HackRF vs. bladeRF vs. USRP: Comparison of Software Defined Radios

[tckillian]

I decided to write a review on the three new Software Defined Radios coming out this year, the HackRF, bladeRF and the USRP B210/B200. I'm an Electrical Engineering student without a lot of money to spend on toys, so I decided to write a comparison of the radios so that I could sort my thoughts.

I don't know if many people have heard about the B210 because it was just released today (although it was at DefCon), but Ettus actually sent me one to review. I took some high def pictures and put them on the blog, so you can see all of the components on the B210 while we wait for Ettus to post schematics.

http://www.taylorkillian.com/2013/08/sdr-showdown-hackrf-vs-bladerf-vs-usrp.html

Hope you guys find this useful, I put a ton of time into this. Let me know if you have any questions about the devices of if you have any tests you would like to see me run on the B210

[Psi]

Nice,

I wonder what sort of output power the USRP can do at 6Ghz.
The spec sheet just says >10dBm and doesn't go into frequencies.

The hackRF drops to around -15 dBm at 6ghz

[SDRGuy]

Hello All,



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Sincerely,



Martin