[hpsdr] OT: Picozed SDR, any experience?

[Shirley Márquez Dúlcey]

Oops, sorry, have to correct that a bit. The Picozed SDR is a newer
board that incorporates a Z7035 and is smaller than the earlier SDR
board. I expect it to be more expensive because of the fancier ZYNQ;
it's listed as "no stock, ask for quote". A fun toy to be sure once
it's possible to actually get one, but out of the price league of many
of us.

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:03 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey <mark at buttery.org> wrote:
> I think the OP was asking about the Zedboard SDR board, which is
> indeed expensive. ($1295 through Avnet, which is where the Zedboard
> site sends you to buy it. And no stock; they quote an average 8 week
> lead time.) Besides the ZYNQ Z7020, it also includes an AD9361
> transceiver IC which is itself a rather expensive part (around $220 in
> quantity one), and the associated parts to make that transceiver
> useful. The description says that the board is "factory-tuned for
> optimal performance at 2400 – 2500 MHz, User-modifiable to other RF
> center-frequencies from 70 MHz to 6.0 GHz" so it's not ultra-broadband
> out of the box.
>
> Zedboard makes a variety of ZYNQ-based boards. If you step up to the
> ones with the big ZYNQ chips like the Z7100 they get expensive. Though
> if you REALLY want to see a cringeworthy price, the SDR board with a
> perpetual Mathworks license costs $38,795.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Terry Fox <tfox at knology.net> wrote:
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>> FWIW, The Zynq 7020 has a much larger number of logic cells, block RAM, and
>> DSP slices.  It would probably be worth the extra $40, assuming one can
>> rebuild everything for the larger device.
>>
>> 73, Terry, N4TLF
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Rehr
>> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 6:59 PM
>> To: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] OT: Picozed SDR, any experience?
>>
>>
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>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> Actually, there IS immediate availability, and units start at around
>> 249 USD [though 249 USD is Out of Stock; but 289 USD unit is not Out of
>> Stock]
>>
>> You clicked on the "wrong" link to see what was available.
>> Instead, try:
>> http://zedboard.org/buy
>>
>> Then click on the various options.
>>
>> As I noted, 289 USD unit has 330 in stock, can ship immediately.
>> 339 USD, 459 USD units also in stock with immediate availability.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Roger Rehr
>> W3SZ
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