<div dir="ltr">If you want an SDR then get a bladeRF instead, it has the same front end on it, and comes with an altera FPGA on it and you can even use it as an FPGA front end for doing PC SDR if you like. There are two models, one with an FPGA a little smaller than the DE0 nano's at 450US and one with a much bigger FPGA at 650US they will be available June this year for general ordering.<div>
<br></div><div style>Paul</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Mark Atherton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markaren1@xtra.co.nz" target="_blank">markaren1@xtra.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Fwd message from Mr Hamster, many thanks Mike<br>
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Amazing chip, with emphasis on open source - Field programmable RF, 3 inputs, 2 outputs, 12 bit convertors, 300MHz to 3.8GHz.<br>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-OmCCrA3z4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<u></u>v=b-OmCCrA3z4</a> - ignore intro which is in Cantonese, CEO is English, a multi part FLC off of youtube<br>
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Shame the board is US$299, I bet a Chinese knock off hits the market in 12 months.<br>
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With the availability of the new very much lower cost PCBs out of China, I am tempted to do a custom DE0-nano board.<br>
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Technology limit is the 120 pin DQFN package, will need some help handling this...<br>
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-Mark<br>
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From: Michael Field <<a href="mailto:hamster@snap.net.nz" target="_blank">hamster@snap.net.nz</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:markaren10@yahoo.com" target="_blank">markaren10@yahoo.com</a><br>
Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2013 6:27 AM<br>
Subject: SDR stuff...<br>
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Hi Mark,<br>
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I just heard about this... <a href="http://myriadrf.org" target="_blank">http://myriadrf.org</a> - has a base board to work with the DE0-nano.<br>
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Thought you would be interested...<br>
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The Myriad – RF board is a multi-band, multi-standard RF module, based on the state of the art LMS6002D transceiver IC by Lime Microsystems. It has one RF broadband output, one RF broadband input with digital baseband interface, established via standard connectorFX10A-80P. The board also provides the user with pin headers for power supply, reference clock, analog I/Q input/output and SPI interface connections. It contains everything needed for it to be connected to all the available baseband (BB) chipsets, FPGAs or to run in an standalone mode.<br>
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