Hardware Ecosystem
SDR & Smartcard Driver Compatibility Matrix
TelcoChisel comes pre-configured with Linux kernel udev rules, FPGA flashing firmware utilities, and low-latency USB buffer patches for all major telecom SDR transceivers.
| Hardware Device | Vendor | Supported Protocols | Frequency Range | Driver / Stack | Driver Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ettus USRP B200 / B210Full Duplex SDR | Ettus Research (NI) | 5G SA / 4G LTE / 2G | 70 MHz – 6 GHz | UHD 4.6.0 + FPGA | Pre-Installed & Tuned |
| Ettus USRP X310 / N210High-Throughput 10GbE | Ettus Research (NI) | 5G NR Massive MIMO | DC – 6 GHz | DPDK + UHD Kernel | Pre-Installed & Tuned |
| Great Scott HackRF OneHalf Duplex SDR | Great Scott Gadgets | 2G GSM / IMSI / RF | 1 MHz – 6 GHz | libhackrf + Opera Cake | Pre-Installed & Tuned |
| Nuand BladeRF 2.0 microFull Duplex 2x2 MIMO | Nuand | 4G LTE / 5G NR | 47 MHz – 6 GHz | libbladeRF + FPGA | Pre-Installed & Tuned |
| Lime Microsystems LimeSDRFull Duplex 2x2 MIMO | Lime Microsystems | 4G LTE / 5G / Osmocom | 100 kHz – 3.8 GHz | LimeSuite + SoapySDR | Pre-Installed & Tuned |
| RTL-SDR Blog V4 / RTL2832UReceive-Only SDR | RTL-SDR | 2G GSM / Paging / ADS-B | 500 kHz – 1.7 GHz | librtlsdr (DVB-T disabled) | Pre-Installed & Tuned |
| HID Omnikey / ACR38UISO 7816 Smartcard Reader | HID Global / ACS | SIM / USIM / ISIM / eSIM | Contact / APDU | pcsc-lite + CCID | Pre-Installed & Tuned |
| Osmocom SIMtrace 2Hardware SIM Bus Sniffer | Osmocom / sysmocom | SIM-to-ME APDU Trace | Hardware Probe | simtrace2-remsim | Pre-Installed & Tuned |
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Community Test Lab Reports
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Hardware Quickstarts & Troubleshooting
Ettus USRP (UHD) Configuration
TelcoChisel includes pre-installed UHD images in /usr/share/uhd/images/. No internet download is required during live field operations.
uhd_usrp_probe --args="type=b200"PC/SC Smartcard & UICC Readers
The pcscd daemon starts automatically with support for ACR38U, Omnikey 3121, and SIMtrace 2 hardware sniffers.
pcsc_scan -v