[Discuss-gnuradio] Considerations for new hardware in gnuradio

[cristian paul peñaranda rojas]

I heard about gnuradio since a year ago, and well realize the power of the 
power o software combined with especific hardware 
like URSP could make awesome things in radio astronomy, GSM networks researh, 
Ham radio and so on.

But i also discover (may be  i'm wrong) that the only avaliable proven hardware 
to work with is URSP, wich is a great device but is the only one out there.

I'm writing here to as about hardware the requirements/steps to a hardware be 
considered a posible new device to be integrated in gnuradio.

But also i want to introduce a copyleft board called SAKC [1], wich in general 
terms is a SoC chip plus a spartan3E fpga plus IO, 
surely is too short description so here is a block diagram to chek [2]. As you 
can see there is no ADC DAC modules yet, but may be you  can suggest one,
 and review this board as a possible gnuradio new hardware. And in the ways 
support copyleft hardware devices. And knows also copyleft gnuradio ASICS :)

I'm not a hardware or sofware developer, i'm just learning from all this 
projects so dont blame me if i used a wrong term.
But i'm conviced of the importance of having our own free/libre software and 
coplyeft hardware. [3]

Thats all, i'll waiting for your answers/comments that also will be forwarded 
to qi-hardware devel list.

Saludos

Cristian Paul

[1] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/SAKC
[2] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Block_Diagram
[3] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Copyleft_Plans

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