Pi-Radio

Pi-Radio's vision is to democratize wireless research by providing advanced mmWave software-defined radio (SDR) to the community at plainly affordable price points. SDRs are the most fundamental tool needed by wireless research engineers. They are as fundamental as computers are to computer engineers, or pianos are to pianists. Yet, a vast majority of wireless research engineers (especially in academia) do not have access to affordable and bleeding-edge SDRs. These problems are most severe in the mmWave bands that will, quite simply, dominate the wireless research world for the next 10 years. This lack of affordable and advanced SDRs is stymieing not only fundamental wireless research, but also its translation into ecosystems that will drive tomorrow's economy: next-generation cellular, robotics, self-driving vehicles, and AR/VR. Simply put, the wireless research ecosystem needs more real-world experimentation. We are doing researchers a grand disservice if they are forced to stop at simulations, without the possibility of actually implementing and testing their inventions over-the-air. Join us, let us make the change that this ecosystem has been demanding for so many years now!