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- Page 1 Expert Electronics Direct Sampling SDR receiver ColibriNANO Opens new radio horizons USER MANUAL © 2018 Expert Electronics 1.1.0...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
ECATv1 ....................38 3.3.4.2 OmniRig ....................39 3.3.5 Panel menu .................... 40 3.3.6 Features menu ..................43 3.3.7 ExpertSync menu ..................44 3.3.8 CW Skimmer menu ................. 45 3.3.9 Shortcuts menu ..................47 © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
4. TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS Receiver ....................51 Other ......................52 5. RECEIVER OPERATIONS First set up ....................53 Remote operation ..................54 Frequency Tuning ..................54 RIT ......................55 Digital modes operation ................56 © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 5: Read It First
On behalf of the whole Expert Electronics company, we'd like to thank you for purchasing the ColibriNANO SDR receiver! The ColibriNANO receiver is the best receiver in the USB-stick form factor category. It has the best price/value ratio, which is perfect if you want to set up a remote receiver in a rural area, with... -
Page 6: Expertsdr2 Software License Agreement
Official versions of the software are published on the manufacturers website in section "ColibriNANO receiver / Downloads". New versions of the ColibriNANO receiver software may have different titles from time to time. This license agreement applies to all new versions of the software and may be supplemented and / or amended unilaterally by Expert Electronics. -
Page 7: Copyrights
User purposes, if it is not mentioned in the Manual. Expert Electronics company does bear any responsibility for the material, moral or other kinds of damage expressed or implied by such actions. -
Page 8: Hardware Description
55 MHz bandwidth. · FPGA – Field Programmable Gate Array. It makes all high-speed processing operations. Inside the FPGA happens the first down conversion of signals. It is similar to the first converter © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 9: Antenna
· Controller – It controls all ColibriNANO systems and performs the data exchange between the receiver and the USB controller. · USB FT232H – It performs the data exchange between the Controller and a PC. -
Page 10: Expertsdr2 Software Description
All the unmentioned settings cannot cause the fatal damage of the ColibriNANO receiver hardware, so you can safely experiment with them. You're dealing with the software-defined radio – SDR, the main settings and signal processing is held in the software. - Page 11 Update the settings of the certain profile from the list to the current settings. · Remove the certain profile from the list. Note: · All new profiles will be stacked up to the drop-down menu as a new line. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 12: Software Receiver Settings
LF output volume on the PC's sound card. Speaker icon has the mute function. Software receiver settings These settings are divided into four logical parts, described below. 3.2.1 Receiver control panel © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... - Page 13 - button mutes LF signal (Mute). - show the HF stations markers on the panorama from the EiBi database (EiBi). Hover with the mouse pointer on the station frequency and you’ll see its name. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
- Page 14 - AGC sensitivity control slider (Automatic Gain Control on classic transceiver). The adjusted level is saved per band. A panel of mode buttons: © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 15: Frequency And S-Meter Indicators
(S-meter) and several control buttons. Displaying elements: - VFO B frequency indicator (sub-receiver). Note: · You won’t hear the audio from the VFO B if it is out of the panorama bandwidth. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... - Page 16 Then those frequencies can be selected in order back and forth, as in an internet browser. The total stack contains 16 cells. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 17: Dsp Control Panel
ADC status, as soon as ADC overloads, the S-meter will flash with light. 3.2.3 DSP control panel Receive Incremental Tuning. - In the drop-down menu, you can set the frequency offset in Hz. Reset - resets the offset value to zero (more details in © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... - Page 18 - enable the Second Noise Blanker for impulse interference. Note: · The NB1 and NB2 algorithms are different. Try each of them to reach the best impulse interference reduction. NB1 and NB2 Noise Blankers can be used simultaneously. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
- Page 19 - WFM mode (50 – 310 kHz); - DRM mode (has one fixed bandwidth 10 kHz); - user can adjust the RX filter bandwidth by himself (available at any modulation type except DRM). © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 20: Panorama Description
If you move the mouse cursor over the vertical scale a hand will appear. Press and hold the right mouse button, then move it up/down to change the dBm scaling or press and hold the left mouse button, then move it up/down to change the spectrum level. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... - Page 21 There are two ways to change the Zoom position: 1. Press and hold the left mouse button on the Zoom marker and drag it left/right, 2. Click the mouse wheel on the frequency scale. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 22: Waterfall
Status bar The status bar displays the following information (from left to right): · ExpertSDR2 window resolution. · CPU load in percent. · Connection status to ColibriNANO (red – no connection; blue – connection). · Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ·... -
Page 23: Options
Device – device type menu. Shows that the ExpertSDR2 works in the ColibriNANO mode. ColibriNANO: - shows the connection status between the receiver and PC. Even if the receiver is plugged in, but required USB drivers are not installed, the status would be disconnected. -
Page 24: Dsp
There you can find fine AGC settings. AGC settings are divided by the processing speed on Long, Slow, Med, Fast and User. Each settings type has its own tab and differs from others in terms of Attack, Decay and Hang time. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... - Page 25 Each AGC tab has a Default button. Digital processing filter's settings. There you can find fine the settings of the receiver's digital processing filters. DSP functions clear the signal from abnormal noises and crosstalk. These are the standard functions: © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
- Page 26 The higher the receiver's filter taps value, the more rectangular the filter's shape, but it also increases the signal pass delay. That is why the user should find the best settings for himself, © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
- Page 27 DIG offset – frequency offset, use when you operate in digital modes. Whether to use frequency offset or not depends on the digital mode software. Look for tips in the instruction for your digital mode software. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 28: Expert
(more detail about FFT size in Spectrum · After you set the frequency correction coefficient, press the Write button. · The devices are calibrated at the manufacturing by default, additional calibration is not required. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 29: Sound Card Menu
3.3.2.2 Line output In the Line output category, you can see the settings of the sound card or virtual audio cables, which could be used for sound output. Note: © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 30: Display Menu
In the Display menu you can see the settings of the receiver's software display. Display settings are placed according to their functionality: · "Main window" tab · "Spectrum" tab · "Waterfall" tab · "Grid" tab · "Filter" tab · "Background" tab · "Indicators" tab © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 31: Main Window
Set the Show current profile in window title checkbox to display the current profile (if the profile is on) in the software window title. · Display 4K – display mode for 4K monitors. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 32: Spectrum
· Averaging num - A number of samples for averaging. Set the required amount of samples for averaging. The bigger a number of samples, the slower the spectrum will change on the graph. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... - Page 33 VFOA and VFOB near the cursor. · Auto hide cursor - Automatically hide the cursor from the spectrum scope. Set the Auto hide cursor checkbox to let the cursor disappear after idle 2 seconds. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 34: Waterfall
Set the offset in the Offset bottom box to determine the minimum brightness relatively to the min signals' levels. · Render mode - waterfall render mode menu: Rainbow, Monochrome, Custom. Select the required color render of the waterfall, depending on your choice or tasks. In the Custom mode, © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 35: Grid
Transparency - Grid transparency slider. Set the required grid transparency by moving the slider. 3.3.3.5 Filter On the Filter tab you can set the required color of filters and the necessity to display the additional text information. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 36: Background
Choose the required RIX active zone color from the palette. · Transparency - RIX zone transparency slider. Set the required RIX zone transparency. 3.3.3.6 Background On the Background tab you can see the spectrum scope background settings. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... - Page 37 Choose the required top gradient color from the palette. · Color bottom – Bottom gradient color of the background. Choose the required bottom gradient color from the palette. In the Image menu available settings are: © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 38: Cat Menu
CAT-interface is used to control the receiver from a third-party software. This could be contest logs, digital modes decoder-software, SAT-tracker etc. There are two ways to use the ColibriNANO with an external transceiver: 3.3.4.1 ECATv1 ExpertSDR2 software has the ECATv1 protocol, use it to synchronize the ColibriNANO and your transceiver via RigSync software. -
Page 39: Omnirig
RX or VFO A only, SubRX is disabled. · View log – display CAT command log. 3.3.4.2 OmniRig There is an experimental function to synchronize ColibriNANO with an external transceiver via OmniRig software. OmniRig - exchange protocol via the OmniRig software. -
Page 40: Panel Menu
- E-Coder. Note: · If there are several E-Coder panels connected to the PC with ColibriNANO, you'll see several tabs E-Coder 1 , E-Coder 2 etc. with identical settings for each panel, in the Panel menu. - Page 41 A>B - assign the frequency from heterodyne VFO A to heterodyne VFO B. B>A - assign the frequency from heterodyne VFO B to heterodyne VFO A. B<>A - frequency exchange between VFO A and VFO B. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
- Page 42 BIN – enable/disable binaural mode. NR – enable/disable noise reduction. NB1 – enable/disable noise blanker 1. NB2 – enable/disable noise blanker 2. SQL – enable/disable squelch. The following functions may be assigned on the E-Coder panel knobs: © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 43: Features Menu
VFO B is active 2) Lights when on TX 3) Lights orange when the RX2 is active 3.3.6 Features menu In the Features menu you can set other programs to be launched along with the ExpertSDR2. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 44: Expertsync Menu
In the Manager menu you can see the network synchronization settings between the receiver and other Expert Electronics devices. This interface allows you to synchronize the tuning frequency and mode type between several Expert Electronics devices via the ExpertSync software (you may download it from here). -
Page 45: Cw Skimmer Menu
ExpertSync software. 3.3.8 CW Skimmer menu In the CW Skimmer menu, you can see the connection settings between the receiver software and CW Skimmer software or Internet spotter-server. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... - Page 46 RX IQ output category, it consists of: · Enable checkbox - Enable the IQ signal transfer from the EpertSDR2 to the CW Skimmer. · Driver – Audio device driver type. · Output – Audio device physical output. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 47: Shortcuts Menu
In the Shortcuts menu, you can see the shortcut key combinations settings. With the key combinations, you can control the receiver from your keyboard. Note: · Shortcuts will be active only if the receiver's software window is in focus. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 48: Iq Recorder Menu
Press the Shortcut button, then press the key combination on the keyboard. · To delete a shortcut, press the Del button on the keyboard. 3.3.10 IQ Recorder menu In the IQ Recorder menu, you can select a folder where you will store IQ recordings. © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 49: Tci Menu
In the TCI menu, you can select a port for TCI connection of ExpertSDR2 with a third-party software, with TCI support, and set the Enable checkbox. TCI - Transceiver Control Interface was developed by Expert Electronics company, for simple and still advanced connection between the ExpertSDR2 and third-party software. TCI has all... - Page 50 Add button, it’s done. To delete a server connection, select it and press the Delete button on your keyboard. Note: · Don’t forget to enable the Show spots checkbox in the Spectrum tab © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual...
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Page 51: Technical Characteristics
Maximum antenna input voltage, without ADC overload, dBm (ATT=0 dB) Maximum antenna input voltage, without ADC overload, 17.5 dBm (ATT= -31.5 dB) ColibriNANO has an LPF for HF bands: 0-55 MHz (Eleptic - 9 order) © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 52: Other
1 HF antenna connector: SMA RF inputs connector with up to 15kV ESD protection DC voltage range, V 4.5...5.5 Maximum power consumption, W 2.02 Maximum current consumption, A 0.41 -10...+60 Operating temperature, °C (°F) (14...140) © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 53: Receiver Operations
(ensure PC is connected to the internet before connecting the ColibriNANO). Then receiver will be detected by Windows as new device, that’s all, you may use the ColibriNANO. If Windows will not automatically download required USB driver, download drivers from one of the links below and manually assign them to the undetected device in the Device Manager menu. -
Page 54: Remote Operation
Remote operation Remote operation with the ColibriNANO receiver To control the ColibriNANO via Internet we created the ExpertRemote system, based on the client-server connection. This system allows you to place the receiver and server in the remote location with low air noise and Internet connection. This might be some remote village or place with no electrical interference and 3G/4G Internet (or any other connection type). -
Page 55: Rit
Tuned frequency displayed as the red line. RX frequency displayed as the green line with the filter band (on the picture you can see USB mode). © 2018 Expert Electronics ColibriNANO User Manual... -
Page 56: Digital Modes Operation
RIT next time, the offset will equal the previous value. Digital modes operation The ColibriNANO receiver allows you to operate in digital modes with the help of the certain programs (which are not provided by the manufacturer). Note: ·...
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