Experience with USB galvanic isolators?
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 10:35 pm
I'm operating my SDRplay from a MacBook Pro, and find that certain ham bands are getting swamped by broadband noise when the laptop is plugged in and charging. Some googling around seems to indicate that a USB galvanic isolator can solve this, however I haven't come across any testimonials specifically for SDRplay.
It's not hard to find USB galvanic isolators for sale, but they all seem to be limited to supplying no more than 100 mA to the device side. I haven't been able to find a reference for nominal current draw for the SDRplay, but I suspect its higher.
Anyway, has anyone run into this problem (or similar computer RFI problem), and has anyone solved it with a USB galvanic isolator?
Thanks in advance!
It's not hard to find USB galvanic isolators for sale, but they all seem to be limited to supplying no more than 100 mA to the device side. I haven't been able to find a reference for nominal current draw for the SDRplay, but I suspect its higher.
Anyway, has anyone run into this problem (or similar computer RFI problem), and has anyone solved it with a USB galvanic isolator?
Thanks in advance!