[time-nuts] WWVB BPSK Receiver Project?

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Mar 14 23:10:22 UTC 2012


In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.1203142345310.2459 at tesla>, Marek Peca writes:

>I will share my few bits of worked experience. But it may seem obvious.
>
>> I'd say to go "100% SDR".  In other words a simple front and that
>> pushes as much of the functionality into software as possible.   The
>> carrier is only 60K.  That is low enough that one can directly
>> digitize the RF using an ADC that samples at only 192K/sec.
>
>Not necesarilly. I received 77.5kHz very well in first sampling mirror, 
>sampling using ADS7813 16bit ADC @44ksps, yielding carrier at 10.5kHz in 
>discrete-time domain.

Here's a really interesting platform for VLF SDR work:

	http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/dso-nano-v2-p-681.html?cPath=174

1MSPS 12 bit ADC, input amplifier/attenuator, display, USB interface,
and rechargeable lithium battery.

For $89...

Too bad it doesn't have a 10MHz reference clock input for time-nuttery.


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