Hi All
I have written a blog post on using the BladeRF transverter with SDR#; nothing original on my part, just a summary of how to do it based on various sources around the web: http://vk4zxi.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/b ... -with.html
Albeit with very limited testing on a very basic antenna, it seems to work quite well within the limitation of USB2. I haven't tried it on HF, but care is needed as there is little protection for the BladeRF itself.
All credit to others re software and hardware.
Regards Drew VK4ZXI
How to: BladeRF transverter with SDR# on Windows
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Re: How to: BladeRF transverter with SDR# on Windows
Looks good Drew!
I would direct users to the latest version of SDR# though, downloadable from http://www.sdrsharp.com and then to Jean-Michel's files at https://github.com/jmichelp/sdrsharp-bladerf . Follow the instructions at his site to update SDR# to work properly. Both this plug-in and SDR# change rapidly, and the version at my website is now dated, albeit only a few days old.
Excellent tutorial though and should be a help to anyone wishing to experiment.
I would direct users to the latest version of SDR# though, downloadable from http://www.sdrsharp.com and then to Jean-Michel's files at https://github.com/jmichelp/sdrsharp-bladerf . Follow the instructions at his site to update SDR# to work properly. Both this plug-in and SDR# change rapidly, and the version at my website is now dated, albeit only a few days old.
Excellent tutorial though and should be a help to anyone wishing to experiment.
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Re: How to: BladeRF transverter with SDR# on Windows
Nice writeup, Drew!
Not sure if you saw yet, but it appears that jump found a solution to the USB3 issues (end of this post). For Windows users, it looks like an upgrade to libusb-1.0.19 is needed...might be good to let folks know that in the writeup,
On our end of things, I will be taking actions based upon jump's recommendations in Issue 281, with regard to updating the wiki and printing an explicit warning message.
Cheers!
Jon
Not sure if you saw yet, but it appears that jump found a solution to the USB3 issues (end of this post). For Windows users, it looks like an upgrade to libusb-1.0.19 is needed...might be good to let folks know that in the writeup,
On our end of things, I will be taking actions based upon jump's recommendations in Issue 281, with regard to updating the wiki and printing an explicit warning message.
Cheers!
Jon
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Re: How to: BladeRF transverter with SDR# on Windows
Hi Scott
I have edited my post per your information. Blog posts are handy for that, rather than having to follow dozens of posts.
Regards Drew
I have edited my post per your information. Blog posts are handy for that, rather than having to follow dozens of posts.
Regards Drew
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Re: How to: BladeRF transverter with SDR# on Windows
Once things stabilize out a bit, perhaps we should be sure to aggregate this information (or link to it, if prefered) and keep it up-to-date in an SDR# section of the XB-200 wiki page.