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<DIV>For those of you that are into neat toys (possibly very useful), Elektor
magazine has a sale right now on the Red Pitaya board. It is VERY
interesting, as it is a Xilinx FPGA/SOC (Zynq I think) board with an integrated
2-channel, 125MHz sampling (14-bit) ADC, 2-channel 125MHz DAC, and slower ADCs,
DACs, and other junk, all on a credit-sized board. It is billed as an
instrument or measurement tool. While it claims to be open-source, some
are upset because schematics are not available. That doesn’t bother me, as
long as there is enough other documentation and examples that I can play
with.</DIV>
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<DIV>They also already have firmware to make it an oscilloscope (50MHz), signal
generator, spectrum analyzer, SDR!, LCR meter, and other things.</DIV>
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<DIV>Normally the board sells for $500 or so, Elektor is selling it at slightly
over half-off! It’s only <STRONG>$239</STRONG> if you have an Elektor
subscription, slightly more if you don’t ($266). Elektor also has option
packages available.</DIV>
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<DIV>I don’t have one yet, but just ordered one. It appears to be a very
nice board for the price. And, it has been converted to an SDR, as shown
on a recent Hackaday.</DIV>
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<DIV>I’m on travel at the moment, but can send more info when I get back
home.</DIV>
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<DIV>A few links:</DIV>
<DIV>Red Pitaya web site: <A title=http://redpitaya.com/
href="http://redpitaya.com/">http://redpitaya.com/</A></DIV>
<DIV>Elektor Red Pitaya: <A title=http://www.elektor.com/red-pitaya-instrument
href="http://www.elektor.com/red-pitaya-instrument">http://www.elektor.com/red-pitaya-instrument</A></DIV>
<DIV>Hackaday SDR: <A
title=http://hackaday.com/2015/03/02/using-the-red-pitaya-as-an-sdr/
href="http://hackaday.com/2015/03/02/using-the-red-pitaya-as-an-sdr/">http://hackaday.com/2015/03/02/using-the-red-pitaya-as-an-sdr/</A></DIV>
<DIV>Red Pitaya SDR page: <A
title=http://pavel-demin.github.io/red-pitaya-notes/sdr-receiver/
href="http://pavel-demin.github.io/red-pitaya-notes/sdr-receiver/">http://pavel-demin.github.io/red-pitaya-notes/sdr-receiver/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>73, Terry, N4TLF</DIV>
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