Tagged: usrp

Pranking Colleagues with the USRP B210 Software Defined Radio

The Ettus USRP B210 is an advanced $1,100 software defined radio that is capable of both transmit and receive. Balint, one of the researchers at Ettus, has posted a video showing how he was able to play a light hearted prank on some of his colleagues using the B210.

Earlier in the year we posted about how Oona Raisanen was able to use her RTL-SDR to receive and decode restaurant pagers (the wireless devices given out at some restaurants to notify you when your food is ready).

Balint used his USRP210 controlled by a mobile phone app to transmit a fake signal to his colleague’s pager, causing it to activate before his food was ready.

You Can Page Me Anytime - USRP B210 + GNU Radio (teaser)

Exploring the Wireless World with the USRP B200

Ettus Research, creators of the high end USRP software defined radios have posted a well produced video on YouTube showing off various applications that an SDR can perform. In the video they go through and explain FM Radio, APRS, AIS, Multi-Channel Decoding, Pagers, ADS-B/Mode S, ACARS, RADAR Analysis and 802.11a decoding.

For these apps they use a USRP B200, which costs $675 USD. Most of the applications shown should also be compatible with other SDRs, such as the cheaper HackRF and BladeRFs. Even the cheap RTL-SDR will at least work for FM Radio, APRS, AIS, Pagers, ADS-B and ACARS. Of course, the USRP is still probably the most top of the line SDR available.

USRP B200: Exploring the Wireless World

Update: The video creator, Balint has also uploaded a video on his personal YouTube channel which is a longer presentation of the topics that were briefly discussed in the USRP video.

Hacking the Wireless World (short version) @ iSec Open Forum

HackRF vs. BladeRF vs. USRP

To help you decide which of the recently released software defined radios is right for you, blogger Taylor Killian has written an article discussing and comparing the HackRF, BladeRF and new USRP models.

The HackRF, BladeRF and USRP are all high end SDRs which range in cost from $300 (HackRF) to $1100 USD (USRP B210). They differ from the RTL-SDR in that each is specifically designed for the purpose of software defined radio, and they all have large bandwidths and transmit capabilities.

HackRF Jawbreaker Board with EnclosureBladeRFUSRP