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beamsteeringcwmod.cpp Beam steering CW Mod: update threading model. Part of #1346 2022-10-10 21:45:26 +02:00
beamsteeringcwmod.h Beam steering CW Mod: update threading model. Part of #1346 2022-10-10 21:45:26 +02:00
beamsteeringcwmodbaseband.cpp Replace deprecated QMutex(Recursive) with QRecursiveMutex 2022-09-17 23:00:07 +02:00
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beamsteeringcwmodgui.cpp Fixed Interferometer and BeamSteeringCW absolute center frequency display 2022-05-26 12:34:38 +02:00
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beamsteeringcwmodplugin.h
beamsteeringcwmodsettings.cpp Massive UI revamping (v7): persistent channel show/hide 2022-04-12 18:27:27 +02:00
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beamsteeringcwmodstreamsource.cpp
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readme.md

Beam Steering Continuous Wave plugin

Introduction

This MIMO transmission only (MO) plugin can be used to drive a 2 channel MO device in order to produce a continuous wave signal (CW) with a control of the phase between the two streams. When the MO device is connected to a two antenna system the resulting beam can be steered in direction using the phase difference. Control is made directly in angle units.

; This was designed more as a proof of concept of multiple output plugin rather than something really useful.

Interface

The top and bottom bars of the channel window are described here

Beam steering CW plugin GUI

1: Channel output

The two channels A and B are connected to device output streams 0 and 1 respectively. The device must expose these channels.

Use this combo box to select channel output:

  • A,B: output A and B channels
  • A: output A channel only
  • B: output B channel only

2: Interpolation factor

The channel sample rate is interpolated by a power of two to feed the channels at baseband sample rate.

3: Channel sample rate

This is the channel sample rate in kilo or mega samples per second indicated by the k or M letter.

4: Half-band filter chain sequence display

This string represents the sequence of half-band filters used in the interpolation from channel to device baseband. Each character represents a filter type:

  • L: lower half-band
  • H: higher half-band
  • C: centered

5: Center frequency shift

This is the shift of the channel center frequency from the device center frequency. Its value is driven by the baseband sample rate, the interpolation factor (2) and the filter chain sequence (4).

6: Half-band filter chain sequence adjust

The slider moves the channel center frequency roughly from the lower to the higher frequency in the device baseband. The number on the right represents the filter sequence as the decimal value of a base 3 number. Each base 3 digit represents the filter type and its sequence from MSB to LSB in the filter chain:

  • 0: lower half-band
  • 1: centered
  • 2: higher half-band

7: Steering angle

This slider controls the beam steering angle θ in degrees when the configuration of antennas is made like this:

Beam steering CW plugin GUI