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OTA: Wavelet Lab Unveils the xMASS SDR, LimeNET Micro 2.0 Orders Open, a Raspberry Pi Pico SDR, and More

Boston-based Wavelet Lab has launched a high-performance software-defined radio system dubbed the xMASS SDR, using Lime Micro LMS7002M-based modules to deliver 8×8 multi-input/multiple-output (MIMO) connectivity – or up to 16×16, by linking two boards. “xMASS SDR is a modular, high-performance MIMO transceiver optimised for industrial, academic, and advanced software-defined radio…

OTA: LimeNET Micro 2.0 Coming Soon, Lime Suite NG Launches, Bluetooth Reaches Orbit, a DIY Radar, and More

Orders for the new LimeNET Micro 2.0 all-in-one software-defined radio platform, powered by the LimeSDR XTRX and Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, are to open soon – in the form of a “Developer Edition” kit. “LimeNET Micro 2.0 DE (Developer Edition) is a modular radio platform that leverages the Raspberry…

OTA: A LimeSDR DMR Tier III Trunked Base Station, EM Eye Eavesdropping, Software-Defined GPS, and More

QRadioLink developer Adrian Musceac has written up a project to build a working though self-admittedly “limited functionality” software-defined Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Tier III trunked radio base station transceiver powered by a LimeNET Micro or LimeSDR Mini. “It seems desirable to study the properties of a trunked radio system and…

OTA: GRCon24 Call for Participation Opens, “Wireless Open Source Supremacy” with Osmocom, Scrap Antennas, and More

A call for participation in GRCon24, this year’s GNU Radio Conference, has opened – ahead of the event itself taking place this September – and interested parties have until the 17th of June to get their abstracts in. “Packed with valuable content, the GRCon technical program is one of the…

OTA: LimeNET Micro 2.0, Decoding Moon Messages, Gqrx for Windows, and More

Lime Microsystems has published the first details of LimeNET Micro 2.0, a radio front-end carrier board for LimeSDR XTRX and Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4), which is used as the basis of the 5G network-in-a-box developed in partnership with Vodafone. The new LimeNET Micro 2.0 design brings increased performance,…

OTA: Ebrahim Bushehri Talks LimeSDR XTRX and LMS8001, LibreCellular Progress, Clever Antennas, and More

Lime Microsystems chief executive officer Ebrahim Bushehri rounded out 2023 with an appearance on the December Crowd Supply Teardown Sessions, talking through the history of the company and the LimeSDR – as well as the upcoming LimeSDR XTRX and a new chip dubbed the LMS8001. “Quite a few people have…

OTA: LimeSDR on Crowd Supply Teardown, LimeSDR XTRX Update, Laser Cats in Space, and More

Lime Microsystems chief executive officer Ebrahim Bushehri is to be featured in the next Crowd Supply Teardown Session, diving deep into the LimeSDR family of open-source software-defined radio devices – taking place on the 29th of December at 1700 UTC. The 40th in an ongoing series of interviews and hands-on…

OTA: New Lime Suite Release, IET Award, TETRA Crypto Goes Public, a True Ham Antenna, and More

A new version of the Lime Suite software bundle for the LimeSDR family of software-defined radio (SDR) devices has been released, bringing with it support for the new LimeSDR Mini 2. Lime Suite 23.11.0, available now from GitHub and in the Ubuntu Personal Package Archive (PPA) as a pre-built package…

OTA: LimeSDR Mini 2.0 Production Update, Discovery Dish, a Wok Antenna, and More

There’s an update for LimeSDR Mini 2.0 orders placed before the 19th of October and forming part of the current production run: hardware will be reaching customers by early December. “All the PCBs and components for the next manufacturing run have been delivered to the assembly house. However, there was…

OTA: The Lime SDR Accelerator, A Multi-Carrier Base Station, the Portable SDRDock, and More

Lime Microsystems has announced an accelerator programme which will see SDR projects receive discounts on components and crowdfunding fees and additional support and promotion — and the programme’s first participant has been confirmed. “We’re proud to announce the launch of our new Lime SDR Accelerator initiative and its first participant:…

OTA: uSDR and XTRX Campaigns Draw to a Close, a Dipole Deep-Drive, Post-Apocalyptic QRP, and More

Wavelet Lab’s uSDR crowdfunding campaign, for a Lime Micro LMS6002D-powered compact single-sided M.2 software-defined radio board backed by a browser-based software platform, has successfully reached its funding goal — with hardware due to ship in February next year. “uSDR is an embedded software-defined radio (SDR) board that is optimized for…

OTA: The LimeSDR XTRX Launch, File Transfer via GNU Radio, Low-Cost LNB Conversion, and More

The crowdfunding campaign for the open-hardware LimeSDR XTRX, an updated and fully-supported successor to the Fairwaves XTRX, is now open, with hardware expected to ship to backers at the end of November. Designed as a drop-in replacement for the discontinued Fairwaves XTRX, the LimeSDR XTRX puts a Lime Microsystems LMS7002M…