IF processor. > What kind of antenna would this require? Something external

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP Dynamic Range and 8 Bit Problem

2007-12-24 Thread Firas Abbas
Dear Don W., 1) Modifying the FPGA file (cordic.v) as you suggested was working fine. The USRP dynamic range was greatly enhanced as follows (the test was done for decimation rate of 8, using BasicRx board, and sine wave frequency =250KHz): a) For 9 dBm i/p signal, max count was 26198 (previou