Thanks, Charles that sounds great. I also bought an upconvertor to get it to ham bands.
I am currently on vacation, but will be home in about a week, so could start this soon. Jerry On Aug 7, 2015 12:39 PM, "chnyc" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jerry, > > For an intro book I'm writing on the BBB (imminent pub date), I've worked > up some tutorials using an SDR dongle, and have been pretty successful with > the following: > > 1. *Dump1090* - Plane tracking > 2. *GPredict* - Sat tracking with this venerable package. On this one, > I've been really interested in what the team at SatNogs ( > https://satnogs.org/) have been doing in creating a worldwide tracking > network. Their basic assumption is that operators will be using low-cost > dongles. FWIW, they're doing hardware (antennna and rotor and controllers) > + software (either GPredict or a custom, open source build of theirs using > Django/Python). > 3. *KD0CQ's image* - huge time-saving Ubuntu image from this blogger, > which contains a medley of SDR packages and their libraries. Available > here: > > http://www.kd0cq.com/2014/08/packed-full-beaglebone-black-img-file-rtl-sdr-gnuradio-gqrx-lots-more-on-ubuntu-14-04/ > . > > For all the above, I've got WIP drafts (mostly finished), and could send > abbreviated steps in a day or two if that'd be useful to you. > > I haven't, yet, had a chance to set aside a dedicated BBB as a long term, > tracking device, so I can't say for sure how it would perform over time. > Seems promising, though, and worth the effort. > > > Charles Hamilton > > > > On Friday, August 7, 2015 at 8:52:56 AM UTC-4, jdawgaz wrote: >> >> I am thinking about putting SDR on a single board computer. >> >> I have tried the RPi 2, and it just doesn't have the oomph to run a >> waterfall program (like gqrx or some other SDR program) on it. >> >> Does the beaglebone black have the oomph to do that. I want something >> that will run it all. Not having to stream to the internet and pick it up >> on a desktop. >> >> Has anybody done this reasonable well on the BBB? >> >> Jerry >> >> -- >> Extra Ham Operator: K7AZJ >> Registered Linux User: 275424 >> Raspberry Pi and Arduino developer >> >> >> *The most exciting phrase to hear in science - the one that heralds new >> discoveries - is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny...".*- Isaac. Asimov >> >> *I* >> *f you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you >> teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime. *- >> Anonymous >> >> >> *If writing good code requires very little comments, then writing really >> excellent code requires no comments at all!*- Ken Thompson >> > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
