RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] usrp dbsrx to use in seti and radioastronomy

[Loftin, Ben B.]

Krys,

Excellent, I like the approach of wrapping the code so it can be used by
more than just gnuRadio.  If you're too busy I can attempt to build the
'wrapper'.

On your webpage, you mention having some GPS data, do you mind sending
it thru email to me.  If you want I can let you upload to my ftp, just
let me know so I can send account info to only you.

Dave Bengtson is finishing up a schematic for a frontend using MAX 2745.
I'm helping with the layout and hopefully we can have something this
year...

Without all the specs, it is hard to estimate how well or if the dbsrx
can acquire GPS.  It would be nice to be able to slap on a GPS antenna
that includes a LNA (20-26 dB gain?).  But with an 'active' antenna we
need to hook up a dc bias.  Can this be done easily, ideas? Not sure if
the PCB antenna will cut it.  I'm sure in the coming days we will get
the details we need for dbsrx, which will be needed before releasing the
coin :)

Maybe I can help develop some WAAS code or has someone already done this
too?  Thanks for all the info.  I'll have fun looking thru kkGPS. 

Ben

(resent since I forgot so subscribe this email)

-----Original Message-----
From: Krzysztof Kamieniecki [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:52 AM
To: address@hidden
Cc: Ben Loftin
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] usrp dbsrx to use in seti and
radioastronomy

Hi Ben,

Have you taken a look at GNURadio wiki? Specifically the GPS page.
http://comsec.com/wiki?GlobalPositioningSystem

I have some code for software GPS at
http://www.kamieniecki.com/krys/gps/

My project has been sidetrack by a contract project I am working on
using
GNURadio. At this point I have decided on a way to integrate my existing
GPS
code with GNURadio so that the few people who are using my code to
process raw
data do not have to use GNURadio. I have created a GNURadio block that
wraps my
GPS signal generator. The next step is to create a block that wraps my
GPS
Correlator, and then a block that wraps my low level GPS Receiver (a set
of
synchronized Correlators with a state machine controllers to track the
signals
from the various GPS satellites) I ordered the dbsrx with the hope that
at
least to possibility of getting realtime GPS signal data may spur me on.

Regards,
Krys

Quoting Marcus Leech <address@hidden>:
> Ben Loftin wrote:
> 
> > Could you elaborate on what you mean by seeing GPS L1.  Does this me

> > acquisition, tracking, seeing bumps on an FFT, etc.  I ask because I

> > am starting to build up algorithms for a GPS receiver to use with 
> > USRP.  I just finished the first simple one of generating the C/A
code 
> > for each satellite.  You can check it out on on my blog at 
> > http://www.phys-x.org/grblog/grblog.html (try the link 
> > http://64.6.242.226/grblog/grblog.html since the higher domain 
> > registers need some time to refresh).
> >
> > Anybody else developing code for GPS so we can pool our efforts?
> >
> > Ben
> 
> I just saw the appropriate spectral bumps--I don't have a GPS
processor.
> 
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