We are pleased to announce that we have received a number of hardware
donations for various SDR vendors and will be giving them away at
GRCon!
We will hold a raffle at the end of the conference and all attendees
not affiliated with the hardware manufacturers are eligible to win. We
will provide details at the start of the conference.
So what can you hope to win if you attend the conference?
- Ettus R. USRP B200
- Fairwaves UmTRX
- Great Scott Gadgets HackRF
- Lime Micro MyriadRF
- Loctronix A-2300
That is some incredibly good gear!
And keep alert, we might have a few other surprises for you…
–
Tom
Visit us at GRCon13 Oct. 1 - 4
http://www.trondeau.com/grcon13
Hi Tom,
We are pleased to announce that we have received a number of hardware
donations for various SDR vendors and will be giving them away at
GRCon!
Very nice 
- Ettus R. USRP B200
- Fairwaves UmTRX
- Great Scott Gadgets HackRF
- Lime Micro MyriadRF
- Loctronix A-2300
That is some incredibly good gear!
It is.
It’s also interesting to see that 3 out of 5 are LMS6002D based
hardware. This chip sure gets around …
Cheers,
Sylvain
It’s also interesting to see that 3 out of 5 are LMS6002D based
hardware. This chip sure gets around …
Well the reason why it “gets around” is that it’s done poorly
competitively against other devices in the top tier customer accounts,
thus they are force to scratch around and find any possible business.
Sadly for us the nature of this segment of the Semiconductor market is
such that the most successful manufacturers know who their major target
customers are and are focused solely on winning their business, whilst
maintaining almost paranoid design security in the process in what they
perceive as a very competitive space. We have to be realistic that we,
as a market segment are both tiny, and built around a core principal of
extensive public technical information disclosure, and that closes the
door to access some technologies.
-Ian
Hi,
Well the reason why it “gets around” is that it’s done poorly
competitively
against other devices in the top tier customer accounts, thus they are
force
to scratch around and find any possible business. Sadly for us the nature
of
this segment of the Semiconductor market is such that the most successful
manufacturers know who their major target customers are and are focused
solely on winning their business, whilst maintaining almost paranoid
design
security in the process in what they perceive as a very competitive space.
We
have to be realistic that we, as a market segment are both tiny, and built
around a core principal of extensive public technical information
disclosure,
and that closes the door to access some technologies.
Good point made! Also a problem is to find a kind of universal chip that
is
not directed for a special purpose as those usually are limited in their
capabilities, and optimized for some frequency bands and/or modes of
operation. Last, but not least - the chip must be available to smaller
companies without hardly to overcome restrictions, and there must be a
chance that it will be available for more than a few months only…
-Ian
Ralph.