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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RTL2832 ($20 USB SDR) support now in gr-baz


From: Patrik Tast
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RTL2832 ($20 USB SDR) support now in gr-baz
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:19:05 +0300

Hi Balint,

Good job!

Would it be possible to also git the I2C command document that you used to "tame" the RTL2832 or a link to it in the README?

Thanks,
Patrik

----- Original Message ----- From: "Balint Seeber" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:43
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RTL2832 ($20 USB SDR) support now in gr-baz


Hi Rafael,

The intention for upstream submission is certainly there, however time is
not quite... hopefully soon.

Some blocks need optimisation, cleaning and re-styling - if anyone wishes to help by sending a patch, that would be wonderful (I just received my first a
little while ago!).

Re: getting the dongle, I happened to get lucky on eBay. I can only suggest
to keep searching! Good luck.

Kind regards,
Balint

PS: Lots happening here: http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR/
And
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/rjp8v/20_ultracheap_software_d
efined_radio_with_rtl2832/

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of
Rafael Diniz
Sent: Friday, 30 March 2012 3:43 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RTL2832 ($20 USB SDR) support now in gr-
baz

Indeed, F****ng awesome!
Do you plan to submit upstream your gr-baz?

People, in dealextreme store the dongle is sold out.
I do not want to start an off-topic trend, but could you please mail me in
private where are you buying such dongle?

Best regards,
Rafael Diniz

> Awesome! I'm still waiting on my RTL-based card to arrive via
> snail-mail from an unknown factory on the other side of the world.
> Will test when it arrives!
>
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden
> On Behalf Of Balint Seeber
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:22 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [Discuss-gnuradio] RTL2832 ($20 USB SDR) support now in
> gr-baz
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've just added RTL2832 support to gr-baz with support for both tuners
> (Elonics E4000 and Fitipower FC0013).
>
> If you're not aware, this is sold as a DVB-T USB receiver for ~$20,
> which is a pretty decent price for a device that can do general
> purpose SDR at
> 3.2 MHz and 8-bits! The journey starts with Antti
> Palosaari<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-infr
> astructure/44461/focus=44461> who discovered it can be put in a mode
> where it streams baseband data directly over USB (for analog FM
> demodulation in software). This resulted in Steve Markgraf's
> rtl-sdr<http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr>
> user-space capture utility over at Osmocom (see the Osmocom page to
> find compatible devices).
>
> I've taken that source and created a fully-featured GNU Radio Source
> block
> 'baz.rtl_source_c'<http://wiki.spench.net/wiki/Gr-baz#rtl_source_c>
> (with GRC block) that outputs complex values, and allows adjustment of
> frequency, sample rate and LNA gain. There is also an optional
> automatic tuner mode control for the E4000. If you also like using
> Winrad/HDSDR/WRplus, my ExtIO
> plugin<http://wiki.spench.net/wiki/USRP_Interfaces> now has support
> for the device too. The Source block performs internal multi-threaded
> buffering for smoother performance (this might be over-engineered, but
it seemed to help with the ExtIO plugin).
>
> You can get the source code from my
> SVN<http://svn.spench.net/main/gr-baz/> or
> github<https://github.com/balint256/gr-baz> (though please visit the
> info page<http://wiki.spench.net/wiki/Gr-baz#rtl_source_c> first for
> more info/pre-reqs - e.g. libusb-1.0, etc). It's experimental, and not
> the prettiest because I actually ported it back from the ExtIO plugin,
> but it works for me and if you want to help test/clean it up then that
> would be very much appreciated!
>
> To see it in action, have a peek here: http://youtu.be/FUQd9HOVTk8
>
> Balint @spenchdotnet<http://twitter.com/spenchdotnet>
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