DVB-T USB SDR: Difference between revisions
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First thing is to | ==Plug It In== | ||
First thing is to hook up the antenna to the USB dongle, and plug the USB dongle into the computer, and make sure the computer sees it: | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
$ lsusb | grep -i rtl | |||
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T | Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T | ||
</pre> | |||
==Install Software== | |||
First thing is to install gnuradio. | |||
<pre> | |||
apt-get install gnuradio | |||
</pre> | |||
Then we'll install the Boost and GSL headers/development libraries for building scripts: | |||
<pre> | |||
apt-get install libboost-dev libgsl0-dev | |||
</pre> | |||
(Note that both of these were found using <code>aptitude search [keyword]</code>). | |||
Next, clone into the rtl-sdr repository: | |||
<pre> | |||
git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git | |||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 22:00, 25 July 2015
Overview
Plug It In
First thing is to hook up the antenna to the USB dongle, and plug the USB dongle into the computer, and make sure the computer sees it:
$ lsusb | grep -i rtl Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T
Install Software
First thing is to install gnuradio.
apt-get install gnuradio
Then we'll install the Boost and GSL headers/development libraries for building scripts:
apt-get install libboost-dev libgsl0-dev
(Note that both of these were found using aptitude search [keyword]).
Next, clone into the rtl-sdr repository:
git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git