INTRODUCTION TO SDR
March 2016
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Software Defined Radio Israel
(CHEAP)
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- 9 years in wireless communication projects and SDR projects (high-end)
- 3 years experience with (cheap) SDR's
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RADIO
The science (magic) of translating a message
to electromagnetic waves
and back
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![](https://churchofthecosmos.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/electromagnetic-spectrum.png)
So...what is a
software-defined radio?
"Radio in which some or all of the physical layer functions are software defined"
"Traditional" radio communication system
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WHO\FOR WHAT?
- Learn radio!
- Make (awesome) wireless projects!
- Security researchers
- Academy research (e.g mobile networks)
- Rapid prototyping
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TYPICAL CONFIGURATION
- 150Khz - 6Ghz
- 8-16 BIT ADC, 2-60MSPS
- DR ~40dB, SENSITIVITY ~-90dBm
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COMMERCIAL IF BANDS:
- WIFI
- WIMAX
- DVB-T (!)
- USB 2 (DONGLE \ MICRO-USB F)
Popular SDR's
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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
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RTL-SDR
~$20
"DEDICATED SDRs"
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UBERTOOTH ONE
BLUETOOTH
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YARD STICK ONE
SUB GHZ
Toolchain
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FW\HW
RESEARCH
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REDHAWK
GNURADIO
Also, MATLAB, and programming languages (mostly PYTHON and C++)
GENERAL PURPOSE SCANNERS
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DEDICATED SOFTWARE
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SPEKTRUM
And the list goes on and on...
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Cool Projects
GETTING SATELLITE IMAGES
METEOR-M2 WEATHER SATELLITE
QPSK @ 137Mhz
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Passive Radar
2 Log-periodic antennas
Physical synchronization
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Unintentional EM emissions
1.6-1.78 MHz
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MONITORING SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT \ SPECIAL FORCES
ADS-B - 1090Mhz
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TRACKING FLIGHTS ON THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
ADS-B - 1090Mhz
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DRIVE TESTS
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JUST A FEW MORE WORDS...
AIRPROBE - Former GSM-Sniffer project
Goal is to build an air-interface analysis tool for the GSM (and possible later 3G) mobile phone standard
GR-GSM - packs AIRPROBE with some more goodies + more friendly interface
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Also - Kali-Linux and Pentoo
OPEN DISCUSSION:
IDEAS FOR NEXT MEETINGS:
Theory sessions:
Complex modulation
Receiver architectures
Filters
Practical sessions
Starting a
Demonstrations
Project updates \ brainstorming
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