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Software Defined Radio with HackRF, Lesson 5
HackRF One
In order to clearly see my screen during the demonstration, viewing the video in full screen mode may help. Even better: You can download this video in high resolution (720p). (torrent)
In this Lesson
- packaging and enclosure
- USB port
- LEDs
- buttons
- ANTENNA port
- CLKIN and CLKOUT ports
- libhackrf
- hackrf-tools
- testing USB transfer rates
- updating firmware and CPLD
- RF amplifier
Homework
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Download the latest HackRF release.
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Update the firmware on your HackRF One. For this and the subsequent steps, you may want to boot to Pentoo or the GNU Radio Live DVD.
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Update the CPLD on your HackRF One. There is a known bug that prevents this from working on Windows. How about trying one of those live Linux distros?
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Determine the maximum sample rate supported by a USB port.
Resources
Software Defined Radio with HackRF is copyright 2014, 2015 by Michael Ossmann and is released under the CC BY license.