Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] SDR Design Competition

[David Bengtson]

address@hidden wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 04:33:05PM -0700, Matt Ettus wrote:
> > SDR Forum is running a competition for university teams in software
> > radio.  There are monetary prizes, and it looks like you get Matlab and
> > Simulink for free.
>
> In other words, they think software radio is great, as long as
> you are beholden to a Big Company with Profits to Protect.
>
>     - Larry
I was just looking at this, intending on posting this. I guess great 
minds think alike...

Matlab and Simulink are very useful tools. While you are encouraged to 
use the tools that are provided, they didn't seem to be mandatory.

I have a bigger concern that the contest entry materials become the 
property of the SDR Forum. If I were a student looking for something to 
commercialize, that might be a deal breaker right there.

I also think, looking at the sample problems, that they will be lucky to 
get any entrants at all.
http://www.radiochallenge.org/SampleProblems.html

especially considering the timeframe they are looking for.