How It's Made - Software Defined Radio

How It's Made - Software Defined Radio - SDRPlay

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In this video we talk to the SDRPlay team about how new products grow from ideas to reality. We also pay a visit to the SDRPlay design lab and electronics factory where the SDRPlay PCB boards are populated and assembled into final products.
Special thanks to the SDRPlay team and all those at Walkbury Electronics.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:32 Interview With Jon Hudson (SDRPlay Sales Team)
00:13:30 Interview With Andy Carpenter (SDRPlay Software Developer)
00:38:15 Overview of equipment used in the Design Lab
00:40:18 How the PCBs are made and tested
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@BeingRomans829ed 2 жыл бұрын

My RSP1A is the best radio deal I've ever gotten, and I own a lot of radios. So nice to have a company that produces an outstanding product at a very nice price. Two words to describe the SDRPlay folks: Excellence with Integrity.

@DrFod 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see SDRplay make a transceiver.

@Blueyzachary 3 жыл бұрын

Same!! -N0ZAC

@fredflintstone8048 3 жыл бұрын

I own a RSPdx, and really like it.. I use it with SDRuno and SDR console. SDR console is great for tracking and listening to satellites with the SDR. SDR-spectrum analyzer was finally recently released with support for the RSPdx, and I use it as a spectrum analyzer as well.

@mscir 3 жыл бұрын

Whey you say, "listening to satellites," what kind of content or data can you get?

@JV16Bar 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, thank you! I missed your videos in the past weeks, glad you're back.

@digitalmediafan 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating and informative. A real success story for the UK

@RadioHamGuy 3 жыл бұрын

That was a great video, thank you! I have the SDR RSPdx and the Uno software and love it, works great for me and easy to use once I got used to it. I have a strong nearby AM broadcast station and this is the only SDR I have been able to use without problems from the station.

@olivierconet7995 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Matt ! Super interesting to know the people who make good products, how and why.

@smbrown 3 жыл бұрын

One of those times the voice is nothing like imagined the person looked like

@BasHeijermans 3 жыл бұрын

Great receivers, I use them for my Heppen online-websdr. Thanks Jon and Andy! Great product. Love it.

@Maik_Budweg 3 жыл бұрын

I use RTLSticks and SDRSharp since 2013. Its a great experience. Best antennas are by self made. Thanks for explaining!

@thegreenpickel 3 жыл бұрын

After watching this video I subscribed as the quality of information is dense and compact. I enjoyed it.

@d.shortwave4280 3 жыл бұрын

oh wow this is great to watch.. more of the lab also...

@TechMindsOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😉

@iceman7669ify 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you makes you appreciate the item more

@pat1315 2 жыл бұрын

Very good job ! Great video. Thanks.

@mscir 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Excellent quality control. I buy broken bluetooth headphones on ebay and repair and sell the ones I don't want. I've found bad solder joints on speakers and on surrace mount components that were placed incorrectly. So my compliments on your QC.

@markg6jvy135 3 жыл бұрын

Thought you’d had an upgrade in test equipment at Tech Minds Towers when it started Matt 👌 😆 Great behind the scenes video and look ahead to the future- nice one sir 👍👏👏

@AA-nm8fi 3 жыл бұрын

love the RSPduo, own one and just ordered another 2 ..i wish SDRuno had a more sophisticated audio recorder (VOX reccording, auto daily record with time and date filing)

@jekkodejekkis7372 3 жыл бұрын

This video is FANTASTIC!

@andychow5509 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. My SDRPlay (RSP1A) is perhaps my best little SDR device for reception. The software on Windows works great, but on linux some of the filters don't seem available. I've received more with it than my sdr-rlt dongle or the nooelec ones. I was pretty amazed that it was made in the UK, and available so cheap when imported into the US zone (importing UK products is hit or miss with brokers fees).

@ronjones7533 3 жыл бұрын

Exellent to watch keep up the great work.

@eddraper 3 жыл бұрын

Extremely well done!

@rubennb4r256 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this most interesting video!

@TechMindsOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, thanks for watching 🙏

@Bumpyuphere 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative, Matt - thank you - at 41:27 - RSP3? I know Andy wouldn't give dates but SDRUno 1.42 with the new remote client is the one I'm waiting for. Cheers.

@jeffm2787 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoying my HackRF One. I use a couple Softrock's for HF.

@Steve-GM0HUU 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thank you. 👍

@johng7rwf419 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thank you...

@TechMindsOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😉

@steveweston4444 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks matt, great video. I have a rspdx but I'm also considering a 1a, I just do L band, and want to monitor 54w and 98w at the same time on the same PC, I also run 5 VB cables, So is it possible to run the 2 sdrs on 1 PC, or do I need a different approach

@zs1cdg-electronicsandamate128 3 жыл бұрын

Great recievers and had a demo at our local club but surely must start looking at TX option too? Even if just qrpp. I bought a pluto over this despite poor freq stability.. Before that I had the LimeSDR mini but could never seem to get it to work. 73 DE ZS1CDG

@alphaadhito 3 жыл бұрын

Today, on How Its Made.. Great video btw, really interesting!

@TechMindsOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

🙏

@DAVIDGREGORYKERR 3 жыл бұрын

What about having QPSK16/QPSK32/QPSK 64 and QAM as extra modes

@superfunsurf 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the video. any linux or osx software other than cubicSDR?

@prorover591 3 жыл бұрын

This is very informative 👏

@user-od7xu4ie1g 8 ай бұрын

If i had a 100 million i would open a factory and make a big SDR that would fit in a 13" laptop bag, full radio spectrum that uses a metallic case as the antenna, accessible web interface with builtin additions like RFID, NFC and smart card read write with support for community based plugins an internal battery, a drive bay for a removable SSD that stores logged ADS-b, WiFi probes and voice comms etc.

@rhawk8637 3 жыл бұрын

I just wish they were sold on Amazon. Great Video

@SDRplayRSP 3 жыл бұрын

Some authorised resellers do sell on Amazon but beware fake clones where they cut and paste pictures and text - the fakes are also advertised on Aliexpress and Banggood. Here's a list of authorised resellers www.sdrplay.com/distributors/

@rhawk8637 3 жыл бұрын

@@SDRplayRSP I should of said Amazon US, but thanks for the info about the fakes.

@rhawk8637 3 жыл бұрын

@Siebenstern I only order off Amazon to limit my credit card on-line exposure.

@A54729 3 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@cthoadmin7458 3 жыл бұрын

Are sdrplay considering a direct sampling receiver?

@buffalodiesel1809 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive.... plug and play.....I was surprised with the results...

@johnclarke2997 3 жыл бұрын

Whats the CAD software (39:48) being used by SDR ?

@powernumpty 3 жыл бұрын

From the title bar and image search I'd say Autodesk Eagle?

@thewind-ne8rh 3 жыл бұрын

I have the dx and I love it . while setting it up the first i thought i crashed it rule of thumb uninstall reinstall and fixed .what a black box.

@SergioMontini 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! 73s - PU2TNC

@mariom.9472 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, do you have experience with using a SDR receiver on a Wi-fi network at home? 73

@TheMightyKinkle 3 жыл бұрын

41:26 They are making the RSP3, interesting

@htony5374 3 жыл бұрын

HI! I just saw "RSP3" on the monitor screen at 41:26 to 41:28, and "RSP3 DUO" at 41:58 ! Does it real?

@htony5374 3 жыл бұрын

and 42:38, at the top of screen, it shows "SDRPLAY RSP3".

@SDRplayRSP 3 жыл бұрын

At one time we planned to call the RSPduo the RSP3 - it was our internal name during manufacturing setup

@htony5374 3 жыл бұрын

@@SDRplayRSP ohh, thank you for the reply, OK, now I order a RSPduo from Ham Radio Outlet.

@dmsadigitalmediaservicesar2586 12 күн бұрын

Wow a face to go along with the voice of TECHMINDS, as usual not at all who i envisioned. LOL Cool.

@TechMindsOfficial 11 күн бұрын

Scary isnt it! lol...

@BillyLapTop 3 жыл бұрын

It is always nice to see how the sausage is made.

@jean-francoistrudel6969 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Gilles, I think would be interesting to have information about how astronaut/spaceship/Mars rover/NASA use radio to communicate between each other. How can we communicate from Mars to earth ? H.F / V.H.F/ U.H.F ? Type of radios ? distance ? frequencies ? Thanks, ve2 wmj

@AdamAvacado 3 жыл бұрын

Love the content! Keep it up. (: - VE3AZH

@TechMindsOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@cedricvillani8502 3 жыл бұрын

A SDRPLAY COMMERCIAL

@SPotter1973 3 жыл бұрын

You should do a how's it made about fake news.

@frequencywatchers Жыл бұрын

Love To Have The Peek Into HOW They Are Made, I Would L O V E To See The RTL.SDR factory ! THAT Thing Is Really NEAR AND DEAR To me Now And I Only Own One Of Them :)

@TechMindsOfficial Жыл бұрын

That would be cool!

@geheniau 3 жыл бұрын

and now get it running EASY ( not like UK where they drive on the left, got inches and dont use the Euro)..What I mean...Make it EASY work on GNU Radio, SDR#,etc etc, NOT your own concepts. BUT I have to admit it beautiful stuff, I bought it, but it doesnt work on my equipment. Why...Why do you think most people use RTL-SDR?

@TechMindsOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

The SDRplay devices used to work on SDR# but I believe air spy removed its support. You may be able to find an older version of SDR# but I highly recommend to use SDRuno, it’s fantastic software and soon to be cross platform 👍

@stewartrv 3 жыл бұрын

I hope somebody at SDRPlay is going to read this. IMHO the priorities are wrong for the software developement, getting a cross platform version is MUCH more important than adding miscellaneous features to existing software. If you are able to market to Mac users for example you open up a whole new market. I know there is CubicSDR and others, but it simply isn't the same otherwise they would also be used on windows as a preferred SW, which they aren't... People won't by a new RSPdx becuase of a plug-in or a new scheduler (which is under the surface anyway), but they will go buy an alternative if it works on Mac or has software that really takes advantage of the hardware. My biggest disappointment was that the SDRUno software won't even run on a Mac properly in VirtualBox! So pleeeeeease if we are going to have to wait months for a MacOS release at least make it work in a virtual machine.

@TechMindsOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

I’m too looking forward for cross platform support. As Andy said in the video, it is coming, but he’s the only developer so resources are used wisely. As soon as it drops on Mac/Linux I’ll be straight on it. Thanks for watching and I will pass your message onto the SDRPlay team. 🙏

@derekdowns6275 3 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting YEARS for "it's coming". Don't hold your breath. Linux is in the same boat.

@derekdowns6275 3 жыл бұрын

Years later, I'm still very disappointed that they still ignore the linux community. Can't they at least make an appimage of the SDRuno software? I regret buying this product and wish I would have purchased an Airspy or something else.

@TechMindsOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

As mentioned in the video there will be cross platform coming soon. Fingers crossed :)