¿ªÔÆÌåÓý

Software Dreaming


 

on such a winter's day (with apologies to the Mamas and Papas).

What would happen if the idea of a "main" sBIT program were to be implemented which was of the nature of a "frame" on which various features could be hung at run time.? The sBIT toolkit would be the tool to do the hanging.? It seems to me that some of the work has already been done.? I haven't had a chance to use the toolkit, so perhaps my thinking needs correcting.? I don't know if this is the best way to express my thoughts.? Perhaps the main program has all the bells and whistles in it, and the user only enables what is desired and skips the rest.? Or is this just an old fool's pipe dream?? No radio can be everything to everybody.

Gerry Sherman

Sen by the Windows 11 Thunderbird


 

I am signed into several groups looking for best practice for hardware/software design and I like this idea. I would like to experiment with bare-bones exe and work up add up to max capabilities. Thanks for bringing this up.

73
Rich
WE8T


 

On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 03:21 PM, <ramerhar2@...> wrote:
I am signed into several groups looking for best practice for hardware/software design and I like this idea. I would like to experiment with bare-bones exe and work up add up to max capabilities. Thanks for bringing this up.
Such a bare bones exe for you to start with already exists.

See?this thread?and??from our friend Rafael, based on his code plus that of Farhan.

The code has the ability to:
  • set up and operate the frequency synthesizer chip
  • enable/disable the transmit line
  • read the front panel encoders
The data to/from the radio can be accessed via the ALSA sound subsystem and can be shown via FFT or waterfall by gnuradio.

Take the code, redesign/rewrite/refactor it as much as you like, publish your fork.

Add DSP, GUI, modems, whatever, keep going till you're happy.

As for interesting SDR designs, I always thought?has/had???and?.??

The thing is, I never ran it so I have no idea about any of its dynamic properties i.e. latency etc.

--
Regards,
Dave, N1AI


 

Dave-
Thanks for the info - that saved me some research time!? I will look into that design and see what it looks like.Tnx agn , great group here!

Rich,
WE8T