OTA: Shipping Updates, Drones, Sirens, OsmoCon2018, and More

Fulfilment of the LimeSDR Mini, GPIO Board, Companion Board, Grove Starter Kit, and Hacker Case continue to progress, with Crowd Supply estimating that the final items will have been sent out by the end of May. Backers waiting for a LimeSDR Mini will be pleased to hear shipment continues in…
Chuck Swiger's "LimeSDR Rocks" Waterfall Demo

OTA: New LimeSuite, RISC-V LimeNET, ‘Minecraft’ Video, and More

There’s a fresh new version of the Lime Suite software stack out, version 18.03.0, which brings with it full support for the LimeSDR Mini. Released earlier this week on the Lime Suite GitHub repository, Lime Suite v18.03.0 brings with it full support for programming and controlling the LimeSDR Mini…
LimeNET RISC-V Prototype

OTA: GSOC, LimeSDR Mini Updates, Radiosondes, Massive MIMO, and More

Shipping of the LimeSDR Mini continues apace, with all crowdfunding orders and many outstanding post-campaign pre-orders expected to have been filled within a week of this post – and there’s going to be enough stock left over for latecomers, too. In a shipping update on the Crowd Supply campaign…
LimeSDR Mini Render

Call for GSoC 2018 Students

We are delighted once again to be participating in Google Summer of Code as a mentoring organisation with the Free and Open Source SIlicon Foundation. Stefan Wallentowitz, FOSSi Foundation Director, notes “Google Summer of Code is an excellent program for students to get a stipend by Google to work on…

OTA: LimeSDR in Space, 4G on the Moon, and More

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a joint project with Lime Microsystems which will see the LimeSDR family of software defined radios used to develop new and innovative satellite communications systems both on ground and in space. “With modern satellite communications, many design challenges are unique, requiring testing…
Aricebo Radio Observatory

OTA: LimeSDR GPIO, Mini Give-away, SpaceX Sats and More

The LimeSDR General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) Board, designed to make it easier to interface the LimeSDR with external hardware, is beginning its journeys to backers following a minor delay in the assembly process. Designed to expand the LimeSDR’s capabilities, the GPIO Board provides individually-configurable bi-directional level-shifted input/output pins for the GPIO…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch

OTA: Saving a Satellite, RAN Competition, 3D-Printed Foxhole Radios, and More

Dr. Danny Webster’s Wireless Masterclass series continues with a look at more advanced digital radio concepts and implementations including the detection and reduction of data loss The fourth in an ongoing series of presentations, Wireless Masterclass 4 follows on from the introductory video for those new to digital…
Sage Hansen's Foxhole Radio

WM4: Advance Digital Radio

The fourth instalment of the Wireless Masterclass series has been published to YouTube and this takes a look at advance digital radio, with Dr Danny Webster exploring topics including, detecting and reducing data loss, spread spectrum, OFDM and MIMO. If you missed the previous episodes these can be found at:…

OTA: LimeSDR Mini Demos, CubeSats, Discone Antennas, and More

The LimeSDR Mini crowdfunding campaign page continues to deliver impressive demonstrations of the device’s capabilities, including the creation of what is quite likely the world’s smallest Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) transmitter. The first demonstration, from Evariste Okcestbon, pairs a LimeSDR Mini with a Raspberry Pi Zero to broadcast…
Titan Missile Museum Discone Antenna

OTA: LimeSDR Mini on Android, Quantum Radio, 5G and More

QRadioLink developer Adrian Musceac has shown off how the LimeSDR Mini can be connected to a smartphone for on-the-go software-defined radio reception and transmission, in the latest demonstration update to the Crowd Supply campaign. Using the GNU Radio-based QRadioLink running on an Android smartphone, a USB battery pack,…
QRadioLink

OTA: RAN Competition, ScratchRadio Updates, a Ham Watch, and More

BT and Lime Microsystems have launched a competition for all LimeSDR, LimeSDR Mini, and LimeNET users: build a radio access project and pick yourselves up a LimeSDR with official aluminium case plus the potential to publish your creation in the LimeNET app store. Designed to encourage the development of…
Travis Goodspeed's GoodWatch

LimeSDR Made Simple Part 9: It’s a VNA Too

Welcome to the ninth episode in the LimeSDR Made Simple series. Since the first we’ve been gradually adding more tools to the SDR toolbox and if you have followed the series along, by now the operation of the LimeSDR should be well and truly demystified. Last time we looked…