[Discuss-gnuradio] Thanks GnuRadio!

[Eric Hill Matlis]

Hi all, I just wanted to thank the GnuRadio community for such a great 
effort.  I recently gave a talk at the American Physical Society (Division 
of Fluid Dynamics) in which I presented results on a new flow-velocity 
sensor I'm developing that produces an AM waveform.  Until recently I've 
been using standard data acquisition techniques with an 8-bit Lecroy DSO 
to capture the signal and perform demodulation in post-processing. 
However, just before the conference, I successfully integrated GnuRadio 
and the USRP into the experiment, and boy what a difference those 12-bit 
digitizers make to demodulate the signal!  Not to mention the real-time 
processing.  Plus I demonstrated wireless transmission from the sensor, 
which is a real coup.

I brought a working demo to the conference, with the USRP, and 
demonstrated the device working in real-time.  I can say it was a big hit, 
particularly the gui showing the real-time demodulation.  That really 
added some kick to the presentation.

Anyway, the paper I presented is at

www.nd.edu/~ematlis/Papers/Plasma_probe/JANNAF_2006_matlis.pdf

Thanks again!

eric

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Eric H. Matlis, Ph.D.
Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Dept.
120 Hessert Center for Aerospace Research
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5684
Phone: (574) 631-6054
Fax:   (574) 631-8355