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I am curious; what would one actually do with this device once it is working? This is a really neat sounding project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bgC3AjCnA4
another talk: http://www.rtl-sdr.com/new-talk-by-balint-seeber-hacking-the...
I am curious; what would one actually do with this device once it is working? This is a really neat sounding project.
Sky's the limit.
Hey! I'm Lukas, the guy who made this. Just discovered someone posted it on Hacker News, pretty exciting for me. If you want to ask me any questions or make comments, I'm here and on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/electronics/comments/4uic5r/sdr_pla...
Hey! I'm Lukas, the guy who made this. Just discovered someone posted it on Hacker News, pretty exciting for me. If you want to ask me any questions or make comments, I'm here and on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/electronics/comments/4uic5r/sdr_pla...
One question: If you had to start over on this project, what would you do differently? (I am going to guess you would go straight for a six-layer board rather than 4 to simplify layout...)
Amazing project! 1. What are your plans for it? Aside from high altitude balloons. 2. Do you plan to turn this into a sort of "shield" add on? 3. What will you work on after this project is done?
Well, I'm currently working on a new version that I'm hoping to sell. I also still need to work on the software.
This won't be an addon, but the next revision will include an expansion header so you can add addons. Should be pretty neat to make an LCD+battery pack "shield" so you can use the SDR as a stand-alone spectrum analyzer.
What I'll actually use it for: I built it because I wanted to learn more about signal processing and the different protocols that common devices use, so I'll be tinkering with all those protocols.
No idea what I'll do after this, maybe that LCD addon I was talking about?
I am curious; what would one actually do with this device once it is working? This is a really neat sounding project.
You could also record the entire FM band in your area at once, all of it. Same with AM and a lot of other bands. It'd also probably work really well for recording things like fire and police bands, with trunking and being able to determine an entire conversation at a time that normally need 2 or more cheaper SDRs to record the trunk and then the channels. That would normally mean you'd probably miss some channels that are at the other end of what you're listening to. It'd also mean you can monitor the entire bandwidth of many of the ISM bands to determine what some misbehaving device is doing.
So many things that I'd love to do with it! I really want one now.
I actually cut my teeth on Python learning GNURadio.
Hey! I'm Lukas, the guy who made this. Just discovered someone posted it on Hacker News, pretty exciting for me. If you want to ask me any questions or make comments, I'm here and on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/electronics/comments/4uic5r/sdr_pla...
I am curious; what would one actually do with this device once it is working? This is a really neat sounding project.
The possibilities are virtually endless, the responsibility is yours alone.
Are you kidding? That falls into the realm of superhuman. I've seen 20 year veterans blow a 100 grand and get half that far. I think even Woz would do a double-take.