Any idea when the SDR boards will be available to buy? And the cost? I was planning an SDR myself when I first saw the Osmo design. There are enough similarities to make yours worth buying - namely, the same FPGA I was looking at. I'm debating whether to buy the Lattice XP Brevia FPGA development kit. All else being equal, I'd rather give YOU guys the money... Regards, -- Alan Campbell - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My own design ? That uses a SINGLE 12-bit ADC, clocked at 48 MHz (same as USB clock, makes for simpler circuit). The "Zero IF Tuner" becomes a superhet design, with an IF output of 60 MHz. Undersampling & downsampling in the FPGA gives a 12MHz bandwidth (actually less, depends if IFstage bandwidth & degree of downsampling) 2-stage RF front end: 1-30MHz (si 570 is 61-90MHz) and VHF 140-150MHz (si 570 is 80-90MHz). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
hi Alan, On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 05:16:26PM -0700, Alan Campbell wrote:
Any idea when the SDR boards will be available to buy? And the cost?
I expect them to be shipping in three ot four weeks. The cost is targetted at EUR 150 (for export e.g. to Australia) plus shipping. Inside Germany/EU there will be 19% VAT added to that. I cannot promise that the full firmware will be finished at that point, but at least "USB Audio" mode with 1Ms/s is already working now on Linux based PCs. Regards, Harald -- - Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)
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