[CQ] HackRF open source sdr

[Michael Shiloh]

That's a great comparison. Thanks! I learned a lot just from reading that.

Still waiting to get my hands dirty with SDR. One of these days ...


On 08/28/2013 04:27 PM, Andy Isaacson wrote:
> 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
>