Great Scott Gadgets HackRF One – Software Defined Radio

Great Scott Gadgets HackRF One – Software-Defined Radio (1 MHz–6 GHz, Half-Duplex Transceiver)

HackRF One from Great Scott Gadgets is a Software Defined Radio peripheral capable of transmission or reception of radio signals from 1 MHz to 6 GHz. Designed to enable test and development of modern and next generation radio technologies, HackRF One is an open-source hardware platform that can be used as a USB peripheral or programmed for stand-alone operation.

Features

• 1 MHz to 6 GHz operating frequency
• Half-duplex transceiver
• Up to 20 million samples per second
• 8-bit quadrature samples (8-bit I and 8-bit Q)
• Compatible with GNU Radio, SDR#, and more
• Software-configurable RX and TX gain and baseband filter
• Software-controlled antenna port power (50 mA at 3.3 V)
• SMA female antenna connector
• SMA female clock input and output for synchronization
• Convenient buttons for programming
• Internal pin headers for expansion
• Hi-Speed USB 2.0
• USB-powered
• Open source hardware

HackRF One has an injection-molded plastic enclosure and ships with a micro USB cable. An antenna is not included. ANT500 is recommended as a starter antenna for HackRF One.

HackRF One is test equipment for RF systems. It has not been tested for compliance with regulations governing the transmission of radio signals. You are responsible for using your HackRF One legally.

Resources

• Read the Docs
• HackRF repository docs folder
• Source code and hardware design:
  Latest release 
  HackRF-tagged blog posts.
• git repository

To learn more about how to use HackRF, please take a look at the Software Defined Radio video series by Michael Ossmann or attend one of the in-person training classes.

Getting help

For assistance with HackRF general use or development, please look at the issues on the GitHub project. This is the preferred place to ask questions so that others may locate the answer to your question in the future.