CSUN/EAFB Software Defined Radio (SDR) Senior Project

Project Related Presentations

Instructional Materials

Examples

Introduction to Communication Systems: An Overview

Software Defined Radio Project

SDR Demonstration

SDR Basics: The Link Equation, Sources and Filters

Introduction to Modulation: Amplitude Modulation (AM)

Introduction to Modulation: Double Sideband (DSB) and Single Sideband (SSB)

Frequency and Phase Modulation

I and Q Components in Communications Signals

Senior Design Projects using SDR

Software Defined Radio Senior Design Projects: Overview and Requirements

Transmitting with the USRP

Packetized Communications

UAV Project: Future Work

 

 

Simple User's Manual for GNU Radio

USRP Assembly

Creating and Running Python Scripts

Capturing Signals in GNU Radio

Moving MATLAB Data to GNU Radio

Defining, Designing, and Evaluating
Digital Communication Systems

Generating a Dial Tone - A Simple Example of Using GNU Radio

Narrowband FM Receiver

AM Broadcast Receiver

Receiving AM Signals (no USRP required)

Receiving SSB Signals (no USRP required)

 

GNU Radio/USRP Links
Fall 2008 Exercises

Online Tutorials

GNU Radio Web Page

GNU Software Radio

Ettus Research (USRP)

USRP Information

GNU Radio Companion

GNU Radio Mailing Lists

Ubuntu Home Page

Exercise 1: Receiving AM Signals from Data Files
Files needed:
am_rcv4.py
am_usrp710.dat
sw_usrp.dat

Exercise 2: Using the Link Equation and GNU Radio Filters
Files needed:
filter_test2.py
MATLAB Utilities

Exercise 3: Demodulating AM and SSB Signals
Files needed:
ssb_rcv_file.py

Exercise 4: Creating a GUI Interface with GNU Radio
Files Needed:
gui_test.py

SDR Tutorials - University of Notre Dame

Python Tutorial

CIC Filters

Understanding CIC Filters

Digital Filters

 

Articles/Web Pages
Amateur Radio Related SDR Links
SDR Related Conferences

Exploring GNU Radio

Hardware for Your Software Radio

Listening to FM Radio in Software, Step by Step

DSP Using the GNU Radio Toolkit

KD7LMO's GNU Radio Page

ARRL: Software Defined Radio

Hamsdr.com

High Performance Software Defined Radio (hpsdr)

Flex Radio Systems

First Report of the Software Defined Radio Working Group

DSP-10 Project

SoftRock-40

SDR Forum

2nd IEEE International Workshop on Cognitive Radio Networks

TAPR Digital Communications Conference