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Lime Suite v20.07.1 has officially launched, bringing a range of improvements to the LimeSDR-focused software bundle – including a fix for a bug which was causing quick tests of LimeSDR Mini boards to fail. In its latest release, Lime Suite v20.07.1 repairs a recently-discovered bug which would manifest as intermittent…

New release of Lime Suite includes numerous improvements, along with support for the LimeRFE RF front-end, plus packaging for Ubuntu 20.04.

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University student Ugnius Buržinskis has released a video demonstrating a drone hijacking system, designed to prevent unauthorised uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) from entering a restricted area, powered by a LimeSDR Mini. Using the LimeSDR Mini, housed in a protective casing and connected to an off-the-shelf laptop running…

New release planned for the end of July and in the meantime it's recommended to build from Lime Suite master branch.

Community member Luigi Cruz has published a tool which is capable of encoding any video source, complete with hardware acceleration, and transmitting it over the airwaves using a LimeSDR. “Kimera can capture any camera connected to your computer, hardware encode it with any codec available (e.g. HEVC, AVC, AV1), and…

The British Amateur Television Club’s Portsdown digital TV transmitter project now supports the LimeSDR USB open software-defined radio, in addition to its earlier compatibility with the smaller LimeSDR Mini and all-in-one LimeNET Micro. Detailed over on the Lime Micro Community Hub, the Portsdown project offers radio amateurs an easy…

Technical training specialist DreamCatcher has launched a training course with LimeSDR-powered lab kit, designed to teach university-level students Long Term Evolution (LTE) network concepts. “The ME1130 serves as a ready-to-teach package for in-depth understanding and hands-on experience on LTE and LTE-Advanced technologies,” DreamCatcher explains of the hardware that backs the…

The Lime Suite software bundle has received a significant update, to version 20.01.0, bundling new support for the LimeRFE software-defined front end, improved tuning and PLL locking, and other improvements. In its latest release, the open-source Lime Suite library comes with support for the LimeRFE front end, following on from…

Luigi Cruz has released version 3.0 of PiSDR, an SD Card image for the Raspberry Pi pre-loaded with software defined radio tools compatible with the LimeSDR – and, as of this latest release, the LimeNET Micro too. This latest release of Cruz’ PiSDR includes support for the Raspberry Pi 4…

Lime Microsystems has published an interview with Gerhard Burian, David Rowe, and Steve Sampson on using FreeDV Mode 2020 for transmitting digital voice via the Es’Hail-2 satellite’s amateur radio transponder (QO-100) using just 1,600 Hz of radio frequency bandwidth. “The bandwidth regulation on the [QO-100] narrow band transponder, being 2,700…

The LimeRFE software-definable RF front-end has officially passed verification in its updated v1.0 revision form, with production of the backer boards on-track for a late-January shipping schedule. As detailed back in August, the LimeRFE board – which offers low-noise amplification, power amplification, and filtering under software control from the LimeSDR…

Manufacturing of the LimeNET Micro is underway, after initial volume production was delayed by selected components entering end-of-life (EOL) status. “A few of the parts we were planning to use went end-of-life just as we were in the process of setting up a volume production run,” explains Lime Micro’s Andrew…