Rob, thank you for your help. I am interested in a 2.54GHz transceiver front end similar to: http://www.ettus.com/downloads/er_ds_transceiver_dbrds_v5b.pdf
thank you for our help. Regards, Fabrizio On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > Fabrizio, > It depends on what frequencies you want to work with and what your budget > is. As far as that there are several kits out there for HF most notably the > softRock series and you can find info on them at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/ > The Beagleboard is available at Digikey - > http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=296-23428-ND > And my Beagle Ham card image is available for download at: > http://www.rarcpio.net/beaglebrick/downloads/ > In addition you will need: > 1) a self powered USB hub (for your keyboard and mouse) > 2) a special serial cable that can also be purchased at Digikey (or you can > make it yourself) > 3) an ethernet adapter (Radio Shack's Trend works fine) > 4) a nice HD monitor is nice (but the BB has standard video out as well) > 5) a card reader to install the above mentioned Beagle Ham image onto your > SD card > 6) An SD card of course (2G minimum - 8G is nice, 4G is more than adequate) > > Please also visit http://beagleboard.org/chat where there are numerous > people to help and answer your questions. I hope this helps you get started. > Regards, > Rob > > Robert Thomas, KC4NYK > Public Information Officer, Secretary > Richmond Amateur Radio Club > Richmond, VA 23229 > 804.833.4470 > [email protected] > http://www.rarcpio.net > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Beagle-SDR and necessary hardware > From: Fabrizio Tappero <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, December 01, 2009 8:28 am > To: [email protected] > > Dear Beagle-SDR developers, > hello, I am new here. > > I am interested in the beagle-SDR and I understand that in order to > get started you need 3 pieces of HW: > > - front end (US$ 270) > from: http://www.ettus.com/downloads/er_ds_transceiver_dbrds_v5b.pdf > > - beagle board (US$ 150) > from: http://beagleboard.org/ > > - beagle-SRD card (price?) > from: ? > > Am I right? > Would it be possible to know how to get the beagle-SDR board? Also is > this board designed in am open-source open-hardware way? are the > schematics and PCB files available for download? > > Thank you very much in advance and great job ! > > Regards, > Fabrizio >
