From 88cf48260a1e67814d78686f46af620573f69ba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hayati ayguen Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 23:13:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add RTL2832U based SDR devices (#373) vendor ID 0x1209, product ID: 0x2832 --- 1209/2832/index.md | 13 +++++++++++++ org/librtlsdr/index.md | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 1209/2832/index.md create mode 100644 org/librtlsdr/index.md diff --git a/1209/2832/index.md b/1209/2832/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb8d6da --- /dev/null +++ b/1209/2832/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: pid +title: RTL2832U based SDR +owner: librtlsdr +license: GPL-2.0 +site: https://github.com/librtlsdr +source: https://github.com/librtlsdr/librtlsdr +--- +There are multiple vendors with different vendor/product IDs, see https://github.com/librtlsdr/librtlsdr/blob/master/rtl-sdr.rules +But, because the dongles main purpose is DVB-T, usually the dvb-modules (or original drivers) will lock these devices - unless uninstalling or blacklisting. +Registering a new vendor/product ID (not used from original drivers) will allow undisturbed use as SDR device. +The USB-dongles vendor and product IDs can be modified utilitzing 'rtl_eeprom'. +Main advantage is to allow usage of 2 devices - with and without modification - in parallel: one for watching DVB-T and the other as SDR. diff --git a/org/librtlsdr/index.md b/org/librtlsdr/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a519ab3 --- /dev/null +++ b/org/librtlsdr/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +--- +layout: org +title: librtlsdr +site: https://github.com/librtlsdr +--- +We are a few software developers doing hobbyist stuff around the RTL2832U based USB-dongles - used for SDR (software defined radio) purpose.