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Ronny Kunze Shinji.Ikari_de at gmx.de
Thu Oct 18 04:44:28 UTC 2012


Hello ,

that are really good news. How can i get such a upgrade board ?

Best regards,

Ronny Kunze


Am 17.10.2012 18:55, schrieb Christian Daniel -- maintech GmbH:
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> Hello everybody,
>
> since we found out that the Atmel SAM3U SSC interface is only capable
> of transporting 500ksps worth of I/Q data, we heard a lot of
> complaining because of the too narrow bandwith. Especially compared to
> the rtl-sdr with about 2msps, our 500ksps was bit contrained. The
> fact, that the OsmoSDR is much more sensitive to very small signals
> and brings a 14bit ADC instead of 8bits did not really compensate for
> the bandwidth loss.
>
> Also the mismatch between E4000 output resistance and ADC input
> brought some unwanted spectral effects.
>
> Instead of just releasing stuff, we decided to fix both issues: I now
> have a prototype with simple stack-on-board, that adds two op-amps to
> decouple the E4000 from the ADC and lower the impedance and also this
> board connecteds the available FPGA pins to the MCI (SD-Card)
> interface of the Atmel SAM3U.
>
> For this to get working, we had to rewrite major parts of the ARM
> firmware and the FPGA VHDL code. Today this work is completed and I
> can report success: The OsmoSDR now delivers up to 4msps at 14bits.
> Also the strange peaks around Niquist/zero frequency are gone.
>
> Find a screenshot of SDRangelove recording a DAB signal at 2msps
> (SDRangelove needs some more love until it can cope with 4msps in
> realtime - but we have verified that 4msps works without dropped
> samples using the builtin FPGA test mode).
>
> http://www.cdaniel.de/download/osmosdr-dab-2mhz.png
>
> We will now integrate the changes into the OsmoSDR mainboard and
> reroute the now free SSC pins to the pin headers instead of the MCI
> interface. Also we will add the opamps.
>
> For the already produced OsmoSDR boards, we will have more of the
> prototype stack-on-top-boards.
>
> We will keep you in the loop!
>
> Best regards,
> Christian
>
> PS: Regarding the DAB screenshot:
> - - The horizontal lines are correct - DAB uses a so called "pilot
> symbol", which only has energy on a few carriers. That's why it looks
> like a pause in the signal.
> - - The vertical line is also correct - DAB does not use the middle
> carrier to avoid I/Q offset problems on the transmitter side.
>
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