Features

Based on a the BBRF103 design by Oscar Steila, IK1XPV - silent key January 3, 2024. This is a 16-bit, direct sampling receiver with excellent dynamic range. This design will surely be adopted for many future low-cost, high-performance consumer SDRs.

USB

This SDR uses a lot of current, if your USB controller cannot supply this then you will experience stutter and possibly crashes. You must use a good USB controller! USB advice is here.

Hardware

A full description is here.

Software

Requires SDR Console v3.0.25 or later. The interface software is based on Oscar's original code design and completely rewritten, the code on Github is not used.

Driver

The RX-666/888 uses the Cypress FX3, a driver is required from Cypress.com.

CPU Load

When using a bandwidth of 8 MHz or higher you will probably see the CPU load increase unless you are using a graphics card (GPU) for the FFT processing. More information is here.

API

Cypress API downloaded from this URL.

Reviews

Here are links to a couple of reviews. If links are broken then it's aliens to blame.

History

(From Oscar, IK1XPV)

BreadBoard RF103    20 June, 2017

Some variations of ExtIO_sddc.dll architecture    31 August, 2017 

Troubleshooting BBR103    22 September, 2017

BBRF103 and ExtIO.dll ver. 0.96 get 32 MHz span    1 March, 2018

R820T2 update - BBRF103_2 PCB   10 April, 2018

BBRF103 - Band L reception   26 May, 2018

Just another BBRF103 version   14 August, 2018

BBRF103-2 RC3 is here!   1 September, 2018 

BBRF103 Construction notes   4 May, 2019

BBRF103 Some measurements   20 May, 2019

Receivers similar to BBRF103 ?   08 June, 2020

Driver

When you connect the RX-666/888 to your computer it will either show up as a WestBridge or Cypress FX3 device.

If Cypress FX3 then drivers are already installed. If WestBrige then you must install the Cypress FX3 driver:

  1. Right-click on WestBridge
  2. Select Update driver
  3. Select Browse my computer for driver software
  4. Select the folder with the drivers which correspond to your operating system, Windows 10 drivers 1.2.3.20 are available on the Cypress website and below.
Windows 10 Drivers