Highlights:
16 bit 130 MSPS ADC
HPF, LPF, RF AMP Switchable Front End
0-31.5 dB Attenuator in 0.5 dB steps
Cyclone II FPGA
Two AD6620 DDC co-processors
USB 2.0 480 Mbps High Speed Interface to PC
0.1 to 33 MHz coverage (0.1 to 65 MHz extended)
RX bandwidths from 33 MHz to 1kHz
Two independent RX channels anywhere in 0.1 to 33 MHz
6.00" X 4.00" board size
Single +12V 1A supply
Open Source Software and Hardware
Prototype picture and preliminary info at:
http://pcovington.blogspot.com/
Soon to follow QS1R will be the QS1T transmitter board.
73 de Phil N8VB
Philip Covington wrote:
Two independent RX channels anywhere in 0.1 to 33 MHz
73 de Phil N8VB
Phil, this looks pretty good.
A quick comment, though. Some of the daughtercards for the USRP
produce complex baseband signals (I and Q), which
are then sampled by the twin 12-bit A/Ds. Since you are using
real-mode only sampling, it would be inconvenient to
attach (for example) a DBS_RX type front-end to your SDR card, since
the DBS_RX uses a complex baseband.
All of the modern satellite front-end chips, for example, use a
complex-baseband direct-conversion approach.
My interest is radio astronomy, and while I’m perfectly happy with the
USRP for my own use, I’d be happy to include support for
your HPSDR card in my radio astronomy applications once your product
is stable, and there’s “driver” support in
Gnu Radio for it…
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 10:36:38AM -0500, Philip Covington wrote:
Two independent RX channels anywhere in 0.1 to 33 MHz
73 de Phil N8VB
Looks great Phil!
Keep us posted. I definitely want one!
Eric, K7GNU
Philip Covington wrote:
Two independent RX channels anywhere in 0.1 to 33 MHz
73 de Phil N8VB
Bandwidths of 33MHz ? Does this board dump 16-bit complex samples at the
back-end? That would put you at about 4 times the available bandwidth of
the USB bus. Have I misunderstood something?
Ryan