Thanks Brent,

The Raspberry Pi is popular and it might be less rf noisy than a full
size punchbox!

It certainly doesn't have as much electronics in it and it has far less
IO for sure.

Switching to the Pi might negate a significant amount of noise generated
in the computer and radiated by its I/O cables. I don't have a Pi, but
there is one in my future::> They're still getting cheaper::>

I'm not sure the Pi can do high speed USB 2.0 due to power limitations
and its ability to shed heat. The SDR will not work unless full speed
USB 2.0 is used, they wann you many times about this--and it's why I
bought a quality USB extender cable that fell well short of the rated
cable length of 16.5 feet for full speed USB 2.0.

Regards,

Art

On 07/09/2018 01:03 AM, Brent Brown wrote:
> Art,
>
> Your first post (which I've lost for the moment) had a link to the SDR de=
vice you=20
> have, and on that site was a picture of two devices plugged into a Raspbe=
rry Pi.
>
> If you have a Pi laying around... put it and the SDR on the end of an Eth=
ernet cable=20
> or access via WiFi. The latest model Pi's (model 3 rev B?) can also run f=
rom PoE,=20
> but require an adapter PCB plugged in on top to do so. Don't know what th=
e=20
> performance/noise would be like compared to running USB from your PC, jus=
t might=20
> be an option to get the distance required.
>
>



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