Field Expedient SDR: Introduction to Software Defined Radio (black and white version)

Field Expedient SDR: Introduction to Software Defined Radio (black and white version)

<p>Note: There are two versions of this book, one with full-color illustrations, the other with interior images in black and white. This is the black and white edition. This is also the second edition.</p><p>Software Defined Radios are revolutionizing wireless communications, but getting started can be a challenge. Much of the available SDR training veers either towards highly mathematical engineering classes or radio cookbooks with little explanation for the steps taken. </p> <p>Introduction to Software Defined Radio steers between these two extremes by leveraging knowledge you already have but didn't know was applicable to radio technology. Through a series of hands-on exercises, you'll learn: </p> <ul> <li>to use gnuradio, the leading SDR software tool </li> <li>how analog signals are sampled </li> <li>when and how to use decimation and interpolation </li> <li>how filtering, tuning, and demodulating work </li> <li>how all the pieces of an SDR-based radio fit together </li> </ul> <p>This first volume of our Field Expedient SDR series will take you from being a complete novice to a capable user. There will still be much to learn, but you'll be in a solid position to learn it.</p>