HacDC
DC's Hacker Space
NavigationGetting Here1525 Newton St NW, Washington DC 20010 Take Metro! The closest MetroRail station is Columbia Heights (Green/Yellow Lines). You can check online to see the next train arriving there. The S1-2-4, H1, and H2-3-4 buses go right by our location. Approach on the 16th St side of the building. Look for the red doors. We are on the third floor. Follow the signs to our space after signing in with the guard. Static ContentDynamic ContentOur Chatroom: #hacdc on irc.freenode.net (Also chat.hacdc.org) User loginRSS Feed |
HacDC starts funding for USRP2 - Bringing RF / software radio research to DC!Do you wish you had truly universal communication device? A device that is a cell phone and can connect using GPRS, 802.11 Wi-Fi, 802.16 WiMax, a satellite hookup or any emerging standard, as well as GPS, GLONASS or both?The HacDC has started a fundraising campaign to acquire a Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRPv2) from Ettus Research. Some projects that the USRP can be used for:
HacDC will use the USRPv2 to research Radio Frequency (RF) / Software Radio! / Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and open up classes and teach these subjects to the DC community. As always our classes and study groups our free and open to the public, so donate, join (www.hacdc.org) and help build a new RF / software radio group in DC! DONATE HERE: http://pledgie.com/campaigns/4801 Below are the details of the USRPv2 from Ettus’ website: The Universal Software Radio Peripheral product family allows you to create a software radio using any computer with a USB2 or Gigagbit ethernet port. Various plug-on daughterboards allow the USRP and USRP2 to be used on different radio frequency bands. Daughterboards are available from DC to 5.9 GHz at this time. The entire design of the USRP family is open source. The USRP and USRP2 work with GNU Radio, a free-software (open source) framework for the creation of software defined radios. GNU Radio works on all of the following operating systems: * Linux Picture below available via carrierdetect under Creative Commons Share Alike Attribution license:
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Radio Frequency Test Equipment
Radio Frequency Test Equipment It should be tested before releasing it to the public. Converting mobiles phones into RF equipment is a little bit niche.
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