Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Receiving signal from a signal generator

2012-02-17 Thread John Orlando
downconverted signal would end up sitting exactly at DC, and may be removed by DC offset correction if it is enabled. Once you've widened up your sample rate a bit per Tom's suggestion (try something on the order of a couple of MHz, or whatever decimation ratio would get you to somethin

[Discuss-gnuradio] Minimum external clock for FPGA?

2010-01-16 Thread John Orlando
, but I figured I'd throw the question to the list prior to that to see if I could get a definitive answer. Thanks much... -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Minimum external clock for FPGA?

2010-01-17 Thread John Orlando
urrent OpenBTS > USRP clock. > Gotcha. Thanks for the quick response David. Anyone else know of any other issues that would prevent the FPGA from being clocked at lower speeds? > On Jan 16, 2010, at 4:33 PM, John Orlando wrote: > > Hi all, > I've seen posts about folks providing a

[Discuss-gnuradio] RS232_RXD/TXD on daughtercard interface

2010-01-19 Thread John Orlando
o any daughtercard using these, nor did grep find any reference to these in the 3.2.2 release of GNUradio. Is there any way to send/receive UART data to these lines from within GNUradio? If not, what was the intent with these lines? Thanks much... -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System Architect

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RS232_RXD/TXD on daughtercard interface

2010-01-19 Thread John Orlando
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Matt Ettus wrote: > On 01/19/2010 09:41 AM, John Orlando wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> A while back I noticed there are two signals called RS232_RXD and >> RS232_TXD exposed on the PMC connector going to the daughtercard slots >> on the

[Discuss-gnuradio] [ANN] Bitshark USRP RX daughterboard

2010-03-01 Thread John Orlando
dards. The BURX daughterboard is our first step in this process, and we are excited to contribute to the hardware and software ecosystem of the USRP and GNU Radio. -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com _

[Discuss-gnuradio] DBSRX and clock spurs

2010-03-11 Thread John Orlando
g wouldn't help. Any guidance here would be appreciated. Our DBSRX is from rev 2.2, dated 2007. Thanks much. -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnura

[Discuss-gnuradio] Daughterboard clocking on USRP2

2010-03-16 Thread John Orlando
MHz, how the clk div 2 occurs on the USRP2? Thanks much... -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Daughterboard clocking on USRP2

2010-03-16 Thread John Orlando
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 04:34:44PM -0500, John Orlando wrote: >> Hi all, >> Just looking through the WBX daughterboard code in the latest git repo >> for adding support for the USRP2 (which can be found at >> usrp2/firmware/lib/).  I noticed that in adf4350.c

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Questions about WBX daugtherboard

2010-03-25 Thread John Orlando
nshots of usrp2_fft.py would possibly be helpful), it may help diagnose what's going on. -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] sampling rate of tx_sampless.cc and rx_streaming_sampless.cc

2010-04-09 Thread John Orlando
that sounds like 4x the UMTS chip rate (which is 3.84 Mchips/sec). If this is the case, there is an RRC filter at the last DSP stage typically, so your suggestion for folding this re-sampling in is spot-on. -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com

[Discuss-gnuradio] usrp2_fft.py and changing the gain

2010-04-12 Thread John Orlando
ed ~4/5/2010 -USRP2 + DBSRX, plugged directly into the gigE port on a Lenovo T400/Core 2 Duo laptop running FC12 (32-bit)...I've also tried this on an Acer 8940 with a Core I7 running FC12 (64-bit)...same issue on both Any help would be appreciated...thanks. -- Regards, John Orlando CEO

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] usrp2_fft.py and changing the gain

2010-04-13 Thread John Orlando
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Johnathan Corgan wrote: > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 15:27, John Orlando wrote: > >> However, as soon as I try to change the gain via the usrp2_fft.py GUI, >> I get an 'O' character spit out on the USRP2's serial port, and the >&g

[Discuss-gnuradio] Speaking of I/Q imbalance...

2010-04-16 Thread John Orlando
dependent). If there is any interest here, we'd be happy to submit a patch to the FPGA codebase to add this capability in. And for people who don't need it, the block can simply be bypassed. Comments welcome... -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutio

[Discuss-gnuradio] [ANN] Bitshark USRP RX daughterboards now available

2010-04-30 Thread John Orlando
al documentation for the BURX board will be made available in the coming weeks on the BURX product page, so stay tuned. -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discu

Re: Re:Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] PACKET FORMAT "error"

2010-05-13 Thread John Orlando
is not my best > assetWhich are the command to type...? > >      $ gcc db_dbsrx.c..and what else? which option have i  to add to > compile it? You shouldn't be calling gcc directly here. You just need to call 'make' from the firmware directory, and it will re-build

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] WBX <70MHz

2010-06-02 Thread John Orlando
in half internally). That being said, these VCOs can typically be tuned lower in frequency (or higher) than the min/max frequency specs, but you'll likely see additional phase noise, and you'll be running outside the expected operating range of the chip, which is generally not ideal. But i

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] WBX <70MHz

2010-06-02 Thread John Orlando
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Matt Ettus wrote: > On 06/02/2010 02:06 PM, John Orlando wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Sharif Shaher >>  wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am trying to tune the WBX to 60MHz, but everytime I d

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RFX2400 intermediate frequency

2010-06-05 Thread John Orlando
he baseband signal, with one A/D digitizing the I channel, and one digitizing the Q channel. Google for "zero IF receiver" and you'll find more details. The 20 MHz low-pass filters are there to reduce wideband noise, and to help with anti-aliasing. They don't imply that there

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RFX2400 intermediate frequency

2010-06-05 Thread John Orlando
mple so that it can be > transfer trough usb 2.0 which have the bottleneck at 32Mhz am i correct? Sounds right to me. -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnu

[Discuss-gnuradio] Interest in alternate grand-daughterboards for WBX?

2010-06-06 Thread John Orlando
f passband bandwidths would be useful? -how much RF power output would be useful, and at what frequencies? All feedback is welcome and appreciated. If the interest is there, we'd likely have the most requested boards available to the public in the September/October timeframe. -- John Orl

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gnuradio.org seems to be down

2010-06-09 Thread John Orlando
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Martin DvH wrote: > The gnuradio.org server seems to be down. (9 Jun 2010) > > Even a ping times out. Hmm...works for me in the US (Illinois). -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] how to get dBm value from usrp_spectrum_sense.py

2010-06-17 Thread John Orlando
r with a known output power level, feeding it directly into the USRP. Then, you can measure the value of the signal you are receiving (either manually in your application or by viewing the samples with a graphical tool such as using usrp_fft.py) and calibrate against this. -- Joh

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using Matlab/Simulink with GNU Radio and USRP2

2010-06-18 Thread John Orlando
>> interface. So it is possible. > > Are there any source code examples for USRP1 ? I need to have an idea of > where to start and how to interface USRP2 and to control it. I'm assuming you've seen this: http://www.cel.kit.edu/downloads.php -- John Orlando CEO/Syste

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Proper build method

2010-06-21 Thread John Orlando
ory will re-build just the source file that is modified, perform the proper linking, and will emit the series of .bin executable files into the apps directory. This is the standard way of re-building after code modifications for the USRP2. -- John Orlando CEO/System Arch

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Proper build method

2010-06-21 Thread John Orlando
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:35 PM, John Orlando wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Bryan Edelman > wrote: >> Hello all, >> >>  As I am not an expert on linux/compilers by a longhop I have a question >> about the proper way to build a dependency after making

[Discuss-gnuradio] BURX daughterboard wiki

2010-07-02 Thread John Orlando
ailing list as they arise, and we'll update the wiki as appropriate. If you're interested in an account to post content to the wiki, please email us at contact (at) epiq-solutions.com and we'll get you setup. -- John Orlando CEO/System Ar

[Discuss-gnuradio] UHD + RFX2400 warning while running benchmark_rx_rate

2010-08-08 Thread John Orlando
erning. I've seen traffic of other folks using UHD + the RFX2400, such as: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org/msg24051.html ...so I'm fairly certain the RFX2400 is supported. Any ideas as to what the issue could be here? Any insight is appreciated. -- John Orlando

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UHD + BURX

2010-08-08 Thread John Orlando
about this, so one way or another we'll get support added in. -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UHD + RFX2400 warning while running benchmark_rx_rate

2010-08-09 Thread John Orlando
be properly recognized (both tx and rx EEPROMs), and benchmark_rx_rate passes all tests successfully. Must have had an intermittent connection. Thanks Josh. -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio m

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] BURX 26MHz clock

2010-08-19 Thread John Orlando
lly goes, which will phase lock the two clocks. But you will need to tweak the aeMB firware to make this happen. -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] BURX 26MHz clock

2010-08-20 Thread John Orlando
signals? Indeed, in either a USRP1 modified to accept an external clock, or a USRP2 that has undergone the non-trivial modification mentioned above, having the A/D converters run at a multiple of 13 MHz reduces the computational load on the host machine. -- John Orlando CEO/System Arc

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Harmonics of the sampling freqeuncy

2010-08-20 Thread John Orlando
erminators, > so I would expect my sweep to be fairly flat.  However, there peaks > and troughs.  Does anyone know how I could get a flatter response? > You should be able to get a "flatter" gain throughout by more carefully selecting your gain settings. -- John Orlando CEO

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP Power Supply Noise

2010-08-24 Thread John Orlando
as a starting point for your design. You'll also want to make sure the gnd reference point for the scope is as close to the measurement point as possible to ensure that you aren't picking up stray signals/interference. Good luck, and keep the list posted of progress. Sounds like quite a

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] s/Eric/Tom/g

2010-09-10 Thread John Orlando
things > where I'm probably best positioned to do the work. > > Bottom line: business continues as usual, and you'll see more of Tom > and less of me. I'm sure you'll be inundated with this sort of email, but your efforts to make GNU Radio into what it is tod

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 UART use

2010-10-19 Thread John Orlando
nfo.php?products_id=10009 Cheap, simple, and the FTDI Linux drivers work fine at 230.4 Kbps (the rate of the UART on the USRP2). We've instrumented the USRP2 firmware at different times with debug messages to understand what is going on, but that is about it. It can be very helpful f

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP daughter-boards for 2.3-2.4, 2.5-2.7, 3.4-3.6 GHz

2010-12-15 Thread John Orlando
branch with the 3.3.1 release. You can find details on this daughterboard at our website: http://www.epiq-solutions.com/products_overview.php We have customers who are using it for WiMAX signal processing, so it should be a good match for your needs. -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Sol

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP daughter-boards for 2.3-2.4, 2.5-2.7, 3.4-3.6 GHz

2010-12-29 Thread John Orlando
ical standpoint, we've been monitoring progress/changes with the UHD, and it seems reasonably stable at this point. We can revisit adding support in for the BURX board if there was interest in this, and prioritize it accordingly. -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solut

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using UHD with one USRP and trying to verify that Im sending data

2011-01-25 Thread John Orlando
27;s using COMPLEX_FLOAT32 interface", what exactly do you mean? Do you mean the value 100 in decimal repeatedly? If so, this is a DC signal with no frequency content, and DC offset correction could be wiping it out. If not, can you elaborate more on the data values that you're sending?

[Discuss-gnuradio] [ANN] UHD support for the Bitshark USRP RX daughterboard

2011-02-24 Thread John Orlando
iate the patience of everyone who has been waiting for this support to be added in, and stay tuned for additional hardware and software announcements throughout 2011. -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Dis

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] where to get burn-db-eeprom source code

2011-03-14 Thread John Orlando
-db-eeprom -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions http://www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Computing Power Spectra

2011-03-15 Thread John Orlando
ented in USRP land, but it may very well take a few tens/hundreds of samples before it is completely corrected, which lines up with what you're seeing. Try changing your sig gen to output a tone at, say 100 Khz from your RF tuning frequency, and it should not attenuate over time. -- John Orl

[Discuss-gnuradio] Cypress publicly announces USB 3.0 FX3 controller

2011-04-13 Thread John Orlando
you get into the new bulk streaming mode). Could make for a very interesting multi-transmit/multi-receive system (assuming you've got a PC that can actually do something with that much data coming in, which is still a big challenge). -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Introducing noise/ considerable BER

2011-08-09 Thread John Orlando
HY processing to achieve this. -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions http://www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

[Discuss-gnuradio] GNU Radio support for Epiq Solutions' Matchstiq SDR

2011-11-01 Thread John Orlando
n shipping next month, and additional details can be found at our website: http://epiqsolutions.com/matchstiq/ Regards, John -- John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions http://www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradi

[Discuss-gnuradio] 30 MHz LPF on LFRX daughterboard?

2009-10-23 Thread John Orlando
account some input capacitance on the A/D converter on the USRP (10-20 pF?), it still would be larger than 30 MHz. Am I missing something here? Thanks much, John Orlando www.epiq-solutions.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 30 MHz LPF on LFRX daughterboard?

2009-10-24 Thread John Orlando
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Matt Ettus wrote: > John Orlando wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I was just reading the specs/schematic on the LFRX RF daughterboard, >> and noticed that the literature indicates that there is a 30 MHz >> low-pass filter after the differe

[Discuss-gnuradio] Question about adding new files and making autotools happy

2010-01-09 Thread John Orlando
at a loss as to what that could be. Couldn't find much on the mailing list or internet to point me down the right path. Anybody got any ideas? Thanks for the bandwidth. -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System Architect Epiq Solutions www.epiq-solutions.com _

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Question about adding new files and making autotools happy

2010-01-09 Thread John Orlando
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Eric Blossom wrote: > On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 08:16:01AM -0600, John Orlando wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm working with GNUradio 3.2.2 on an Ubuntu 8.04 x86 box. I'm in the > > process of making some modifications to the source that bu

[Discuss-gnuradio] Multiple I2C devices on Rx daughtercards

2010-01-11 Thread John Orlando
mitigated, as I found several folks in the archives that mention using two dbsrx cards simultaneously. Any insight is appreciated. Also, is there a reason that address bit A2 isn't used to select different i2c devices on the same card? Thanks much... -- Regards, John Orlando CEO/System

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiple I2C devices on Rx daughtercards

2010-01-11 Thread John Orlando
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Eric Blossom wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:51:09AM -0600, John Orlando wrote: > > Hi Matt, > > In reviewing the schematic of the dbsrx daughtercard, I noticed that > there > > are two i2c devices (the EEPROM and the MAX211x recei