{"id":4995,"date":"2018-05-05T19:21:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T13:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuclearrambo.com\/wordpress\/?p=4995"},"modified":"2024-10-04T13:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T07:33:57","slug":"getting-limesdr-mini-to-work-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuclearrambo.com\/wordpress\/getting-limesdr-mini-to-work-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting LimeSDR Mini to work for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LimeSDR is a real temptation to buy if you are an RF or a signal processing guy. We all know FPGAs give you a huge set of building blocks of the digital world and you can create whatever you want out of it. LMS7002 chip is a Field programmable RF IC which forms the heart of the LimeSDR. The possibilities achievable with this little device are more than enough for a hobbyst like me. I need not mention the possible applications here, you can read them out on the official website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LimeSDR can cost you $299 whereas the LimeSDR Mini costs $139 (likely to rise). The Mini does not have MIMO capabilities and is a much smaller device. It also comes with a 30.72MHz of real time bandwidth as compared to 60MHz on the LimeSDR. Now, this is entirely due to the single RX channel and a smaller FPGA on the Mini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I purchased this device back in December 2017 and only received it in the month of April. The installation procedure for this is not as straight forward as the RTL-SDR. Support is slowly building up which will include commonly used SDR programs. For now, we have the HDSDR which can support LimeSDR but I haven’t been able to get it to work with the LimeSDR Mini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n