Datasheet

This is the HackRF One, a Software Defined Radio (SDR) peripheral capable of
transmission or reception of radio signals from 1MHz to 6GHz. Designed to enable test
and development of modern and next generation radio technologies, HackRF One is an
open source hardware platform that can be used as a USB peripheral or programmed for
stand-alone operation.
Software Defined Radio is essentially a radio communication device that implements the
use of software instead of the typically implemented hardware (these would include
mixers, amps, and modulators for example). SDR is the application of Digital Signal
Processing to radio waveforms. It is similar to the software-based digital audio
techniques that became popular a couple of decades ago. Just as a sound card in a
computer digitizes audio waveforms, a software radio peripheral digitizes radio
waveforms. It's like a very fast sound card with the speaker and microphone replaced by
an antenna. The HackRF One acts in just this way, an all-in-one SDR in a small
enclosure a little bigger than a cell phone.