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Just a quick check list of installations recommended before camp. Detailed descriptions below! Don't worry if you are not coming with a laptop, the badge will still be useful to you.
apt-get install hackrf gqrx-sdr gnuradio gr-osmosdr
pacman -S gqrx # pulls hackrf and gnuradio automatically in
It's highly recommended to build GNU Radio from source to use the most up-to-date version: Installation
There were two GNU Radio workshops at Easterhegg 2015: SDR for Noobs SDR for non-noobs
gnuradio-companion is the full-fledged signal processing application.
osmocom_fft is a nice little graphical tool for quick signal checks.
You can find the whole software in our git repository on github: https://github.com/rad1o/f1rmware
Please read the build instructions there. It's also a good starting point to find out how to write your own firmware/software for the rad1o.
The code is released under GPLv2/BSD license (we use GPL libraries, but our code will be dual licensed)
Please have a look at the hardware page for data sheets of the components.
The base firmware provides you with a set of functions to control the rad1o