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I recently got a SDR (software defined radio) USB dongle, and playing with the data you can pull off the radio spectrum feels like my youth with my Color Comput
by waterlesscloud 11y ago
I recently got a SDR (software defined radio) USB dongle, and playing with the data you can pull off the radio spectrum feels like my youth with my Color Computer and assembly language somehow. There's plenty of hobbyist code out there to use as a start, and the more you play with it, the more ideas you get for fun projects.
As far as language, Python is my current favorite. It just has the lowest friction by far.
- jodrellblank 11y agoSounds fun; what kind of data are you pulling?
- edejong 11y agoWell, I'm doing something similar right now and can really second the parent's experience. I'm getting data from some of our wireless systems in the house, such as our mechanical ventilation unit and our Max EQ-3 heating system. I've been a high-level engineer for a long time and always worked in a certain top-down approach. It's nice to see the basic stuff again, such as FSK (frequency shift keying), different CRC codes and doing some low-level C++ coding.