VIRGO: An open-source Spectrometer for Radio Astronomy

[Coto]

Hi all,

I just released VIRGO: An open-source Spectrometer for Radio Astronomy

VIRGO is an easy-to-use open-source spectrometer and radiometer based on Python and GNU Radio Companion (GRC) that is conveniently applicable to any radio telescope working with a GRC-supported software-defined radio (SDR). In addition to data acquisition, VIRGO also carries out automated analysis of the recorded samples, producing an averaged spectrum, a calibrated spectrum, a dynamic spectrum (waterfall), as well as a time series (power vs time) plot.

PICTOR is also based on the VIRGO spectrometer.

You can download and install VIRGO here: https://github.com/0xCoto/VIRGO

Feedback and criticism is welcomed and encouraged.

 

Cheers,

Apostolos

Edited December 27, 2019 by Coto