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=== Block descriptions ===
* The Options block identifies the filename for the flowgraph, a title, author, etc.
** id: SSB_xmt_1
** Click on File -> Save As  Use the file name 'SSB_xmt_1'. the extension '.grc' is added automatically
* The microphone input is defined by an Audio Source block. The parameters are:
** Sample rate: set to 48khz (use the pull-down)
** Device name: for most microphone jacks built into the computer, the Device name can be left blank; for other cases, see [[Audio_Source#Device_Name]]
* For the remainder of the flowgraph, a sample_rate of 768khz is used. This value was chosen to give the 48khz audio frequency 16 samples per cycle (48000 x 16 = 768000).
** Variable block
*** id: samp_rate
*** value: 768000
* To boost the 48khz sample rate of the audio input to the 768khz sample rate, a Repeat block with an Interpolation value of 16 is used.
* The QT GUI Range block defines an Audio gain (volume) control
** id: volume
** default value: 0.5
** start: 0
** stop: 20.0
** step: 0.1
** Widget: choose whatever you like
* The value of the volume control is used as a multiplier in the Multiply Const block.
** Constant: volume
* The carrier signal (in this example is 24khz) is generated by the Signal Source block.<br>
** Sample Rate: samp_rate
** Frequency: carrier_freq
** Amplitude: 1.0
* To create a double sideband signal, the carrier signal is multiplied by the audio signal.
* The QT GUI Frequency Sink gives a visual representation of the transmitted signal.
** Number of Points: 2048
** Bandwidth: samp_rate
* For a real radio transmitter, the output of the Band Pass Filter would be fed to Radio Frequency (RF) hardware. For this tutorial, we are sending the transmit signal to a ZMQ PUSH Sink data socket connected to the receiver section.
** Address: tcp://127.0.0.1:50301


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Revision as of 00:36, 23 October 2020

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The first section of this tutorial explains how a Single Sideband (SSB) signal can be created. Rather than using any real hardware for transmission, the signal is sent via a socket to the second section of the tutorial which explains how to demodulate the received signal. The only actual hardware involved is the computer's microphone input and speaker output. In the case of a Raspberry Pi computer, which has no microphone input, an alternative is presented.

This tutorial can be performed with either GNU Radio (GR) version 3.7 or 3.8 (and later). The Graphical User Interface gnuradio-companion (GRC) is used to create a flowgraph for each section.

Prerequisites

SSB transmitter

Using gnuradio-companion (GRC) and the following Block descriptions, build this flowgraph of the transmitter section:

SSB xmt 1 fg.png

Block descriptions

  • The Options block identifies the filename for the flowgraph, a title, author, etc.
    • id: SSB_xmt_1
    • Click on File -> Save As  Use the file name 'SSB_xmt_1'. the extension '.grc' is added automatically
  • The microphone input is defined by an Audio Source block. The parameters are:
    • Sample rate: set to 48khz (use the pull-down)
    • Device name: for most microphone jacks built into the computer, the Device name can be left blank; for other cases, see Audio_Source#Device_Name
  • For the remainder of the flowgraph, a sample_rate of 768khz is used. This value was chosen to give the 48khz audio frequency 16 samples per cycle (48000 x 16 = 768000).
    • Variable block
      • id: samp_rate
      • value: 768000
  • To boost the 48khz sample rate of the audio input to the 768khz sample rate, a Repeat block with an Interpolation value of 16 is used.
  • The QT GUI Range block defines an Audio gain (volume) control
    • id: volume
    • default value: 0.5
    • start: 0
    • stop: 20.0
    • step: 0.1
    • Widget: choose whatever you like
  • The value of the volume control is used as a multiplier in the Multiply Const block.
    • Constant: volume
  • The carrier signal (in this example is 24khz) is generated by the Signal Source block.
    • Sample Rate: samp_rate
    • Frequency: carrier_freq
    • Amplitude: 1.0
  • To create a double sideband signal, the carrier signal is multiplied by the audio signal.
  • The QT GUI Frequency Sink gives a visual representation of the transmitted signal.
    • Number of Points: 2048
    • Bandwidth: samp_rate
  • For a real radio transmitter, the output of the Band Pass Filter would be fed to Radio Frequency (RF) hardware. For this tutorial, we are sending the transmit signal to a ZMQ PUSH Sink data socket connected to the receiver section.
    • Address: tcp://127.0.0.1:50301

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