That's a shame, a device such as E330 would have filled a useful niche.
In any case, thanks for the nice history detour and happy new year to all!

Best,
Temir

On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 5:35 PM Robin Coxe <[email protected]> wrote:

> The E330 is not the Quad Radio, which was a custom product.   The E330 was
> an Rx-only daughtercard for the E310 motherboard that was announced at
> GRCon 2016 but was mothballed by NI.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Marcus D. Leech <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 29, 2021 10:22:15 PM
> *To:* Paul Atreides <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* Robin Coxe <[email protected]>; Temir Karakurum <
> [email protected]>; [email protected] <
> [email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [USRP-users] Re: E330 and rx-only USRPs
>
> On 2021-12-29 22:18, Paul Atreides wrote:
>
> That was the QuadRadio!
>
> RIght!   It has been so long, I'd forgotten the name :)
>
>
> <end transmission>
>
> On Dec 29, 2021, at 22:09, Marcus D. Leech <[email protected]>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 
> On 2021-12-29 21:50, Robin Coxe wrote:
>
> The only receive-only USRP product is the TwinRx daughtercard for the
> X310.
>
> Thanks Robin.  I'd already mentioned this.
>
> But there *WAS* a product (not in the NI catalog) many years ago that
> Ettus was building on an order-by-order basis that was
>   a 4-channel (or was it 8?) RX-only device, using a YiG-based
> synthesizer.  I think it was likely before your time at Ettus/NI.
>
> In my guise as a radio astronomer and manager of a radio-astronomy
> observatory, I'd love a many-channels, brutally-coherent, RX-only
>   device.  But the market is small....
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Marcus D Leech <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 29, 2021 12:35:25 PM
> *To:* Temir Karakurum <[email protected]>
> <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [USRP-users] Re: E330 and rx-only USRPs
>
> There has never been a. E330 product offering.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 29, 2021, at 12:33 PM, Temir Karakurum <[email protected]>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi Marcus,
>
> Thanks for promptly replying. Has E330 ever been offered for purchase? If
> so, has it been discontinued?
>
> Best,
> Temir
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:31 PM Marcus D Leech <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> The TwinRx daughter cards for X310.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 29, 2021, at 12:30 PM, Temir Karakurum <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi there,
>
> I recently came across a presentation by Matt Ettus at grcon16
> <https://youtu.be/kEAkIfWViQo?t=1254>, where he introduces E330 as a
> receive-only alternative for E-series USRPs. I checked Ettus store as well
> as googled for some info about E330 but could not find anything useful. Has
> it ever been offered as a product by Ettus or NI?
>
> As a general question, most of my applications are receive-only in nature
> (spectrum monitoring etc.) and usually Tx channels of the USRPs end up
> redundant. Is it possible to purchase rx-only devices?
>
> Best regards,
> Temir
>
>
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