[Discuss-gnuradio] half USRP

2009-05-18 Thread Alberto Trentadue
Hello This is for Matt. I'm not aware about USRP requirement's history, hence I'm asking. I apologise immediately if the question is stupid enough... :-) have you ever think about a simplified USRP, or 1/2 USRP, having only 1 side TX and RX? Would it make a cost difference (maybe on a large

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] half USRP

2009-05-18 Thread Thomas Schmid
Hi Alberto, the USRP2 is only 1xTX and 1xRX. However, the USRP2 costs more than the USRP1 because of its bigger FPGA and faster ADC/DAC (in addition to SDRAM and other hardware). In short, the cost savings are minimal if you would remove one RX and one TX from the USRP1 (you might be able to

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] half USRP

2009-05-18 Thread Juha Vierinen
have you ever think about a simplified USRP, or 1/2 USRP, having only 1 side TX and RX? Would it make a cost difference (maybe on a large volume basis)? Would it save some space? Reason for asking is that many (most?) applications are 1+1 channel, and saving space may allow more compact

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] half USRP

2009-05-18 Thread Jason Uher
have you ever think about a simplified USRP, or 1/2 USRP, having only 1 side TX and RX? How about a 64 x USRP? It would be cool if there was a USRP that had many receiver channels, and it would also have a simple beam-former built into the FPGA. All of the schematics for the USRP and