SDR COMMUNICATION KIT (SCK)

SDR communication kit (SCK) is a USB based plug and play device, designed for organizations and communication labs involved in the study, research and development of communication systems especially software defined radios. It can be used to readily build real-time communication systems by directly applying the concepts learnt from theory with a minimum of implementation effort in the hardware. One of its main advantages is that it provides direct interface, through USB port, with powerful simulation and analysis tools like Matlab/Simulink, Lab-View, GNU Radio etc. Computational and visualization capabilities offered by these tools can be used to design and analyze communication systems directly from simulations. This blending of theory and practice makes SCK an ideal candidate for analog/digital communication labs because this aspect is generally missing from most of the communication courses. Theoretical performance of various techniques can now be quickly compared with their performance in a real-world environment. Furthermore it provides a unique opportunity to the researchers working on receiver design to verify their algorithms in various practical scenarios.