`rtlsdr_wbfm_stereo.lua`

This example is a stereo Wideband FM broadcast radio receiver. It can be used to listen to FM Broadcast stations, like the mono Wideband FM example, but it also supports stereo sound. It uses the RTL-SDR as an SDR source, plays audio with PulseAudio, and shows three real-time plots: the demodulated FM spectrum, the L+R channel audio spectrum, and the L-R channel audio spectrum.

This stereo Wideband FM broadcast demodulator composition is available in LuaRadio as the WBFMStereoDemodulator block.

Flow Graph

Source

local radio = require('radio')

if #arg < 1 then
    io.stderr:write("Usage: " .. arg[0] .. " <FM radio frequency>\n")
    os.exit(1)
end

local frequency = tonumber(arg[1])
local tune_offset = -250e3
local tune_offset = 0

-- Blocks
--local source = radio.RtlSdrSource(frequency + tune_offset, 1102500)
local source = radio.IQFileSource('sample.iq', 'u8', 1102500)
local tuner = radio.TunerBlock(tune_offset, 200e3, 5)
local fm_demod = radio.FrequencyDiscriminatorBlock(1.25)
local hilbert = radio.HilbertTransformBlock(129)
local delay = radio.DelayBlock(129)
local pilot_filter = radio.ComplexBandpassFilterBlock(129, {18e3, 20e3})
local pilot_pll = radio.PLLBlock(100, 19e3-50, 19e3+50, 2)
local mixer = radio.MultiplyConjugateBlock()
-- L+R
local lpr_filter = radio.LowpassFilterBlock(128, 15e3)
local lpr_am_demod = radio.ComplexToRealBlock()
-- L-R
local lmr_filter = radio.LowpassFilterBlock(128, 15e3)
local lmr_am_demod = radio.ComplexToRealBlock()
-- L
local l_summer = radio.AddBlock()
local l_af_deemphasis = radio.FMDeemphasisFilterBlock(75e-6)
local l_downsampler = radio.DownsamplerBlock(5)
-- R
local r_subtractor = radio.SubtractBlock()
local r_af_deemphasis = radio.FMDeemphasisFilterBlock(75e-6)
local r_downsampler = radio.DownsamplerBlock(5)
-- Sink
local sink = os.getenv('DISPLAY') and radio.PulseAudioSink(2) or radio.WAVFileSink('wbfm_stereo.wav', 2)

-- Plotting sinks
local plot1 = radio.GnuplotSpectrumSink(2048, 'Demodulated FM Spectrum', {yrange = {-120, -40}})
local plot2 = radio.GnuplotSpectrumSink(2048, 'L+R AF Spectrum', {yrange = {-120, -40},
                                                                  xrange = {0, 15e3},
                                                                  update_time = 0.05})
local plot3 = radio.GnuplotSpectrumSink(2048, 'L-R AF Spectrum', {yrange = {-120, -40},
                                                                  xrange = {0, 15e3},
                                                                  update_time = 0.05})

-- Connections
local top = radio.CompositeBlock()
top:connect(source, tuner, fm_demod, hilbert, delay)
top:connect(hilbert, pilot_filter, pilot_pll)
top:connect(delay, 'out', mixer, 'in1')
top:connect(pilot_pll, 'out', mixer, 'in2')
top:connect(delay, lpr_filter, lpr_am_demod)
top:connect(mixer, lmr_filter, lmr_am_demod)
top:connect(lpr_am_demod, 'out', l_summer, 'in1')
top:connect(lmr_am_demod, 'out', l_summer, 'in2')
top:connect(lpr_am_demod, 'out', r_subtractor, 'in1')
top:connect(lmr_am_demod, 'out', r_subtractor, 'in2')
top:connect(l_summer, l_af_deemphasis, l_downsampler)
top:connect(r_subtractor, r_af_deemphasis, r_downsampler)
top:connect(l_downsampler, 'out', sink, 'in1')
top:connect(r_downsampler, 'out', sink, 'in2')
if os.getenv('DISPLAY') then
    top:connect(fm_demod, plot1)
    top:connect(lpr_am_demod, plot2)
    top:connect(lmr_am_demod, plot3)
end

top:run()

Usage

Usage: examples/rtlsdr_wbfm_stereo.lua <FM radio frequency>

Running this example in a headless environment will inhibit plotting and record audio to the WAV file wbfm_stereo.wav.

Usage Example

Listen to 91.1 MHz:

$ ./luaradio examples/rtlsdr_wbfm_stereo.lua 91.1e6