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= Welcome to OsmoSDR =
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OsmoSDR is a 100% Free Software based small form-factor inexpensive
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SDR (Software Defined Radio) project.
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If you are familiar with existing SDR receivers, then OsmoSDR can be thought
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of something in between a [http://tetra.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/Funcube_Dongle FunCube Dongle] (only 96kHz bandwidth) and a USRP (much more expensive).
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For a very cheap SDR (with limited dynamic range), you can use the DVB-T USB stick using the RTL2832U chip, as documented in [wiki:rtl-sdr].
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It consists of a USB-attached [wiki:Hardware], associated [wiki:Firmware]
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as well as [wiki:GrOsmoSDR] gnuradio integration on the PC.
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The first generation hardware (1.2 MS/s) is available to interested developers from http://shop.sysmocom.de/
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We are currently doing a re-design for the second-generation hardware, featuring higher sample rate and other goodies.
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[[BlogList(format=float,recent=5,max_size=350)]]
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Hardware schematics and firmware source code are kept in a git repository on git.osmocom.org.
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 * clone the repository like this: {{{git clone git://git.osmocom.org/osmo-sdr.git}}}
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 * web-browse the repository: [http://cgit.osmocom.org/cgit/osmo-sdr/]
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For a complete list of local wiki pages, see TitleIndex.
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== Picture ==
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This is a (slightly better) picture of the current developer preview:
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[[Image(osmosdr-beta.jpg,50%)]]
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== Mailing List ==
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We discuss both OsmoSDR as well as rtl-sdr on the following mailing list: [mailto:osmocom-sdr@lists.osmocom.org].
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You can subscribe and/or unsubscribe via the following link: [http://lists.osmocom.org/mailman/listinfo/osmocom-sdr]
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== Credits ==
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 * Stefan Reimann of [http://sr-systems.de/ SR-Systems] (electrical engineering, manufacturing)
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 * [http://www.cdaniel.de/ Christian Daniel], Matthias Kleffel and Thomas Kleffel of [http://maintech.de/ maintech] (overall design, FPGA, rum-ba)
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 * [http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ Harald Welte] of [http://sysmocom.de/ sysmocom] (sam3u firmware development)
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