From 053c6e4c3d474d3929dd5418eef78ed0d60c15ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erwin Ried <1091420+eried@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 18:42:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Created Features (markdown) --- Features.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Features.md diff --git a/Features.md b/Features.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7dab4e --- /dev/null +++ b/Features.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Your HackRF (the board under the PortaPack) has the ability to send or receive radio waves in a broad frequency range. Some of its specs are: + +* Transceiver: Half-duplex +* Operating frequency: 1 MHz to 6 GHz +* Supported sample rates: 2 to 20 Msps (quadrature) +* Resolution: 8 bits +* Max TX power: + * 10 to 2150 MHz: 5 to 15 dBm, increasing as frequency decreases + * 2150 to 2750 MHz: 13 to 15 dBm + * 2750 to 4000 MHz: 0 to 5 dBm, increasing as frequency decreases + * 4000 to 6000 MHz: -10 to 0 dBm, increasing as frequency decreases +* Max RX power: -5 dBm. Exceeding -5 dBm can result in permanent damage! Can safely accept up to 10 dBm with the front-end RX amplifier disabled +* CLKOUT/CLKIN: 10 MHz square wave (0V to 3V for a high impedance load) + +From that list that might be confusing for the first user, we could extract few interesting points: + +* Half-duplex: Means that it can send OR receive, but not send AND receive in a particular instant. +* Operating frequency: goes from 1 MHz to 6 GHz, that means that the device is able to send and receive signals from almost all the common sources you can imagine. You can see the range with more details [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_allocation).