I have been pondering a new SDR platform. I was thinking about a low cost Digital IF board that has a TI GC5016 Digital Down Converter on it followed by a Xilinx Spartan FPGA. The DDC costs about $40 bucks and the FPGA is about $70. <br>
<br>I know there is some hesitation about programming and using FPGA's. But, I have access to a C to FPGA tool that could make it much easier to program the FPGA. It might be possible to arrange for others to get access to the compiler as well.<br>
<br>There may not bee a need for a DSP or microcontroller. But if there is it certanly can be a very low cost one.<br><br>If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to chime in. <br>
<br>Michael N6TQZ<br>