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NanoVNASaver
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A small tool to save touchstone files from the NanoVNA, and to allow sweeping frequency spans in sections to gain more than 101 data points.
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2019-08-30 07:55:32 +00:00
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2019-08-28 08:20:58 +00:00
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Copyright 2019 Rune B. Broberg
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2019-08-29 11:42:02 +00:00
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### Introduction
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This software connects to a NanoVNA and extracts the data for display on a computer, and for saving to Touchstone files.
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Current features:
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- Reading data from a NanoVNA
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- Splitting a frequency range into multiple segments to increase resolution (tried up to >10k points)
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- Displaying data on Smith charts and logmag-charts for both S11 and S21
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- Displaying two markers, and the impedance and VSWR (against 50 ohm) at these locations
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- Exporting 1-port and 2-port Touchstone files
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- TDR function (measurement of cable length)
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Expected features:
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- Mouse control of markers
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- Further data readout for markers, such as return loss/forward gain
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- Reading and displaying Touchstone files
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### Windows
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2019-09-01 13:18:35 +00:00
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The software was written in Python on Windows, using Pycharm, and the modules PyQT5, numpy and pyserial.
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### Linux
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In order to run this app in Linux environment, you'll need the following packages:
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* `python3-serial`
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* `python3-pyqt5`
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* `numpy`
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### To Run
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```sh
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python3 nanovna-saver.py
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```
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2019-08-30 07:55:32 +00:00
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### License
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This software is licensed under version 3 of the GNU General Public License. It comes with NO WARRANTY.
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You can use it, commercially as well. You may make changes to the code, but I (and the license) ask that you give these changes back to the community.
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