FM RDS Stereo transmitter using gnuradio

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Information on the setup a software defined FM RDS Stereo transmitter using Gnuradio.

It has been made from the integration of a stereo transmitter (opendigitalradio.org), gr-rds project on CGRAN and design from CRC.

Contents

Hardware

  • PC
  • USRP1 Universal Software Radio Peripheral with WBX RF daugtherboard (50MHz-2.2GHz) (can work also with Basic TX with minor modifications)

Software


Setup

Startup procedure

  • Start jack audio server using Jack Control (you need to have install jack audio server and tools)
  • Start python script
  • Window will appear with the different settings to control frequency and gains of FM composite signal components
  • By default (depending on .asoundrc file) all source will be connected to the laptop microphone
  • Play the audio of the content you want to broadcast on jack, for example, if you take an internet radio stream: 
mplayer -ao jack http://maxxima.mine.nu:8000
  • Connect the output of the mplayer to the input of gnuradio software transmitter using "connections" in JACK control
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