High Performance Software Defined Radio

An Open Source Design

Resource Information

Wiki:
Community_Portal

Forum:
http://www.hamsdr.com/hamsdrforum/

Subversion (version control system):

The software developed for SDR is usually stored in s Subversion respository. svn is one type of software that acesses the repository. These links provide more information on Subversion.

Subversion (free) book - http://svnbook.red-bean.com/
Subversion website - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Linux/Unix software
TortoiseSVN client for Subversion - http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ Windows software

URL for our project: svn://64.245.179.219/svn/repos_sdr_hpsdr/trunk/

Please do not check out the entire repository as it is 2.5 GB and causes problems for the server.
The trunk is no longer browsable. A list of the current browsable projects can be found at http://openhpsdr.org/wiki/index.php?title=SVN

Bill's, KD5TFD link to the PowerSDR code modified to talk to hpsdr hardware.
URL: svn://64.245.179.219/svn/repos_sdr_windows/PowerSDR/branches/kd5tfd/PennyMerge/bin/Release

USB-Blaster code to allow Ozy to function as a JTAG programmer. SVN contains the current version of the FPGA code,
URL: svn://64.245.179.219/svn/repos_sdr_hpsdr/trunk/USBBlaster-Binaries

Verilog code from Kirk KD7IRS Verilog Code class,

Software Resources

DSP SDR Resources:

The following are key librarys used in the development of current SDR software.

DttSP - https://www.cgran.org/wiki/DttSP Dsp Library used in many packages.
FFTw - Fast Fouier Transform Library in C.
GSL - http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/ GNU Scientific Library

Radio Interface Software:
The following are open-source SDR software, that can be modified to use HPSDR hardware.

Microwave SDR - http://uwsdr.berlios.de/
GNU Radio - http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/index.html
GNU Radio Suggested Reading - http://gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/SuggestedReading
Java-SDR - https://java-sdr.dev.java.net/
ghpsdr - http://javaguifordttsp.blogspot.com/ in alpha release, code in SVN
MacHPSDR - http://www.nh6z.net/MacHPSDR/releasenotes.html in alpha release (receive, SSB, AM tx ), based in ghpsdr code at http://www.nh6z.net/MacHPSDR/MacHPSDR.zip
ghpsdr3 - http://g0orx.blogspot.com/ in alpha release (receive only, server-client model), code in SVN
SDR-Shell - http://ewpereira.info/sdr-shell/ (receive only)
sdrMAX - http://qssdrcode.googlecode.com see sdrMAX software (receive only)
CWSkimmer - http://www.dxatlas.com/CwSkimmer/ CwSkimmer
Linrad - http://www.sm5bsz.com/
Two very interesting projects by Bob Cowdery:

pylink-sr - http://code.google.com/p/pylink-sr/ Python based SDR simple interface (receive only)
acorn-sdr - http://code.google.com/p/acorn-sdr/ Python based SDR simple interface

Digital Mode Interface Software:
Fldigi - http://www.w1hkj.com/Fldigi.html open source code for many digital modes.

Example Verilog Code from Bill Tracey KD5TFD:
http://www.tracey.org/wjt/sdr1k/Xylo/9850Control.zip

Verilog Tutorials and Resources:
http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Teach/Verilog/
http://www.asic-world.com/verilog/veritut.html
http://www.doulos.com/knowhow/verilog_designers_guide/
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/cs141/resources/verilog-tutorial.pdf
http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~shams/97350/PetervrlK.pdf
http://www.veripool.com/
http://www.verilog.com/VerilogBNF.html

Other FPGA Resources:
http://www.opencores.org/
Architecture and Component Selection for SDR Applications

JTAG Programming:

  • Programmer: http://www.minford.ca Byteblaster knock off, works great (tnx Bob N4HY)
  • A TAPR kit is planned for a ByteBlaster MV according to Steve N7HPR. This will serve as a programmer for the Reflock II, and can be used for Altera FPGAs as well. (tnx Steve N7HPR)
  • If you go to eBay and search on Altera, you will see programmers pop up. One Canadian company sells a clone for about $30.00. (tnx Steve N7HPR)
  • Altera has their ByteBlaster JTAG programmer info available at http://www.altera.com/literature/lit-cables.jsp (tnx Ray WB6TPU)
  • A homebrew version of the Byteblaster cable http://www.min.at/OE1RIB/FPGA/ (tnx Ray WB6TPU)
  • Schematic of a parallel port JTAG cable that works with the Xilinx software: http://www.xilinx.com/support/programr/files/0380507.pdf (tnx Ray WB6TPU)
  • For Opensource JTAG programming software, (supports some Altera parts, not sure if it supports the parts currently under consideration) see http://openwince.sourceforge.net/jtag/ (tnx Ray WB6TPU)
  • There is a very readable explanation of how JTAG works, together with examples and sample code, fpga4fun.com (Xylo supplier) site. http://www.fpga4fun.com/JTAG.html For someone like me who is new to JTAG I found it very useful. (tnx Phil VK6APH)

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