[Noisebridge-discuss] Anyone willing to part with their USRP?

[Christoph Maier]

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
> Well, i looked into my assumption that the USRP was truly "open-source"
> and this is what i found:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/
>
> "The schematics are available, the PCB files and gerbers are not."
>
> so, we would have to eagle-up a board from scratch, but hey!  it's worth
> it!  The thing is, it would probably take multiple layers, and for various
> reasons, we would not make the boards ourselves.
>
> As for the actual soldering, no it is not that hard to solder TSSOP (is
> there anything finer than that?) even if you're not Mike Kahn.  I have
> literally soldered shit like that with my 100-watt W100P and solder braid.
> It's fun and easy, and we have all the tools at noisebridge (the hot-air
> soldering machine can take a 166-pin MILF package off a board without
> hurting it)
>
> So, in other words, if you and me and 3 other people want a USRP, we
> should start by making a parts list and sitting down on Eagle for a
> minute.  There will always be more comers after we find success.

Going to be WAY more than a minute ...
Does it have to be Eagle?

Christoph <- messes with Altium Designer, high speed FPGA design ...
not my choice, really.

> You think the SMD badge kit is hot and makes you money?  Wait until you
> have a USRP kit.
>
> What is a USRP good for?  the possibilities are limitless.
>
> -jake