Software-Define Radio
February 2016
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SDR - Introduction
Popular SDR's
Accessories
Project Examples
Reminder - SDR architecture
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WHO\FOR WHAT
LOW-COST SDR?
- HAM amateurs
- Security researchers
- Makers
- Academy
- Startups
TYPICAL CONFIGURATION
- 150Khz - 6Ghz
- 8\16 BIT ADC, 2-60MSPS
- DR ~40dB, SENSITIVITY ~-100dBm
- COMMERCIAL IF BANDS: WIFI , WIMAX
- USB 2 (DONGLE \ MICRO-USB F)
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Popular SDR's
![](http://www.mpact.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/USRP-B200-e1403123103583.jpg)
USRP - BUS SERIES
~$800
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~$350
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Rad1o - free @ CCC
FunCube
150Khz - 1.9Ghz (with gap @ 240Mhz & 420Mhz
~$160
![](http://www.funcubedongle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/P1000772acrop.jpg)
![](http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/noodlehed/tv28t_4.jpg=596)
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RTL-SDR
~$20
"DEDICATED SDRs"
![](https://greatscottgadgets.com/images/ubertooth-one.jpeg)
UBERTOOTH ONE
BLUETOOTH
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YARD STICK ONE
SUB GHZ
Toolchain
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FW\HW
RESEARCH
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/GNURADIO-RDSdata.jpg)
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REDHAWK
GNURADIO
Also, MATLAB, and programming languages (mostly PYTHON and C++)
GENERAL PURPOSE SCANNERS
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gqrx.jpg)
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rfanalyzer-500x333.jpg)
DEDICATED SOFTWARE
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SeeDeR.png)
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/spektrum-500x313.png)
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/adsbox_screenshot-500x304.png)
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/screenshot.jpg)
SPEKTRUM
And the list goes on and on...
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Cool Projects
GETTING SATELLITE IMAGES
METEOR-M2 WEATHER SATELLITE
QPSK @ 137Mhz
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Real_time-500x300.jpg)
Passive Radar
2 Log-periodic antennas
Synch
![](https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/sdr-radar-front.png?w=507&h=370&crop=1)
Unintentional EM emissions
1.6-1.78 MHz
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/CPU_emissions-500x428.png)
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/untethered_setup-500x294.png)
![](http://www.tau.ac.il/~tromer/radioexp/n200-manykeys-EM-h500.png)
MONITORING SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT \ SPECIAL FORCES
ADS-B - 1090Mhz
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fbiplane-500x326.png)
TRACKING FLIGHTS ON THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
ADS-B - 1090Mhz
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/davos-helicopter-327x500.png)
![](http://rtlsdrblog.rtlsdrblog.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/wef_tools-403x500.jpg)
DRIVE TESTS
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