SDR Comparison

SDR Comparison

Name	Type	Frequency range	Band with	Channel	Host Interface	Windows	Linux	Mac	Estimated price
AirSpy	Pre-build	24-1750 MHz	20 MSPS MSps ADC sampling, up to 80 MSPS	1	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes using ports	US$199
SDRstick UDPSDR-HF1	Pre-built	0.1–30 MHz	80 Msps	1	1G Ethernet via BeMicroCV-A9	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$169
Apache Labs ANAN-10E	Pre-built	10 kHz – 55 MHz	122.88 Msps (14 bit ADC)	2	Gigabit Ethernet	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$995
Apache Labs ANAN-10/100	Pre-built	10 kHz – 55 MHz	122.88 Msps (16 bit ADC)	4	Gigabit Ethernet	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$1,649-US$2,449
Apache Labs ANAN-100D/200D	Pre-built	10 kHz – 55 MHz	122.88 Msps (16 bit ADC)	7	Gigabit Ethernet	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$3,299-US$3,999
SunSDR2	Pre-built	10 kHz – 160 MHz	160 MSPS	3/4	10/100 Ethernet, WLAN (embedded)	Yes	Yes	?	US$1,960
bladeRF	Pre-built	300 MHz - 3.8 GHz	80 kSPS - 40 MSPS RX/TX (12-bit ADC/DAC)	?	USB 3.0 SuperSpeed	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$420
FLEX-6700	Pre-built	0.01–73, 135-165 MHz	245.76 MSPS (transceiver)	8/8	Ethernet	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$7,499
FLEX-6700R	Pre-built	0.01–73, 135-165 MHz	245.76 MSPS (receiver)	8/8	Ethernet	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$6,399
FLEX-6500	Pre-built	0.01–73 MHz	245.76 MSPS (transceiver)	4/4	Ethernet	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$4,299
FLEX-6300	Pre-built	0.01–54 MHz	122.88 MSPS (transceiver)	2/2	Ethernet	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$2,499
FLEX-5000A	Pre-built	0.01–65 MHz	48, 96, 192 kHz (transceiver)	2/2	1394a Firewire	Yes	No	No	US$2,800
FLEX-3000	Pre-built	0.01–65 MHz	48, 96 kHz (transceiver)	1/1	1394a Firewire	Yes	No	No	US$1,700
FLEX-1500	Pre-built	0.01–54 MHz	48 kHz (transceiver)	1/1	USB	Yes	No	No	US$650
Perseus	Pre-built	10 kHz – 40 MHz (87.5–108 MHz using FM down-converter)	80 MSPS	?	USB	Yes	Yes	?	US$1,199
SDRplay: Radio Spectrum Processor	Pre-built	0.1–2,000 MHz	0.5-12 MS/s and up to 8 MHz bandwidth	0/1	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$149
ISDB-T 2035/2037	Pre-built	50–960 MHz	0.5-12 MS/s and up to 8 MHz bandwidth	0/1	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$25
Soft66AD / Soft66ADD / Soft66LC4 / Soft66RTL	Pre-built	0.5–70 MHz	External ADC required (I/Q output)	0/1	USB	Yes	Unofficially	?	US$20
FUNcube Dongle	Pre-built	64–1700 MHz	96 kHz	0/1	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$160
FUNcube Dongle Pro+	Pre-built	0.15–240 MHz, 420-1900 MHz	192 kHz	0/1	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$200
FiFi-SDR	Pre-built	200 kHz – 30 MHz	96 kHz (integrated soundcard)	0/1	USB	Yes	Yes	?	€120
SDR-IQ	PnP	0.1 kHz – 30 MHz	66.666 MHz	1/1 ?	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$525
WinRadio WR-G31DCC	Pre-built	9 kHz – 50 MHz	100 MSPS	3/3	USB	Yes	No	No	US$950
USRP B200	Pre-built	70 MHz to 6 GHz	56 Msps	?	USB 3.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$675
USRP B210	Pre-built	70 MHz to 6 GHz	56 Msps	?	USB 3.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$1,100
USRP N200	Pre-built	DC to 6 GHz	25 Msps for 16-bit samples; 50 Msps for 8-bit samples	?	Gigabit Ethernet	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$1,515
USRP N210	Pre-built	DC to 6 GHz	25 Msps for 16-bit samples; 50 Msps for 8-bit samples	?	Gigabit Ethernet	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$1,717
USRP X300	Pre-built	DC to 6 GHz	200 Msps	?	Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$3,900
USRP X310	Pre-built	DC to 6 GHz	200 Msps	?	Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$4,800
Cross Country Wireless SDR receiver v. 3	Pre-built	472–479 kHz, 7.0–7.3 MHz/10.10–10.15 MHz, and 14.00–14.35 MHz	External ADC required (I/Q output)	1/1	Crystal controlled two channels	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$80
Realtek RTL2832U DVB-T tuner	Pre-built with custom driver	24–1766 MHz (R820T tuner) (sensitivity drops off considerably outside this range, but can go 0–2,200 MHz (E4000 tuner with direct sampling mod))	2.4 MHz (can go up to 3.2 MHz but drops samples)	?	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$8 - US$10
SoftRock-40	Kit	7.5 MHz	48 kHz	1	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$21
SoftRock RX Ensemble II	Kit	180 kHz – 3.0 MHz, and 1.8–30 MHz operation	External ADC required (I/Q output)	1	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$67
ZS-1	Pre-built	300 kHz – 30 MHz	10 kHz, 20 kHz, 40 kHz, 100 kHz	3	USB 2.0	Yes	No	No	€1,399
HackRF One	Pre-built	1 MHz - 6 GHz	8 Msps - 20 Msps	1	USB 2.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$299
HiQSDR	prebuilt modules & kits, pcbs	30 kHz - 62 MHz	48 - 960 kHz	?	10/100 Ethernet	Yes	Yes	No	US$650 US$1,400
KiwiSDR	Pre-built	0.1 - 30Mhz	30Mhz	4	Beagle black	yes	yes	yes	USD 99
LimeSDR	Pre-built (full Open Source / Hardware)	100 kHz to 3.8 GHz	61.44 Msps (12 bit ADC)	?	USB 3.0, PCIe	Yes	Yes	Yes	US$299(USB) US$799(PCIe)

What can I do with the TP-Link TL-WR703N router? (APRS, SDR)

What can I do with the TP-Link TL-WR703N router? (APRS, SDR)

Basically this device is meant to be a little 3g travel router. You can plug in a 3g USB adapter and share that Internet connection to multiple devices over WIFI. It also supports Ethernet. It runs a Linux operating system so this opens up lost of Amateur Radio opportunities. So for $24 you can get a 400mhz Linux computer, with Ethernet, Wifi and USB ports and several GPIO pins.

This router is available from http://www.giga.co.za/ocart/index.php?route=product/product&path=99&product_id=150

1) SDR
Using a RTL-SDR dongle on TL-WR703n you can listing to Amateur radio frequencies.
If you’re running OpenWrt Barrier Breaker (i.e. trunk) you can install librtlsdr SDR dongle labraries
Here is the pre compiled applications
https://steve-m.de/projects/rtl-sdr/openwrt/packages/

2) APRS
This unit can be used to do APRS with external GPS unit.
More info how to make this router a (APRS) Igate go  to http://www.aprs4r.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/OpenWrtAPRS4RInstallation
The router is well documented http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr703n/pcb

Ethernet network interface not detected in Ubuntu 12.04

Ethernet interface eth0 not detected in Ubuntu 12.04

I got a new I7 ASUS motherboard P8H77-V (3 PCI Slots for sound cards) and Ubuntu 12.04  64Bit and 32bit versions did not detect the motherboard default Ethernet port.

Check that the led's flicker when you plugin the Ethernet cable, if not check in your bios and enable Ethernet there.

Here is what I had to do to make it work.
Run the following command in your terminal.

sudo  lspci
You should see the following in the list of devices to confirm this is the Ethernet interface you have.

 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

Then install the driver from Ubuntu

Don't get the drivers released after 2012-05-10 it will not work

 wget -O- http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2012-05-09-p.tar.bz2 | tar -xj

cd compat-wireless-2012-05-09-p

./scripts/driver-select alx

make

sudo Make install

Then load the new driver module.

sudo modprobe alx 

If your network cable is connected with your router on DHCP.

run ifconfig and you should see your interface eth0

ifconfig to see your new ethernet ports.

and it should work now.