[Hackrf-dev] good/preferred platform?

[Michael Ossmann]

A BeagleBone Black should be considerably better for SDR than a
Raspberry Pi, primarily due to CPU features.  There are some NEON
optimizations in GNU Radio, but I'm not sure how mature they are.

For general purpose GNU Radio experimentation it is best to have a fast
x86-64 processor.  GNU Radio makes heavy use of floating point
operations at very high speeds.  I've been very happy with the
performance of the Lenovo Carbon X1.

A performance tip: Be sure to run volk_profile to optimize GNU Radio for
your platform.


On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 03:57:20PM -0700, dan farmer wrote:
>
> Hi folks -
> 
> I’d love to lug around my hackrf; from what I can gather the super cheap-n-small computers such as the raspberry pi and slightly faster beaglebone blacks might not have the oomph necessary to really handle the output.
> 
> I’ve seen pix of the portapack but isn’t quite what I’m looking for… ideally something pretty basic with some sort of unix/linux-like environ (although if I had a surface 3 I might bend my rules :)), keyboard input at least possible (or in the case of a tablet, perhaps an on-screen one.)
> 
> Anyone have a small form factor platform that they’re happy with in conjunction with the HRF?  Tablets, laptops, …., etc.?  Perhaps just strap it to the back of a macbook pro?
> 
> Tnx for any anecdotes, tales, insights, pointers, etc.
> 
> dan
> 
> ¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º>
> 
> 

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