Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] MAX2827

[Brian Whitaker]

The MAX2827 IC itself is actually pretty cheap. I know that, alone, doesn't
mean much for Krys, Saber, Matt, who will only ever buy a few parts. It's
the EVKit that is the barrier to entry. As far as control goes, you'd get a
piece of s/w that bit-bangs SPI on the parallel port and sets all the
registers and such with a Windows GUI.

Maxim's competitors for these receivers are guys like Broadcom (they have
their own BB, but might sell just the receiver), Atheros (a-only, I think,
and also have their own BB), TI just bought 'Radia' and so now have their
own front-end. Other players are Agere, Conexant, Infineon, Intersil,
Marvell, RFMD, and SiGe. Some of these guys might offer a demo board to you
for free.

Are there any radio guys/gals from any of these companies here on the
GnuRadio list?

Brian.

On 4/14/04 5:16 PM, "Saber B" <address@hidden> wrote:

> I am thinking of using the MAX2827 from the maxim-ic folks for my
> software wireless lan design. The plan is to interface the I & Q lines
> to the AD6645 and bit-bang on a computer port. Has anyone used their
> MAX2827 evaluation kit before? I need to know if this is a good
> investment before sinking $400.
> Does anyone know of any other cheaper 802.11b/a front end alternatives
> that I can use? Right now the MAX2827 evaluation kit looks like the best
> solution because it saves me considerable time spent on hardware design.
> I am open to suggestions.
> 
> Saber B. 
> 
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