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HAMlab, Release 1.0

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Spectrum Analyzer

Start using HAMlab as Radio Station - SDR

Connecting the cables

Back panel connections

Antenna - Connect an HF antenna with nominal 50 Ohm impedance to the SO-239 connector.

Note:

If you prefer BNC connector you can remove HAMlab top cover and reconnect it from SO-239 to BNC.

Ground - Remove the thumb screw marked GND. Connect your central station ground to the thumb screw and screw
it back into the radio.

Speakers - connect powered stereo speakers to the jack

Tip:

You can instead of speakers connect headphones on the front panel.

USB cable

(3)

- connect the HAMlab with the PC using USB 2.0 Cable - A-Male to Mini-B. USB cable will provide a

way for PowerSDR software to use HAMlabs audio outputs. USB cable for audio is only required for HAMlab 80-10
10W model.

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Chapter 2. Quick start

Summary of Contents for HAMlab

Page 1: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 User Manual Sep 18 2017...

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Page 3: ...7 3 2 Spectrum Analyzer 56 3 3 Logic Analizer 60 3 4 Power SDR 65 4 HAMlab 80 10 10W Specifications 79 4 1 SDR specifications 79 4 2 Measurement instruments specifications 81 4 3 General Electrical sp...

Page 4: ...6 Troubleshoot 105 6 1 Damaged or corrupted SD card 105 6 2 Power SDR cannot connect to HAMlab 105 6 3 Audio board not working 106 ii...

Page 5: ...can interact with some electronic devices such as cardiac pace makers and defibrillators Please refer to the implanted pacemaker or defibrillator manufacturer s instructions with respect to precautio...

Page 6: ...cts abnormal result or other observations occur not covered in user manual immediately disconnect device from it s power and contact manufacturer or local distibutor for operationa advice or repair of...

Page 7: ...nection is attempted the product may malfunction and the USB port on the device may be damaged Factory design of this device only allows booting from an SD card Only cards in accordance with the Red P...

Page 8: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 4 Chapter 1 WARNING IMPORTANT NOTICE Read before operating this unit...

Page 9: ...er improvements Note If you have proposal what to improve in next generation please contact us hamlab redpitaya com What is in the box The following accessories and materials are included with your HA...

Page 10: ...ter PC running Windows 7 or later Either 32 or 64 bit operating systems are supported Instrumentation applications requirements All instrumentation applications are WEB based and don t require the ins...

Page 11: ...connection 2 connect the HAMlab to your local network using ethernet cable Note Other connections are at the moment not important you can read more about them later in the Back panel controls and con...

Page 12: ...press momentary power button on the HAMlab to turn it ON Blue led on power button will turn on and after 30s HAMlab will be ready to use 2 Make sure your computer is connected to same local area netw...

Page 13: ...cations are listed Click on application to run it Note More details about HAMlab instruments can be found in the Applications features section Instruments applications documentation Oscilloscope with...

Page 14: ...NC Ground Remove the thumb screw marked GND Connect your central station ground to the thumb screw and screw it back into the radio Speakers connect powered stereo speakers to the jack Tip You can ins...

Page 15: ...yet Mount Rx filters bypass BNC loopback cable from RX1 IN to RX1 OUT 2 Note Other connections are at the moment not important you can read more about them later in the Back panel controls and connect...

Page 16: ...momentary press on the power button to turn it on off 2 Make sure your computer is connected to same local area network as HAMlab 3 On your computer start a WEB browser Chrome recommended 4 Type in th...

Page 17: ...stallation package 1 Start the installation by double clicking on the Setup_PowerSDR_STEMlab_HAMlab_Edition exe file 2 If you are asked for extended user access rights during the installation click Ye...

Page 18: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 3 Follow the instructions of the setup routine and accept the license agreements if asked for 14 Chapter 2 Quick start...

Page 19: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 2 4 Start using HAMlab as Radio Station SDR 15...

Page 20: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 16 Chapter 2 Quick start...

Page 21: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 2 4 Start using HAMlab as Radio Station SDR 17...

Page 22: ...sdom file which will take a while depending on the CPU power of your computer This is only done once even after updating the software to a new version in the future 6 After starting the PowerSDR softw...

Page 23: ...are using your STEMlab this is important due to the different frequency ranges your are allowed to transmit in the different countries all over the world 8 Your initial setup is completed click finis...

Page 24: ...reen the input singnal should appear Note Power SDR software is described in Power SDR section Tip Optionaly you can connect MIDI controller to your PC MIDI controller can be used to control radio sof...

Page 25: ...Mlab creates its own WiFi network Wired Local Area Network LAN This is the most common and recommended way of connecting and using your HAMlab Your LAN network needs to have DHCP settings enabled whic...

Page 26: ...lab to your computer and access it using rp xxxxxx local method Note Windows 7 8 users should install Bonjour Print Services otherwise access to local addresses will not work If there are some restric...

Page 27: ...rectly to LAN network and setting a static IP on it 1 Use recommended connection described in Local Area Network LAN section Once you are success fully connected to your HAMlab open Network Manager an...

Page 28: ...it is very similar on the other OS also To set a direct connection with your PC follow next steps a Open network manager on your PC b Add new Ethernet connection There is no need to create new network...

Page 29: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 3 Select Ethernet connection and press Create button 4 Select the name of the new Ethernet connections 2 5 Alternative networking for HAMlab 25...

Page 30: ...Press Add button and insert static IP address of your PC must be different from the IP address of the HAMlab Netmask input 255 255 255 0 Getaway can be left empty DNS servers can be left empty and cl...

Page 31: ...his settings arranged connect Ethernet cable between your HAMlab and PC open web browser in the web browser URL field input chosen HAMlab static IP in our example it is 192 168 0 15 and press enter 2...

Page 32: ...b browser and start Network Manager application Trough this application all network settings of the HAMlab are manageable Simply select the desired WiFi network input password and select connect Once...

Page 33: ...twork LAN connection 2 Open Network Manager application 3 Insert WiFi dongle in the USB plug on the HAMlab Supported WiFi dongles are described here FAQ 4 When the USB WiFi dongle is plugged in the sy...

Page 34: ...nnected the IP address will be shown on the user interface This IP address is only for WiFi connection You can check the connection by inputing a WiFi IP address in the web browser URL field press ent...

Page 35: ...or Tablet can be connected Access Point mode is arranged via Network Manager application where you give the name to your HAMlab network and enable it Since Access Point mode is enabled via Network Man...

Page 36: ...Password name should be at least 8 characters long Do not use special signs 4 Connect your PC Laptop Tablet Phone to the network created by HAMlab 5 Input Access Point network IP address to the web br...

Page 37: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 2 5 Alternative networking for HAMlab 33...

Page 38: ...d follow the instructions 4 To unlock application Click the UNLOCK APP button and enter Logic Analizer unlock key and click OK 5 Connect to your HAMlab and start Logic Analizer app Prepare SD card 1 D...

Page 39: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 3 Open unzipped folder right click on the WinDisk32Imager and select Run as Administrator 4 Under image file box select unzipped HAMlab OS image file 2 7 Prepare SD card 35...

Page 40: ...f the SD card Note Be careful to select the correct drive if you choose the wrong one you risk erasing data from the computer s hard disk You can easily see the drive letter for example E by looking i...

Page 41: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 6 Click Write and wait for the write to complete 2 7 Prepare SD card 37...

Page 42: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 7 Exit the Imager Linux 1 Insert SD card into your PC or SD card reader 2 Run Disks application to format the SD card 38 Chapter 2 Quick start...

Page 43: ...disks with df h Our SD card is 4GB and mounted to dev sdb 4 Unmount the SD card with umount dev sdbN make sure you replace N with the right number 5 Write the image to the SD card with the following c...

Page 44: ...device_name is replaced with the path to the SD Card usually it will be dev sdb 6 Wait until the process has finished MacOS 1 Insert SD card into your PC or SD card reader 2 Download Apple Pi Baker a...

Page 45: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 4 Enter your admin password and click OK 5 Select SD card drive This can be recognized by the size of the card that is 4GB 6 Select HAMlab OS image file 2 7 Prepare SD card 41...

Page 46: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 7 Click Restore Backup button in order to write image to SD card 8 It s coffee time application will show you Estimated Time for Accomplishment 42 Chapter 2 Quick start...

Page 47: ...is completed click OK and quit ApplePi Baker FAQ How to install HAMlab OS on MAC not using ApplePiBaker 4 Now you have a brand new Micro SD card with latest HAMlab OS Insert it into HAMlab with contac...

Page 48: ...tead of writing the whole SD card image it is possible to update only the ecosystem Web interface update At boot HAMlab checks for software updates and alerts the user if a new release is available Us...

Page 49: ...y the FAT partition is corrupted or to install older newer or custom ecosystem zip files 1 Download a zip file from our download server 2 Insert SD card into card reader 3 Delete all files from the FA...

Page 50: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 46 Chapter 2 Quick start...

Page 51: ...and intuitive user interface provides all the necessary tools for signal analysis and measurements High end specifications will satisfy more demanding users looking for powerful tools for their worki...

Page 52: ...g the horizontal buttons the scaling of the X axis is changed and thus the selected time range which is displayed in the graph The vertical buttons change the Y axis and thus the displayed voltage ran...

Page 53: ...perations Signal generator controls waveform amplitude frequency phase AUTO SCALE Automatically sets up the Oscilloscope to best display the input signal By pressing this button the voltage axis and t...

Page 54: ...tion interface the IN1 and IN2 channels are listed By a simple click on the name of a channel not the gear the channel gets highlighted and you can simply control all the settings of the respective ch...

Page 55: ...down LV and HV Are osciloscope input range options of your HAMlab implemented via attenuator HV represent higher voltage range from 20 to 20 V LV represent low voltage range from 1 to 1 V AC and DC c...

Page 56: ...ts highlighted and you can simply control all the settings of the respective channel The available settings are the following ON SHOW Type Trigger Frequency Amplitude Offset Phase and Duty cycle Vario...

Page 57: ...l determinate at which case the trigger condition will be set to true NORMAL The acquisition trace re plotting is executed only if the trigger state is true In other words signal needs to satisfy trig...

Page 58: ...Gives an absolute value of the selected signal dy dt Gives an time derivation of the selected signal ydt Gives an time integration of the selected signal INVERT Inverts the signal CURSOR This feature...

Page 59: ...Navigate left and right by dragging the data where you want and effortlessly zoom in and out by using your mouse scroll wheel MEASUREMENTS The menu can be found under the MEAS button Here you can sele...

Page 60: ...th the time length of a vibration FREQ The frequency of the signal NAVIGATE Spectrum Analyzer This application will turn your HAMlab board into a 2 channel DFT Spectrum Analyzer It is the perfect tool...

Page 61: ...requency range Waterfall plots Waterfall plots are a different way of the signal spectrum representation where the color on the plot defines the signal amplitude for a certain frequency The waterfall...

Page 62: ...corresponding to the place where the X cursors are set and the amplitude value where the Y cursors are set Cursor delta values are useful for measuring signal harmonics and relative ratios between amp...

Page 63: ...frequency range This peak finding prevents not seeing peak values which are outside the selected frequency span WATERFALL PLOTS Waterfall plots are a different way of the signal spectrum representatio...

Page 64: ...pberry Pi or Arduino board as well as analyze different bus I2C SPI and UART and decode the transmitted data Instrument applications are web based and do not require the installation of any native sof...

Page 65: ...Tools This menu provides controls for inputs triggers and guides Axis control panel The horizontal buttons enable you to select the scaling of the X axis and to change it and to select the time range...

Page 66: ...ary values From this it is clear that the sampling rate determines how many values are recorded per second If we choose the highest sampling rate 125MS s 125 000 000 values would be recorded per secon...

Page 67: ...the acquisition the results are displayed in a graph Additional trigger options LOW and HIGH are used for the so called Patterned triggering For example If you set the trigger source to be DIN0 Rising...

Page 68: ...PORT button the decoded data can be packed into a CSV file This then ends up directly in the download folder and can be used for further analysis CURSORS As with the Oscilloscope the Logic Analyzer Ap...

Page 69: ...Analizer app section Power SDR Power SDR installation and SDR configuration Click here to download Power SDR installation package 1 Start the installation by double clicking on the Setup_PowerSDR_STEM...

Page 70: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 On Windows 10 you might get warning of Unknown Publisher you can procede with installation by clicking on more info and then Run anyway 66 Chapter 3 Applications and Features...

Page 71: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 3 Follow the instructions of the setup routine and accept the license agreements if asked for 3 4 Power SDR 67...

Page 72: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 68 Chapter 3 Applications and Features...

Page 73: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 3 4 Power SDR 69...

Page 74: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 4 At the end of the installation you are asked if you want to run PowerSDR software immediately feel free to do so 70 Chapter 3 Applications and Features...

Page 75: ...U power of your computer This is only done once even after updating the software to a new version in the future 6 After starting the PowerSDR software you will be led through the PowerSDR software spe...

Page 76: ...you are using your STEMlab this is important due to the different frequency ranges your are allowed to transmit in the different countries all over the world 8 Your initial setup is completed click f...

Page 77: ...Release 1 0 9 Click Power to connect Power SDR with STEMlab On the screen the input singnal should appear Power SDR configuration Audio configuration only required for HAMlab 80 10 10W model 3 4 Power...

Page 78: ...ly Next time you can momentary press on the power button to turn it on off 2 Make sure your computer is connected to same local area network as HAMlab 3 On your computer start a WEB browser Chrome rec...

Page 79: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 HAMlab application page should appear 3 4 Power SDR 75...

Page 80: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 Connecting Power SDR with HAMlab 76 Chapter 3 Applications and Features...

Page 81: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 3 4 Power SDR 77...

Page 82: ...sdr transceiver hpsdr web application is Pavel Demin Original developer of PowerSDR is FlexRadio Systems Repositories used for our builds https github com RedPitaya PowerSDR_HPSDR_mRX_PS https github...

Page 83: ...s transmitter 80 40 20 10 m Transmit power up to 10 W Wideband Frequency Coverage 25 kHz 62 25 MHz Connection to PC 1 Gbit ethernet or WIFI connection Software Power SDR HDSPR Gqrx GNU Radio GNU Radio...

Page 84: ...and SSB at 13 8 V input voltage max 15 V Transmitter Frequency Range 80 10 m amateur bands only Low Pass PA Filter Bands 80 m 40 m 20 m 10 m possibility to changed it to any range 1 8 50 MHz Emission...

Page 85: ...DC Signal generator Output channels 2 Output channels connector BNC Bandwidth 50 MHz Resolution 14 bit Signal buffer 16384 Samples Max Sampling Rate 125 MS s Output range 1V Frequency Range 0 50 MHz O...

Page 86: ...nputs For I2C SPI UART signals 1MS is typical sample depth All instrumentation applications are WEB based and don t require the installation of any native software Users can access them via a browser...

Page 87: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 Front panel controls and connections 4 6 Front panel controls and connections 83...

Page 88: ...evice Blue LED indication on the power button indicates that device is turned on Note In case that system halts and becomes unresponsive device can be turned off by holding power button for a few seco...

Page 89: ...eeve Note Currently keyer is not supported by software Software support for it will be availabe in one of incomming software updates Phones The HAMlab 80 10 10W supports a stereo headset with headphon...

Page 90: ...nector User can connect transmitter output to ANT1 or ANT2 by properly connecting SMA cable inside the chassis to one of ANT connectors Software switching between ANT1 and ANT2 is not available in HAM...

Page 91: ...ware or to as feedback signal for pre distortions Pure Signal tool XVTR TX2 OUT secondary transmitter can be used to drive external PA Max output power is around 10 dBm 50ohm However currently there i...

Page 92: ...ou choose to use your own Powerpole cabling be sure to properly size the wire and the Powerpole connector to minimize voltage drop during transmit Excessive voltage drop can cause lower transmit power...

Page 93: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 4 7 Back panel controls and connections 89...

Page 94: ...ty wiring with the length being as short as possible Braided wire is considered the best for ground applications Your station ground should be a common point where all grounds come together You will l...

Page 95: ...ect WIFI dongle when user would like to connect to HAMlab wirelessly Note Recommended WIFI USB dongle is Edimax EW7811Un In general all WIFI USB dongles that use RTL8188CUS chipset should work SD card...

Page 96: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 92 Chapter 4 HAMlab 80 10 10W Specifications...

Page 97: ...ll band receiver and 160 6m transmitter Transmit power up to 10 W Wideband Frequency Coverage 25 kHz 62 25 MHz Connection to PC 1 Gbit ethernet or WIFI connection Software Power SDR HAMlab edition Pho...

Page 98: ...lter Bands 160m 80 m 40 m 30m 20 m 17m 15m 12m 10m 6 m possibility to changed it to any range 1 8 50 MHz Emission Modes Types A1A CWU CWL J3E USB LSB A3E AM F3E FM DIGITAL DIGU DIGL DIGITAL DIGU DIGL...

Page 99: ...DC Signal generator Output channels 2 Output channels connector BNC Bandwidth 50 MHz Resolution 14 bit Signal buffer 16384 Samples Max Sampling Rate 125 MS s Output range 1V Frequency Range 0 50 MHz O...

Page 100: ...puts For I2C SPI UART signals 1MS is typical sample depth All instrumentation applications are WEB based and don t require the installation of any native software Users can access them via a browser u...

Page 101: ...s ready to be used Once HAMlab is ON holding the power button pressed will cause the proper shut down of the device Blue LED indication on the power button indicates that device is turned on Note In c...

Page 102: ...tret microphone or compatible types Front panel view microphone pinout Pin Function 1 NC 2 8V DC 3 Ground 4 PTT 5 Ground 6 MIC 7 NC 8 NC CW Key paddle jack The CW key paddle jack 3 is a inch TRS phone...

Page 103: ...grounds the ring portion of the connector should not be used Logic analyzer 0 7 are logic analyzer inputs G common ground Note Logic analyzer inputs 5 can only be used when running Logic analyzer WEB...

Page 104: ...HEN ATTACHED TO AN ANTENNA THIS RADIO IS CAPABLE OF GENERATING RF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS WHICH REQUIRE EVALUATION ACCORDING TO YOUR NATIONAL LAW TO PROVIDE ANY NECESSARY ISO LATION OR PROTECTION REQUI...

Page 105: ...shock The HAMlab 80 10 10W requires 13 8 VDC 4 A measured at the radio in order to transmit maximum wattage Multiple power cable connections between the power supply and the HAMlab 80 10 10W a poorly...

Page 106: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 102 Chapter 5 HAMlab 160 6 10W 10W Specifications...

Page 107: ...he length being as short as possible Braided wire is considered the best for ground applications Your station ground should be a common point where all grounds come together You will likely be using a...

Page 108: ...rectly to PC USB This USB port is used to connect WIFI dongle when user would like to connect to HAMlab wirelessly Note Recommended WIFI USB dongle is Edimax EW7811Un In general all WIFI USB dongles t...

Page 109: ...card from HAMlab 3 Insert sd cart into computer 4 Folow Prepare SD card guide to create new sd card with HAMlab OS In case that written sd card does not behave as expected please use new sd card size...

Page 110: ...R web application before starting Power SDR Audio board not working This troubleshoot is only for HAMlab 80 10 10W model If audio there is no sound coming from your headphones or speaker connected to...

Page 111: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 Make sure that HAMlab audio card was recognized by your Windows OS and driver is properly installed Open control panel Click on Hardware and Sound 6 3 Audio board not working 107...

Page 112: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 Check that audio card was recognized 108 Chapter 6 Troubleshoot...

Page 113: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 You can also make a simple test by playing some music with media player 6 3 Audio board not working 109...

Page 114: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 110 Chapter 6 Troubleshoot...

Page 115: ...HAMlab Release 1 0 6 3 Audio board not working 111...

Page 116: ...e fan doesn t lower it s power revolutions after 1 min after turning the HAMlab on this might suggest that SD card image HAMlab software is corrupted In this case it is recommended to remove SD card a...

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