Cable length between LNA and RTL-SDR

Othernet Hardware Outernet Receiver (ORx)
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POE would be handy for me as I have a POE capable switch in the attic (serves all my house network)

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Where you you want to connect your switch? Remember, the device does not have an ethernet
connector! It operates over WiFi.

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this POE thread started with a theoretical question, not a fact. Now only wifi

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A ā€œpermanentā€ Outernet receiver deployment will need to be more than a Lantern style portable device. POE is a good option to both power the device and bring the data back to a network.

The 802.3af POE splitter to provide the 5vdc micro USB plug to power the CHIP, plus an Ethernet connection, costs less than $10 http://a.co/ioU8U9z This takes the 48vdc from a switch, or can take the 48v from this inexpensive power supply that has the network pass-thru for under $8 Amazon.com Iā€™ve been using these items for some time for various projects with RPi.

Now, the question is, can the CHIP OTG USB power jack be used with a USB network adapter? Can the USB network adapter be used in a USB hub along with the RTL , all connected to the CHIP USB 2 port?

Is it possible to power the CHIP with the 5vdc from a POE splitter, using the ā€œbatteryā€ port on the CHIP, thus freeing up the OTG USB port for a Ethernet?

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Before this even could be considered we first need to get rid of the ā€œpower buttonā€ and the flashing
procedure over USB with a wire jumper!
A device like you have in mind should always come up when power is applied and should have some
form of bootloader that allows flashing the firmware via BOOTP/TFTP. So there is no need to get the
device down just to power it up or even to do a firmware update.

Until then, I will keep my device indoors, thank you.

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hmmm good stuff, thanks for sharing! :slight_smile:ļø:+1: I need this for the roof!

yes, CHIP can powered via CHG-IN port (its on the 40pin pinheader connector) instead of micro usb.

@Abhishek might advise but I think the problem is the USB Ethernet adapter driver support by the OS running on CHIPā€¦

Also Iā€™m affraid of the digital noise added by ethernet in proximity of the antenna with 60dB sum LNA gainā€¦

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Not sure how the CHIP Ethernet noise would compare, but I have an outdoor ADS-B system using POE, RPi B, RTL 820T2 with 15dB LNA and a ground plane antenna mounted directly to the plastic enclosure, and it works fine. Ethernet run is about 100ā€™. I get planes out to over 450 nautical miles, well beyond the radio horizon, so noise level canā€™t be too bad.