7.supported-hardware.md

Supported Hardware

Hardware SDR Sources and Sinks

Hardware SDRs source and sink digital I/Q samples through USB, PCI, or other high speed interfaces.

Sources

• SoapySDR with SoapySDRSource via libSoapySDR
• RTL-SDR with RtlSdrSource via librtlsdr
• Airspy R2 and Mini with AirspySource via libairspy
• HackRF One with HackRFSource via libhackrf
• SDRplay RSP with SDRplaySource via libmirsdrapi-rsp
• USRP with UHDSource via libuhd

Sinks

• SoapySDR with SoapySDRSink via libSoapySDR
• HackRF One with HackRFSink via libhackrf
• USRP with UHDSink via libuhd

Sound card SDR Sources and Sinks

Sound card SDRs, like the SoftRock, source and sink analog I/Q signals through sound card stereo channels. Transceiver "digimode" interfaces, like the SignaLink, source and sink demodulated audio signals through sound card mono channels.

Sources

• PulseAudioSource via libpulse

Sinks

• PulseAudioSink via libpulse
• PortAudioSink via libportaudio

File Sources and Sinks

File sources and sinks source and sink samples with ordinary files. They can indirectly support SDR hardware by reading/writing a named pipe shared with an external utility that interfaces with the SDR hardware.

Sources

• IQFileSource for binary I/Q files
• RealFileSource for binary real-valued files
• WAVFileSource for WAV files

Sinks

• IQFileSink for binary I/Q files
• RealFileSink for binary real-valued files
• WAVFileSink for WAV files