[hpsdr] Educational SDR Advice Sought

[Jonathan Wagner]

Thanks, this is the type of input I was looking for. If you don't mind, 
I will forward this email along with a few others to the department 
head. The non-real-time MATLAB SDR may be an optimal solution for 
teaching SDR concepts right away. I have not had an opportunity to speak 
with him in length to discover his full intentions or budget. I know 
that since hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Louisiana universities have been 
in a spending crunch. Since the school already owns licenses to MATLAB, 
this may be the cheapest approach. Though, requiring students to buy 
something as cheap as the SoftRock40 is not out of the question either.

Also, thanks to others who have responded. The comments have been very 
helpful and I appreciate any further input as well.

Thanks again,

Jonathan Wagner, KE5FSG
Office: (337)993-0778
Cell: (337)781-1513



Yoder, Mark A wrote:
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> The “Electronics of Radio” by David Rutledge 
> (http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=ERAD) does a nice job of walking a 
> student through the theory and building of a traditional NorCal 40A.
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> Last year I attempted a revision of the book, called “The Elements of 
> SDR” which walked my students through the theory and building of a 
> SoftRock40. Details can be found at 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elements_of_SDR/. The latest SoftRock at 
> the time was v5.0, so all my efforts were tuned toward it.
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> If you are more interested in the software side, check out 
> “Telecommunications Breakdown: Concepts of Communication Transmitted 
> via Software-Defined Radio” by Johnson and Sethares 
> (http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0131430475,00.html). 
> They build an entire SDR via MATLAB (sorry, no real-time). I’ve use 
> the text for three years now and like it. (In the name of full 
> disclosure, I am in discussions with the authors about helping them 
> with a new revision of the book.)
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> I agree with Chris that you need to keep it simple for the students. 
> I’d suggest one class for building the hardware, another for building 
> the software and a third class for making it all run in real-time.
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> --Mark
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> --Mark A. Yoder ka9elg
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