Using other receiver front ends with a tayloe mixer

dawsonjon / PicoRX

Build a SDR SW/MW/LW Receiver with a Raspberry Pi Pico

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Using other receiver front ends with a tayloe mixer #76

Open RecepAGulec opened 2 weeks ago

RecepAGulec commented 2 weeks ago

Can I and Q outputs of any receiver frontend using a Tayloe mixer be applied to the RSP pico for which you have prepared the software? For example, If the LO_I and LO_Q signals are applied directly to the FST3253, can the I and Q signals produced by the receiver module produced by QRP-Labs be applied to the PICO? (Removing the 74ACT74 integrated circuit) ( https://www.qrp-labs.com/receiver.html )

dawsonjon commented 2 weeks ago

Yes, that's exactly how I built the first prototype! You can just about see it in this video. You just need to bias the I and Q signals so that they sit in the centre of the ADC supply rail (about 1.5v).