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First Fully Digital Radio Transmitter Built Purely From Microprocessor Tech

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-way-to-listen dept.

Zothecula writes For the first time in history, a prototype radio has been created that is claimed to be completely digital, generating high-frequency radio waves purely through the use of integrated circuits and a set of patented algorithms without using conventional analog radio circuits in any way whatsoever. This breakthrough technology promises to vastly improve the wireless communications capabilities of everything from 5G mobile technology to the multitude devices aimed at supporting the Internet of Things (IoT).

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  1. B.S. Alert by Lije+Baley · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No actual info in article, just hype and buzzwords.

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    1. Re:B.S. Alert by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The article says: "The Pizzicato digital radio transmitter consists of an integrated circuit outputting a single stream of bits, and an antenna ".

      That doesn't sound like 'Purely from Microprocessor Tech' to me. It sounds like a strap-on peripheral chip, which is not at all 'Purely microprocessor.'

      At a guess: the engineer came up with some cool ideas that simplified things/made them smaller/gave some technical advantage, then marketting completely misrepresented their work via this festering pile of half-understood buzzwords and hype.

      Outputting a stream of bits into an antenna? With no convential radio circuits (like filters, DA converters, PWM, amps etc)? No. Just no.

  2. BS - You can't patent algorithms by Virtucon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Must be a slow news day. You can't patent algorithms

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  3. Oh Come On, it's a Press Release by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 4, Insightful

    OK, no real technical data and some absurd claims here.

    First all-digital transceiver? No. There have been others. Especially if you allow them to have a DAC and an ADC and no other components in the analog domain, but even without that, there are lots of IoT-class radios with direct-to-digital detectors and digital outputs directly to the antenna. You might have one in your car remote (mine is two-way).

    And they have to use patented algorithms? Everybody else can get along with well-known technology old enough that any applicable patents are long expired.

    It would be nicer if there was some information about what they are actually doing. If they really have patented it, there's no reason to hold back.

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