{"id":49292,"date":"2021-06-17T07:32:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T11:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49292"},"modified":"2021-06-17T07:34:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T11:34:18","slug":"analog-devices-mxfe-rf-data-converter-transceivers-could-be-an-sdr-game-changer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/analog-devices-mxfe-rf-data-converter-transceivers-could-be-an-sdr-game-changer\/","title":{"rendered":"Analog Devices MxFE RF Data Converter Transceivers could be an SDR game changer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/adquadmxfe1ebz-with-lights.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49293\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/adquadmxfe1ebz-with-lights.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/adquadmxfe1ebz-with-lights.jpg 750w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/adquadmxfe1ebz-with-lights-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/adquadmxfe1ebz-with-lights-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Evans, who shares <a href=\"https:\/\/www.analog.com\/en\/education\/education-library\/videos\/6257396762001.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info about the new Analog Devices MxFE<\/a> and notes that it could be a game changer in the world of software defined radio:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/706011717001\/HJgoScClQ_default\/index.html?videoId=6257396762001\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This does sound like a very robust and powerful platform although I&#8217;m not an engineer so can&#8217;t speak to how it might be integrated in affordable SDR receivers and transceivers..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.analog.com\/en\/design-center\/evaluation-hardware-and-software\/evaluation-boards-kits\/Quad-MxFE.html#eb-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s another information page<\/a> with specifications about the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Please comment if you&#8217;re familiar with this platform!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Evans, who shares info about the new Analog Devices MxFE and notes that it could be a game changer in the world of software defined radio: This does sound like a very robust and powerful platform although I&#8217;m not an engineer so can&#8217;t speak to how it might [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,158],"tags":[9321,7864,157,4087],"class_list":["post-49292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-software-defined-radio","tag-analog-devices-mxfe","tag-paul-evans-w4-vp9kf","tag-sdr","tag-software-defined-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cP2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28707,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/sdr-spectrum-to-radio-can-someone-please-make-this-device\/","url_meta":{"origin":49292,"position":0},"title":"SDR Spectrum to Radio: Can someone please make this device?","author":"Thomas","date":"October 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As I've mentioned in the past, I actively record and index radio spectrum recordings via my various software defined receivers. 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