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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Suggestions for newbies?
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Robert Roberts |
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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Suggestions for newbies? |
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Sun, 28 May 2006 21:15:16 -0400 |
Hello,
I'm currently writing a set of laboratory exercises utilizing
MATLAB/Simulink and GNURadio/USRP that will introduce various
communications and digital signal processing concepts. I hope to
release them once I am finished so they should provide a walk through
of the system for newbies.
Cheers,
~Chris Roberts~
MS Systems & Control Engr
Case Western Reserve University
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Blossom <address@hidden>
Date: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:30 pm
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Suggestions for newbies?
> On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 03:40:39PM -0500, James Longstreet wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently started reading about Gnu Radio, and I think it would
> make
> > a great project for my university's ACM chapter. My EE/radio
> > experience is pretty much limited to RadioShack kits and
> building a
> > shortwave receiver, but I have lots of programming experience.
> I'm
> > confident that I can wrap my head around the concepts at least
> enough
> > to make things work.
>
> Good. I don't think you'll find it overly challenging.
>
> > From everything I've read, it seems that the USRP is the way to
> go
> > for hardware - relatively inexpensive, designed to work with Gnu
>
> > Radio, and general enough to allow for just about anything.
> What can
> > I hope to accomplish with a USRP - AM/FM radio? TV? HDTV?
>
> If you get a USRP with the "TV Rx" daughterboard, FM will work out of
> the box.
>
> > Also, what kind of timeframe would be reasonable for playing
> around
> > with this? Should I expect to be able to receive FM radio the
> day I
> > take my USRP out of the box,
>
> Yes.
>
> > or will I have to fiddle with things for a few weeks/months? I
> > don't mind spending time with it, but I'd like to know what I'm
> > getting myself into before I spend $700 on it.
>
> > What reading should I do to get up to speed on concepts I'm
> going to
> > be running into? I understand radio at a conceptual level, but
> DSP
> > and things like that are foreign to me.
>
> Check out http://comsec.com/wiki?SuggestedReading for pointers to
good
> info. If you're interested in getting up to speed on DSP, Richard
> Lyons' book is a good place to start.
>
> > Thank you,
> >
> > James Longstreet
> > System Administrator
> > Association for Computing Machinery
> > University of Illinois at Chicago
>
> Eric
>
>
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