homebrew hardware and WiFi

[matthieu castet]

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang.rupprecht+gnus200702 at ...> writes:

> 
> 
> One other hope I have is that the RF chip designers will start making
> more flexible radios.  Does a GSM/wifi/bluetooth/GPS phone really need
> 4 different RF chips and associated antennas and cabling?  Using
> software-radio techniques it might be possible to combine some of the
> hardware.
Broadcom is doing a bluetooth/wifi/fm single chip :
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-Software-Solutions/BCM4325

So it is possible and chip designers  is starting to do it.


Matthieu