[Commotion-dev] Open Source RF Board Myriad-RF

[Dan Staples]

Very interesting. It's good to see more efforts for open source hardware
SDR kits. I wonder how it will compare to Michael Ossmann's HackRF:
http://ossmann.blogspot.com/2012/06/introducing-hackrf.html. Myriad-RF
appears to support a smaller frequency range, but the price looks pretty
good for something so versatile.

On 03/09/2013 03:14 PM, Ben West wrote:
>
> Found this yesterday in the EE Times weekly headlines:
>
> *RF board takes Arduino-like approach*
>
> LONDON -- Lime Microsystems Ltd., a developer of configurable
> multi-band radio transceiver ICs, has launched an open-source RF
> hardware project that it says is intended to further innovation in
> wireless systems. The non-profit initiative has been launched under
> the name Myriad-RF <http://myriadrf.org/> with its own website and
> includes pre-made RF boards with editable design files that developers
> can freely download and use in their own designs.
>
> ...
>
> Right now Myriad-RF is effectively based around Lime's LMS6002D
> digital-to-RF transceiver. This chip, used in small cell basestations
> and suitable to support all cellular wireless standards, includes
> integrated ADCs DACs and low-noise amplifiers and covers the spectrum
> from 300-MHz to 3.8-GHz. Bushehri said Myriad-RF would be open to
> other suppliers of RF transceivers if they could meet the objectives
> of furthering software-defined radio and field-programmable RF (FPRF)
> over a similar frequency range.
>
> http://www.eetimes.com/design/microwave-rf-design/4408479/Lime-forms-open-source-soft-radio-initiative?cid=Newsletter+-+EETimes+Daily
> http://myriadrf.org/
>
> The $300 assembled board (not bad, considering the usual cost of PCB
> reference designs), along with the option to fab the board yourself
> using their KiCad files, looks pretty neat.  For talking to the
> outside (digital) world, the board looks to have an SPI and an 80pin
> header.
>
> Indeed, this looks like it isn't the only low-cost board targeted at
> software-defined radio, based on the LMS6002D.  The one below includes
> an FPGA and USB 3.0.
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1085541682/bladerf-usb-30-software-defined-radio
>
>
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Dan Staples

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