OLPC hardware: what if there was an SDR modem / chipset?

[david at lang.hm]

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:24 PM,  <david at lang.hm> wrote:
>
>> imagine (and would you really want a device that could be wifi, OR GPS
>> OR.... but not more than one at a time?)
>
> http://www.limemicro.com/products.php
>
> you can see, from the evaluation board, that there are _fourteen_
> separate R.F. coax connectors, and that the product description says
> "listen for GSM stuff as well as transmit".   also it's 375mhz to 4ghz
> not 600mhz to 6ghz as i vaguely remember saying earlier.  the other
> one is definitely 100mhz to 6ghz though.

interesting specs, I wish there was a datasheet and pricing available for 
download. I've registered with them so we'll see when they get back to me.

David Lang