April
2006, Issue 189
Low-Cost
2.4-GHz Spectrum Analyzer
SOURCES
AND PDF
Download
the PDF of this article.
Author’s
note: You may order a bare circuit board for this
project or a completed and tested spectrum analyzer
atwww.dunehaven.com/LCSA.html.
Scott
Armitage (scotta@dunehaven.com)
owns Dunehaven Systems, which is based in the Minneapolis
area. He provides hardware and software consulting
services to many companies, primarily in the areas
of medical product design and embedded systems. To
e-mail Scott, type “Circuit Cellar” in the subject
line to get past the spam filter.
PROJECT
FILES
To
download the code and additional files, go to ftp://ftp.circuitcellar
com/pub/Circuit_Cellar/2006/189.
SOURCES
ATmega48
Microcontroller
Atmel Corp.
www.atmel.com
CC2500
Multichannel RF transceiver
Chipcon
www.chipcon.com
ANT-2.4-CW-RCT-RP
Antenna
Linx Technologies, Inc.
www.linxtechnologies.com
CP2102
USB-to-UART Bridge
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
www.silabs.com