Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] inefficient large vectors

2013-08-22 Thread Marcus Müller
Just to add my two cents: Depending on your actual application, your large vectors might not actually quite fit the idea of "streams"; they might, for example, be a valid, decoded network packet or something of the like. If they don't need sample-synchronous handling, using messages to pass the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Processing multiple signals off single source block

2013-08-22 Thread Marcus Müller
On 08/21/2013 08:15 PM, Luke B wrote: - What is the best approach performance wise for selecting multiple ~15khz channels from a 2mhz+ source block? Is it using a Xlating FIR Filter with a low-pass? Is it more efficient to use a SIN Sig source & Multiply Block with a low-pass FIR Filter? Is t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] one thread is not always scheduled

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Pengyu Zhang wrote: > I'm running Michael Buettner's RFID program. > > https://www.cgran.org/wiki/Gen2 > > This program has many blocks: > > rx --> matched_filt --> command_gate --> agc --> to_mag --> to_mag, center > --> mm --> tag_decoder --> self.reader --> amp

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Make tests failed when Building for version 3.7.1git

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Damon wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Damon wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I tried installing GNUradio v3.7.1git. The build completed, but several >>> of >>> the build tests fail. >>> >>> The OS is Ubuntu 12.04 32bit, with kernel version Linux >>> 3.2.0

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GRC 3.7: QT GUI Sink: Frequency display: Center Frequency bug?

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Tom McDermott wrote: > Hi, > > Recently upgraded to GRC 3.7 (from 3.6.5). The QT GUI Sink Frequency Display: > Center > Frequency (Hz) control and the 'Display RF Frequencies' checkbox do not seem > to be > operating correctly in GRC 3.7. > > In GRC 3.6, Center F

[Discuss-gnuradio] MacPorts: Installing wxWidgets-devel @2.9.4

2013-08-22 Thread Michael Dickens
For OSX users installing GNU Radio via MacPorts, the WX branch is getting closer to working; still a few days away, but getting closer. In the meantime, a few folks have tried out the following "script" and it seems to work for them to get wxWidgets-devel @2.9.4 installed -- which matches the v

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] make test failure at qa_constellation_receiver

2013-08-22 Thread Curt Karnstedt
I'm building gnuradio (version 3.7.0) for the first time, and the qa_constellation receiver test failed. I am building in a CentOS 6.4 64-bit virtual machine, running on an Lenovo Y500. What can I do to help debug? I 171/172 Test #171: qa_fcd ... Passed0.16 sec

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] one thread is not always scheduled

2013-08-22 Thread Pengyu Zhang
So you suggested that tag_decoder module stops after 1000 bit transfer because of the incorrect consume/produce model used by the custom block rather than the STS scheduler. The consume/produce model used by the tag_decoder module is shown below. I will take a close look at the consume/produce mode

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] inefficient large vectors

2013-08-22 Thread Miklos Maroti
Hi Marcus, On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Marcus Müller wrote: > Just to add my two cents: > Depending on your actual application, your large vectors might not actually > quite fit the idea of "streams"; they might, for example, be a valid, > decoded network packet or something of the like. If

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Channel estimation/equalization in OFDM

2013-08-22 Thread Mohammed Karmoose
Martin, Thank you for your reply. Please, check my replies below. >> Mohammed, >> >> you should also check the new OFDM implementation (see >> examples/ofdm/rx_ofdm.grc and python/digital/ofdm_txrx.py). Much more >> modular. >> >> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:33:26AM +0200, Mohammed Karmoose wrote:

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] one thread is not always scheduled

2013-08-22 Thread Pengyu Zhang
Hi Tom, Do you have some suggestions about how to debug the consume/produce model? For example, how could I verify that the amount of the data produced meets the requirement of the consumer. Thanks. Pengyu On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Pengyu Zhang wrote: > So you suggested that tag_decod

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] inefficient large vectors

2013-08-22 Thread Marcus Müller
Hi Miklos, with sync blocks and fixed rate decimators/interpolators, the scheduler inherently knows how many buffers to allocate etc down the signal processing line to always keep all blocks busy. With general blocks, this is not possible; calls to forecast are necessary to determine how much

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Processing multiple signals off single source block

2013-08-22 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:24 AM, Marcus Müller wrote: > On 08/21/2013 08:15 PM, Luke B wrote: > > - What is the best approach performance wise for selecting multiple > ~15khz channels from a 2mhz+ source block? Is it using a Xlating FIR > Filter with a low-pass? Is it more efficient to use a S

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] make test failure at qa_constellation_receiver

2013-08-22 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Curt Karnstedt wrote: > > I'm building gnuradio (version 3.7.0) for the first time, and the > qa_constellation receiver test failed. I am building in a CentOS 6.4 > 64-bit > virtual machine, running on an Lenovo Y500. What can I do to help debug? > Try: $ ctes

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] make test failure at qa_constellation_receiver

2013-08-22 Thread Curt Karnstedt
[curt@localhost build]$ ctest -V -R qa_constellation_receiver UpdateCTestConfiguration from :/home/curt/Downloads/gnuradio-3.7.0/build/DartConfiguration.tcl Start processing tests UpdateCTestConfiguration from :/home/curt/Downloads/gnuradio-3.7.0/build/DartConfiguration.tcl Test project /home/cur

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Processing multiple signals off single source block

2013-08-22 Thread Luke Berndt
> Xlating FIRs just generate the sin internally and apply it themselves; they > are mathematically equivalent to shifting your signal and filtering it > afterwards. > You can, of course, use bandpasses, if you're after a specific sprectral > shape. Try the gr_filter_design toolbox, it's even ne

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] make test failure at qa_constellation_receiver

2013-08-22 Thread Martin Braun (CEL)
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 04:10:47PM -0500, Curt Karnstedt wrote: > 143/172 Testing qa_constellation_receiver > Test command: /bin/sh /home/curt/Downloads/gnuradio-3.7.0/build/gr-digital/ > python/digital/qa_constellation_receiver_test.sh > Test timeout computed to be: 9.99988e+06 > Traceback (mo

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] make test failure at qa_constellation_receiver

2013-08-22 Thread Curt Karnstedt
Yes, thanks. Somehow some of the files in the source had root ownership. I changed ownership, re-built, and then got a different error message. So I am starting the build from scratch again. Will let you know. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Martin Braun (CEL) wrote: > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] make test failure at qa_constellation_receiver

2013-08-22 Thread Curt Karnstedt
Here are the results. I get a segfault, same as the last time after I fixed the ownership. [curt@localhost build]$ ctest -V -R qa_constellation_receiver UpdateCTestConfiguration from :/home/curt/Downloads/gnuradio-3.7.0/build/DartConfiguration.tcl Start processing tests UpdateCTestConfiguration

[Discuss-gnuradio] flowgraph with async messaging hangs on calling wait()

2013-08-22 Thread Mark Cottrell
Hello all, I have written a sync block that takes in samples and outputs messages (similar to tagged_stream_to_pdu), but when writing a test for the block I found that when I called top_block.run(), the test never finished, as it appears to be hanging on the call to top_block.wait(). The flow gra

[Discuss-gnuradio] Comparison of new USRP, HackRF and bladeRF

2013-08-22 Thread Taylor Killian
Hello, I've spent a lot of time researching and comparing the different Software Defined Radios that are available for purchase. This year, three new SDRs are being released from three different companies, the HackRF, bladeRF and the USRP B210 and B200. While doing research on the B200, very littl

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Comparison of new USRP, HackRF and bladeRF

2013-08-22 Thread Vanush Vaswani
This is brilliant. I'm trying to decide between bladeRF and USRP B200. USRP B200 is $895 AUD for for me, whereas bladeRF is $100 less. However, my suspicion is that driver support is far better for USRP. So confused On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Taylor Killian wrote: > Hello, > > I've spent

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Make tests failed when Building for version 3.7.1git

2013-08-22 Thread Damon
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Damon wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Damon wrote: Hi all, I tried installing GNUradio v3.7.1git. The build completed, but several of the build tests fail. The OS is Ubuntu 12.04 32bit, with kernel version Linux 3.2.0-51-generic-pae. CPU is Intel® C