Hi Marcus,
Practicality is a very important aspect of any project like this, and
it’s one that needs to be explored.
Yes, very important and I like what you are designing, you bet I will
get one if I can get it as already tuned.
Also the the SDR manufacturers are (should be) grateful that an
“stronger”
SDR is under consideration and for this price (only).
What I worry about the GNU SDR is (and I bet most are?):
- if it is available as parts listed on a web page, the cost of test
equipment (if you don’t have them)
to verify I soldered everything ok exceeds an commersial USRP by far.
There are lots of SDR examples on the web that got wasted since too few
dare to touch these delicate pieces.
- if I was a student then alles ok, school got the tools needed. If not,
they will get em (hopefully)
- if a company would try (to solder) the SDR in EU, the price would be
around $4k/month/person
If an already tuned GNU SDR Kit was available, We for sure would found
your idea, that I a fact!
Patrik
If an already tuned GNU SDR Kit was available, We for sure would
found your idea, that I a fact!
Just to be clear–I personally have no desire/intention of building
these things and making them
available. I don’t have the resources or patience for the fiddly bits
of hardware design.
I view my roll as getting the discussion going on the topic,and throwing
out a few concrete
ideas.
On 18.01.2011 12:03, Patrik T. wrote:
Yes, very important and I like what you are designing,
you bet I will get one if I can get it as already tuned.
What is “already tuned”?
The design was just a RF/ADC board, without FPGA.
But possibly it could be attached to a cheap FPGA
development board of about $150-$250.
In sum it would be still half price compared to USRP.
What I worry about the GNU SDR is (and I bet most are?):
- if it is available as parts listed on a web page,
the cost of test equipment (if you don’t have them)
to verify I soldered everything ok exceeds an commersial USRP by far.
Our local PCB manufacturer wants 50