Altera Quartus II 9.1 for Linux

Martin Dudok van Heel (the European reseller of Ettus Research products and a GNU Radio developer) brings some good news:

With the release of Quartus II 9.1 on 2 november 2009 Altera has finally
decided to make a free Linux Web edition available.

https://www.altera.com/support/software/download/altera_design/quartus_we/dnl-quartus_we.jsp

http://www.altera.com/corporate/news_room/releases/2009/products/nr-quartus-ii-v91.html?f=hp&k=wn2

This means it is finally possible to synthesize the FPGA firmware for
the USRP on Linux without having to use a windows emulator.

 

Too many dependencies in GnuRadio

Here’s today’s rant by David A. Burgess against the fact that there are too many external dependencies in GNU Radio, making portability difficult.

 

OpenBTS 2.4.1 Kinder with gcc4.4

OpenBTS 2.4.1 (“Kinder”) was released on 21.10.2009. This version does not compile with gcc4.4. To fix all compilation errors:

1. #include <stdio.h> in CommonLibs/Sockets.cpp
2. #include <stdint.h> in CommonLibs/Timeval.h
3. #include <stdio.h> in CommonLibs/Logger.cpp
4. #include <stdint.h> in CommonLibs/F16.h
5. #include <stdio.h> in SMS/SMSMessages.h
6. #include <stdio.h> in Transceiver/Transceiver.cpp
7. #include <stdint.h> in Transceiver/USRPDevice.cpp
8. #include <stdio.h> in Transceiver52M/Transceiver.cpp
9. #include <stdint.h> in Transceiver52M/USRPDevice.cpp
10. #include <stdio.h> in apps/sendSimple.cpp

 

key tetra services

Key TETRA services:

• Group Call
• Pre-Emptive Priority Call
• Call Retention
• Priority Call
• Busy Queuing
• Direct Mode Operation (DMO)
• Dynamic Group Number Assignment (DGNA)
• Ambience Listening
• Call Authorised by Dispatcher
• Area Selection
• Late Entry
• Voice Encryption

Is it just me, or is the “Ambience Listening” service an awesome hacker target?

 

JTRS program shutting down?

Not included in the USAF 5-year budget plan

 

New external clock board for USRP

Built by Alexander Chemeris, costs €66, should be for sale at 26C3. More details here.

 

duct tape programmers

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/09/23.html

another abstraction layer, anyone?

 

COTS SDR from WindRiver and PrismTech

Features:

• VxWorks 6 RTOS
• SCA 2.2.2
• POSIX PSE52
• Spectra 2 OE

Not sure if it’s the one based on the Curtiss-Wright VPX6-185…

Source:

• http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS73728+19-Oct-2009+BW20091019
• http://www.prismtech.com/section-item.asp?snum=3&sid=332

 

Privacy is a desirable marketing option

Harald Welte uses the following as his email signature:

“Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option.”
(ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)

I have confirmed its existence in the document!

 

numpy, lapack, blas, atlas

python-numpy → liblapack3gf → libblas3gf → libatlas3gf

References:

• http://numpy.scipy.org/ (Numerical Python)
• http://www.netlib.org/lapack/ (Linear Algebra Package)
• http://www.netlib.org/blas/ (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms)
• http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/ (Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software)