Strange Ringing signal on a new RadioBerry Installation on Raspberry PI 4 - 4Gig

[Jose Berrios]

I just installed RadioBerry version 2 board, software including RadioBerry and PiHpSdr software. The installation was completed without major issues. However, upon starting up the sbc, I am seeing a strong signal on every band. I see this effect whether on piHpSdr locally or SDR Console remotely. Asl it doesn't matter whether an antenna is connected or not. The strong signal is internal to the SBC and unrelated to external power. I had the unit connected to a battery and power supply; it made no difference.

Let me know what your thoughts are regarding this issue. If necessary, I will provide images displaying the issue.  Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

For your information, I obtained the board from AliExpress and installed it on an existing Raspberry PI 4 (4 gig ram). I also added a seven-inch touchscreen. 

Thanks in advance,

Jose, WB2BWU

[Jose Berrios]

This is what the piHPSDR screen looks like:

[ronkol...@gmail.com]

Have you got anything plugged into one of the USB 3 ports on the Pi?

Ron K0IDT

[Jose Berrios]

I have a wireless keyboard dongle plugged in.

[Jose Berrios]

I have the wireless keyboard dongle plugged into one of the USB 2 ports, not the USB3(blue) ports.

[Jose Berrios]

I unplugged the dongle and rebooted. It had no effect. 

[G4ZAL]

Is this the very latest 'new' design board sold on Aliexpress?

It would be interesting to know if it is the new board design or not.

Your problem has been seen before, read the thread through and maybe make a clean install on a fresh Raspbian following the recommendations in the thread...

https://groups.google.com/g/radioberry/c/EcNFE1jRJzk

HTH

Nigel

G4ZAL

[Tech Minds]

I had the same issue, and its not an issue with the Radioberry, it's an issue with the piHPSDR install.

1) Check that the main username for pi image is "pi", if not, then reflash your sd card and ensure the main username is "pi"

2) When compiling piHPSDR, check for errors

3) Test with SDR console over the network to prove the Radioberry hardware and software is working, then move onto piHPSDR.

Cheers

[Jose Berrios]

1. I had a bad PIHPSDR install but fixed it in subsequent attempts.
2. I am using the latest 64 bit version.
3. Which version of Raspbian did you use?

sounds like I'll have to punt.

Thanks, Nigel

[Jose Berrios]

Yes, this is the new design board from AlliExpress.

[Jose Berrios]

I performed all the steps. Now I get a message when starting radioberry that says:

"Gateway version 255-255"

[Jose Berrios]

This is not working. 

[pa3gsb]

Jose,

First iam not involved in the new design and new pcb layout; i am not making any money. 

Looking through old messages:

The gateware version is collected via SPI commands. 

There are mainly 2 reasons why you are getting these 0.0 or 255.255 as gateware version 

- the gateware is not loaded (check the logging if the driver is loading the gateware)

- you are missing the ad9866 clock at pin 53.

The SPI interface is initialized  (HDL fragment from gateware: spi_slave spi_slave_inst(.rstb(!reset)......)

The clock controls the reset flag... and so the initialization of the SPI interface in the gateware.

In /var/log/syslog you can check if the gateware is loaded.

I assume the clock is not present on pin 53/60 at the FPGA

Hope you are able to find the issue.

73 Johan

PA3GSB

Op zondag 30 juli 2023 om 18:16:13 UTC+2 schreef wb2...@gmail.com:

[Jose Berrios]

I re-installed RadioBerry using option 1. Seems to have worked. I am receiving audio via SDR Console.

Life is good again! The next step is installing PIHPSDR.

THANKS TO ALL FOR KEEPING THIS EFFORT GOING!

73,

JOSE