[CQ] HackRF open source sdr

Andy Isaacson adi at hexapodia.org
Wed Aug 28 23:27:42 UTC 2013


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 03:55:29PM -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote:
> <http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mossmann/hackrf-an-open-source-sdr-platform>

Relatedly, a similar project funded last winter and just shipped
hardware (I got mine week before last):

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1085541682/bladerf-usb-30-software-defined-radio

HackRF is cheaper for the minimum viable config (single duplex), BladeRF
is cheaper for full duplex; HackRF has a wider addressible spectrum;
there are other differences.

This is a decent comparison of the various options:

http://www.taylorkillian.com/2013/08/sdr-showdown-hackrf-vs-bladerf-vs-usrp.html

In the Rx-only universe there's the RTL usb DVB device, as documented in
0xabad1dea's defcon presentation (looking for a better link):

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z_IRt6R2FL7POeY4J-pYGLDAIAdEHprQY13f-NVIfwE/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g117cb7811_101

-andy



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