NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver

Post by bjt2n3904 » Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 11:33 AM UTC

cedivad wrote: post #18

drmpeg wrote: post #17

Sorry, u.fl connectors are horrible and I'll never buy a product that uses them.

I don't like them either, but I couldn't find a better way to provide the clock in/out feature and still fit in that area of the board. The optional OCXO on the opposite side of the U.FL connectors doesn't help (can't do edge-launch mmcx, for example), and if you move down you would ruin the legend for the user interface connector. But fair feedback, noted. I can't move the optional OCXO below the enclosure, as that…

Post by gaudat » Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 12:11 PM UTC

cedivad wrote: post #6

gaudat wrote: post #3

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Seeing the spec I thought there is a Zynq but iMX6 looks even better. Can I get this board as an individual hobbyist instead of a company?

*i.MX 8M Plus, please :-) The 8M Plus is not that different from the RPi4! Yes, of course, this will be sold to anybody and be very, very competitive, like in the order of ~$550 including the Granita board ($100 less for GranitaLite).

Post by syedkarim » Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 12:41 PM UTC

cedivad wrote: post #25

vodou wrote: post #20

Just trying to get my head around SDR. What are some examples of practical use cases for a platform like this? What are the benefits of this SDR platform compared to other solutions?

A few practical use cases that are not easily covered by similar platforms: 1) Direction finding thanks to the 8x 153 MSPS ADCs and coherent clocks. 2) Mixed domain analyzer: have one daughterboard act as a RF receiver, and at the same time sample an analogue voltage with the other one. This is a capability reserved to the most expensive of test equipment and lets you analyze how a RF switch is behaving (or do side c…

Post by zokier » Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 12:52 PM UTC

cedivad wrote: post #14

112233 wrote: post #13

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Can this device work as a medium/short wave receiver? How low can the frequency go? Like, if one has this device, would it also replace something like RSPdx? What is the compatibility with existing SDR software? It mentions multiple ADCs, can it work as a coherent receiver, similar to kraken?

The Granita board should already work down to 10 MHz. If you need to go lower, I (or someone else) would need to design a custom RFNM daughterboard for low frequencies. You could do direct conversion up to 150 MHz, so it should be a simple task and come with good performances. All existing SDR software should be supported via OsmoSDR. Yes, it should work as a coherent receiver. There are some questions about unmatche…

Post by cedivad » Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 1:04 PM UTC

zokier wrote: post #37

cedivad wrote: post #14

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The Granita board should already work down to 10 MHz. If you need to go lower, I (or someone else) would need to design a custom RFNM daughterboard for low frequencies. You could do direct conversion up to 150 MHz, so it should be a simple task and come with good performances. All existing SDR software should be supported via OsmoSDR. Yes, it should work as a coherent receiver. There are some questions about unmatche…

> If you need to go lower, I (or someone else) would need to design a custom RFNM daughterboard for low frequencies. You could do direct conversion up to 150 MHz, so it should be a simple task and come with good performances. If do ship oscilloscope daughterboard that you have on your site, would that work also as SW radio?