Radio Hacking 101: Raspberry Pi SDR with a CaribouLite

Published: 24 January 2025
on channel: Jeff Geerling
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SDR lets you peek into the invisible world of RF, or radiofrequency!

The Raspberry Pi is a great tool for SDR, and in this video I finally tested it with the CaribouLite I bought a couple years ago.

See my blog post for full setup instructions: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/202...

More resources (as an Amazon Associate, I earn for qualifying purchases):

CaribouLite: https://www.crowdsupply.com/cariboula...
RTL-SDR v4 kit: https://amzn.to/3WzId5R
Project MINI RACK: https://mini-rack.jeffgeerling.com
LabStack mini modular printable mounts: https://github.com/JaredC01/LabStack
Raspberry Pi SMI: https://iosoft.blog/2020/07/16/raspbe...

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Contents:

00:00 - A peek behind the curtains
01:14 - Setting up CaribouLite with a Pi
02:13 - Driver and software installation
03:32 - GQRX SDR intro
09:29 - Testing CaribouLite SDR, decoding signals
10:53 - Is a Pi 4 enough?
12:18 - Mini Rack and PoE SDR setup
15:06 - Remote SDR and a WiFi issue
17:40 - It's like magic


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