[chbot] SDR stuff - "Field programmable RF"

[Mark Atherton]

Fwd message from Mr Hamster, many thanks Mike

Amazing chip, with emphasis on open source - 
Field programmable RF, 3 inputs, 2 outputs, 12 
bit convertors, 300MHz to 3.8GHz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-OmCCrA3z4 - 
ignore intro which is in Cantonese, CEO is 
English, a multi part FLC off of youtube

Shame the board is US$299, I bet a Chinese knock 
off hits the market in 12 months.

With the availability of the new very much lower 
cost PCBs out of China, I am tempted to do a custom DE0-nano board.

Technology limit is the 120 pin DQFN package, 
will need some help handling this...

-Mark

>From: Michael Field <hamster at snap.net.nz>
>To: markaren10 at yahoo.com
>Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2013 6:27 AM
>Subject: SDR stuff...
>
>Hi Mark,
>
>I just heard about this... http://myriadrf.org - 
>has a base board to work with the DE0-nano.
>
>Thought you would be interested...
>
>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.