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The Raspberry Pi 3B+ as an SDR – Without the SDR!

posted by janrinok on Sunday April 15 2018, @12:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the one-for-the-true-hackers-among-us dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

We’ve become used to software-defined radio as the future of radio experimentation, and many of us will have some form of SDR hardware. From the $10 RTL USB sticks through to all-singing, all-dancing models at eye-watering prices, there is an SDR for everyone.

What about the idea of an SDR without any external hardware? Instead of plugging something into your Raspberry Pi, how about using the Pi itself, unmodified? That’s just what the Nexmon SDR project has achieved, and this has been made possible through clever use of the on-board Broadcom 802.11ac WiFi chip. The result is a TX-capable SDR, albeit one only capable of operating within the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz spectrum used by WiFi.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 16 2018, @06:28PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 16 2018, @06:28PM (#667748) Journal

    What will happen when every initialism or acronym has over one hundred possible expansions?

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