Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Subject: Re: Expresscard

Hm, you just want to get started with cheap, "low-end" receivers: I'd really go for the rtl-sdr dongles. They can really be small, just sticking out of your USB port for about 5mm. I'm not aware of a similar device for the expresscard slot; if you want, build one yourself, by getting an old/cheap/broken expresscard, using some saw to cut out the formerly functioning part and disconnect all PCB traces from the expresscard connector, and soldering in one of the RTL dongles, connected to the USB lines of the expresscard connector.

Best regards,
Marcus

On 02/24/2016 01:38 AM, Nathan Dehnel wrote:

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>From: "Marcus Müller" <marcus.mueller@ettus.com>
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>Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 22:24:27 +0100

>Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Expresscard

>What kind of hardware are you referring to?

>Generally, the Ettus USRP X3x0 can be connected via a special external PCIe cable through an expresscard adapter, but that's kind of a costly thing if you don't need that much bandwidth.

>Also, Expresscard carries USB lines, too, and there's many USB software defined radio devices, from Ettus and other suppliers.

>Can you try to specify your requirements?

>Best regards,
>Marcus

>On 02/22/2016 10:22 PM, Nathan Dehnel wrote:

>Is there any GNURadio-compatible hardware that fits in an expresscard/54 slot?

I'm just getting into this, so I'm sorry if I don't know much, but I was just looking for some sort of SDR equipment to experiment with that I could put in a laptop expresscard slot and forget about. Something that could be carried around in the laptop. I've been reading about RTL-SDR, so something with similar capabilities to that would be nice, or if something better exists, that would be fine too, as long as it's not thousands of dollars or something.

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