Teaching with Software Defined Radios

Authors

Thad Welch, Boise State UniversityFollow
Cameron Wright, University of WyomingFollow
Michael Morrow, University of Wisconsin
Travis Kent, Boise State University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

6-14-2009

Abstract

This paper discusses the utilization of a relatively inexpensive wideband radio receiver in combination with a digital down converter (DDC) based data recorder to capture and record real world radio signals. The resulting in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) data files are then imported into MATLAB for processing. This batch processing of real world radio signals allows for a tremendous amount of classroom flexibility in the discussion of software defined radio topics.

Publication Information

Welch, Thad; Wright, Cameron; Morrow, Michael; and Kent, Travis. (2009). "Teaching with Software Defined Radios". ASEE, Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, June 14-17, 2009, Austin, TX, .