front-end-cal(1)
RF front-end center frequency and sampling rate calibration tool.
SYNOPSIS
front-end-cal -config_file=<path-to-configuration-file> [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
front-end-cal is a calibration tool for some DVB-T receivers based on the Taiwan's Realtek RTL2832U chipset, sold in form of USB dongles that allow users to watch over-the-air DVB-T European broadcast television on their personal computers, to be used as GNSS front-ends.
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Normally, those devices send partially-decoded MPEG transport frames over the USB, but exploiting an undocumented mode of operation of the demodulator chip, the user is able to obtain raw I&Q samples, stream them through USB to a personal computer and then use gnss-sdr, turning the DVB-T receiver into a GNSS receiver and delivering position in real-time.
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The crystal oscillator that ships with the RTL2832U family devices exhibits limited accuracy to be used as a GNSS receiver front-end without previous calibration. front-end-cal implements the algorithm proposed in [1], and it requires Internet access since it retrieves Assisted GPS data from SUPL servers.
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front-end-cal is able to work with raw data files or, if there is computational power enough, in real time with suitable radio frequency front-ends. The whole receiver is defined in a single configuration file, and therefore users can define theirs.
OPTIONS
front-end-cal takes the following options:
- -config_file=<path-to-configuration-file> Set the configuration file.
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- -signal_source=<path-to-raw-signal-file> If defined, path to the file containing the signal samples (overrides the data file specified in the configuration file).
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- -log_dir=<path-to-directory> If defined, overrides the default directory where logs are saved.
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- -version Print program version and exit.
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- -help Print all the available commandline flags and exit.
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BUGS
No known bugs.
AUTHOR
Javier Arribas (
[email protected])
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This software has been developed at CTTC (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya,
http://www.cttc.es) with contributions from around the world.