Software Defined Radios (SDRs): Difference between revisions

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Software radios have significant utility for the military and cell phone services, which must serve various changing radio protocols in real time. In the long term, proponents like the Wireless Innovation Forum expect software-defined radios to become the dominant technology in radio communications. SDRs and software-defined antennas are the enablers of cognitive radio.</blockquote>

== SDR In Use ==

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* HackRF

* PlutoSDR

=== SDR To Start ===

If you're trying to teach/learn, the PlutoSDR + Pysdr is great. If you want to learn a little about networking mixed in, it can be made to be networked. If you want to learn about FPGA a little, it can run Maia firmware and see over 50Mhz broad spectrum via FPGA/onboard web interface. Another firmware does nearly the same + adds 8-bit mode to get even more bandwidth. It can be hacked to support LTE. If you want to learn about building roots and your own firmware, you can also do that. It's a pretty extensive list, to be honest, and they're available at Mouser.

- Aaron

=== SDR Comparison ===

[[File:SDR-Comparison-Full.png|~~500px~~|Full SDR Comparison Chart|center]]

[[File:SDR-Comparison-Full.png|900px|center|Full SDR Comparison Chart|center]]

[[File:SDR-comparison.png|thumb|SDR Comparison]]

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 Software radios have significant utility for the military and cell phone services, which must serve various changing radio protocols in real time. In the long term, proponents like the Wireless Innovation Forum expect software-defined radios to become the dominant technology in radio communications. SDRs and software-defined antennas are the enablers of cognitive radio.</blockquote>
 == SDR In Use ==
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 * HackRF
 * PlutoSDR
+=== SDR To Start ===
+If you're trying to teach/learn, the PlutoSDR + Pysdr is great. If you want to learn a little about networking mixed in, it can be made to be networked. If you want to learn about FPGA a little, it can run Maia firmware and see over 50Mhz broad spectrum via FPGA/onboard web interface. Another firmware does nearly the same + adds 8-bit mode to get even more bandwidth. It can be hacked to support LTE. If you want to learn about building roots and your own firmware, you can also do that. It's a pretty extensive list, to be honest, and they're available at Mouser.
+- Aaron
 === SDR Comparison ===
-[[File:SDR-Comparison-Full.png|500px|Full SDR Comparison Chart|center]]
+[[File:SDR-Comparison-Full.png|900px|center|Full SDR Comparison Chart|center]]
 [[File:SDR-comparison.png|thumb|SDR Comparison]]
 [https://www.crowdsupply.com/lime-micro/limesdr#products Image Source]