[hpsdr] OT: Picozed SDR, any experience?

[erwin eigensperger]

red  pitaya      works  very well with  hp sdr cost   249,00 euro

erwin  dl1dx

2016-02-09 2:07 GMT+01:00 Shirley Márquez Dúlcey <mark at buttery.org>:

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> 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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