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IEEE Mini-Workshop on Software Defined Radio Using the RTL-SDR

March 31, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The software defined radio (SDR) is the modern evolution of the hardware approach to radio communications that had dominated recent technology. Discrete components formerly implemented tuned circuits, amplifiers, oscillators, mixers and detectors to provide analog modulation and demodulation. Even though vacuum tube electronics gave way to transistors and integrated circuits, the components of the radio remained discrete. However, the advent of digital modulation and application specific integrated circuits has resulted in an SDR in which all but the front end of the receiver and the back end of the transmitter could be accomplished with digital signal processing software. This Mini-Workshop presents the progression of the configuration and the availability of inexpensive SDRs that, while only capable of reception, can still provide an experience in wireless technology. Co-sponsored by: Dr. Dennis Silage Room: ENGR 312, Bldg: Engineering Building, 1947 N 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19122