seemoo-lab/mobisys2018_nexmon_software_defined_radio

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Proof of concept project for operating Broadcom Wi-Fi chips as arbitrary signal transmitters similar to software-defined radios (SDRs)

7 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 2 stories, 5 comments · first 2018-03-15 · latest 2022-01-15

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It has been done because wifi/bluetooth chipsets are mostly software defined radios but the software is in proprietary pretty well locked down firmware environments. The hardware of the radios will also usually be specified for very…
comment by colechristensen · 2022-01-15 · in GNU Radio
Due to it being a radio licenced by rule, the firmware in wifi devices is locked down tight. If it ware wide open FCC would revoke it's type acceptance. The only project that so far has managed to even partially use wifi hardware as a more…
comment by RF_Savage · 2022-01-15 · in GNU Radio
It might be easier to just link to the guy's github repository ( https://github.com/seemoo-lab/mobisys2018_nexmon_software_de... ) than the two click throughs to find it.
comment by danmg · 2018-06-02 · in The Raspberry Pi 3B+ as an SDR, Without the SDR
I also remember an article about a very low power camera performing read operations in an analog way with no onboard power. I think. I can't find the article though. Also there was https://github.com/seemoo-lab/mobisys2018_nexmon_software_d…
comment by John_KZ · 2018-05-12 · in Passive Wi-Fi: Bringing Low Power to Wi-Fi Transmissions
The license is MIT but not MIT. It’s the MIT license with two additional conditions imposed; - The one you mentioned about citation. - “The Software is not used by, in cooperation with, or on behalf of any armed forces, intelligence…
comment by bringtheaction · 2018-03-15 · in Operating Broadcom Wi-Fi Chips as Arbitrary Signal Transmitters, Like SDRs