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Question 8: Will the final version have a RF shield over the analogue section of the board ?Īnswer 8: To save cost it was dropped, but you can just buy the parts and install them yourself.Įxtra info 8: From the HackRF One Bill of Materials the following two "Do Not Place" parts would be the RF shield. I'm sure that this will be added in a later version of the usbutils package, once it is added to the list on
shows that 1d50:6089 is indeed a "HackRF One SDR".Įxtra info 7:At the moment all that lsusb under Linux knows is that the vendor code is owned by "OpenMoko, Inc.", it does not know that the device is a HackRF One (yet) in /var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids. If it shows up on a lsusb, then all should be fine (or a "lsusb -t" if you want to check that it is plugged into a 480Mbit/sec USB 2.0 HighSpeed port on your computer). This will probably be fixed in a later firmware revision. Question 7: Is this correct ? I run lsusb in verbose and it showsīus 001 Device 007: ID 1d50:6089 OpenMoko, Inc.Ĭouldn't open device, some information will be missingĪnswer 7: The warning about missing USB info is due to some info being missing on the HackRF.
You need to connect the Source to the next block in the flow or a Sink.
It shows an error message: "Source - out(0) Port isĪnswer 6:"Source - out(0) Port is not connected" doesn't mean it's not detected, it's a gnuradio error message which means that the blocks' output is connected nowhere in the flowgraph within GRC. Question 6:Using GNU Radio Companion 3.7.2.1, I can't get the osmocom source to Question 5: Why the rectangle outline of pads near antenna? looks like a shield is missing?Īnswer 5: There is an optional RF shield you can install if you want. the ANT500 were not ready in time for the prototype shipment, but they were ready in time for the default Kickstarters. Question 4: What about telescopic antenna? I guess that comes with the final unit?Īnswer 4: Yes.
Question 3:Is there any functional testing you can recommend performing ?Įxtra info 3: Software to do this, and more, can be downloaded for Windows from: and for Linux: from (gqrx requires GNU Radio) Question 2: Is the Preferred OS Linux, should I even try to use it on Windows?Īnswer 2: Linux is HackRF's happy place, but there are people who have made it work under Windows. My guess is it may work (but perhaps at a reduced maximum sample rate) if we fix some firmware USB bugs. We don't know yet whether or not there is any hope for VM on Windows OS. Solution 1: Booted from a GNURadio DVD, hackrf_info responds perfectlyĮxtra info 1:I'm not sure if anyone has been able to get HackRF working in any vmware/virtualbox on a windows host OS.
(VMWare 10 Host OS Windows 8.1 Enterprise Guest OS Ubuntu Linux 14, ). Problem 1: "hackrf_info" command is hanging but for now I'll just leave them mixed up higgledy-piggledy in the order that they were asked. I'll probably sort these random questions and answers into some sort of logical order when there is enough of them, Hardware, Software, GNU Radio, RF fundamentals. If you are currently scratching your head, because you have never heard of a HackRF before, then you should probably watch the Kickstarter video to find out more. I have removed all sources of questions and answers to protect peoples privacy (what little is left of it these days). And add a few extra notes of my own, if I am able. Some were asking for quick tests to check that they were good to go and others were having problems, I though that I would make a quick log of the problems, queries along with their corresponding solutions and. I saw on IRC (#hackrf freenode) today that some prototype KS backers had received their GreatScott Gadgets HackRF One.