SDR-Overview (HackRF, rad1o, PlutoSDR, rtl-sdr, LimeSDR, AirSpy)

[manawyrm]

Hi,

I've gone ahead and tested a couple of SDRs on the Pinebook Pro running Manjaro. 


So far the AirSpy and HackRF are my clear favorites.
Here's my notes on what worked, what didn't and how to get it running: 

HackRF / rad1o: 
Very painless experience. 
Just install (and run) gqrx via

Code:

sudo pacman -S gqrx

It'll depend on the HackRF driver.
To get it working without root-permissions create /etc/udev/rules.d/53-hackrf.rules.

Code:

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/53-hackrf.rules

Code:

ATTR{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTR{idProduct}=="604b", SYMLINK+="hackrf-jawbreaker-%k", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTR{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTR{idProduct}=="6089", SYMLINK+="hackrf-one-%k", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTR{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTR{idProduct}=="cc15", SYMLINK+="rad1o-%k", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTR{idVendor}=="1fc9", ATTR{idProduct}=="000c", SYMLINK+="nxp-dfu-%k", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"

(save with Ctrl+O, Enter, Ctrl+X), then reboot.




PlutoSDR:
Doesn't work! libiio segfaults at the moment (using software from 31.05.2020).
If you want to try yourself:

Code:

pacman -S soapyplutosdr

RTL-SDR:
Works very well.
Just install (and run) gqrx via

Code:

sudo pacman -S gqrx

AirSpy (non-HF+):
Works very well.
Just install (and run) gqrx via

Code:

sudo pacman -S gqrx

LimeSDR:
Didn't work with GQRX, worked with SDRAngel.

Code:

sudo pacman -S sdrangel-sse4.1 limesuite

Have fun,
Tobias

[p3pp3r]

Nice work!  Using my RTL-SDR is the next project on my list for the PBPro.  Thanks for writing this up!