How to connect USRP B210 with raspberry pi3 board

sivaneshkumar over 2 years ago

Dear All,

I want to know how to interface USRP B210 with raspberry pi3 board.

Please any one guide me or share link to connect two boards.

Regards,

Sivaneshkumar K

Gough Lui over 2 years ago

The USRP B210 is a USB 3.0 device, so it's probably best to use a Pi 4 for the faster USB interface rather than a Pi 3.

It should be mostly plug and play as it is USB - just ensure it is getting enough power. Then you'll need to decide what software you'd like to use with it - e.g. GNU Radio, gqrx, or something else entirely.
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sivaneshkumar over 2 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

Hi Lui,

Thankyou for response . one more small doubt . we need to connect pi board to usrp via USB cable wright. any configuration i need to change in pc?

Regards,

Sivaneshkumar K
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Gough Lui over 2 years ago in reply to sivaneshkumar

Well, what do you want to do? What software do you want to use with the USRP? You need to provide more information.

The USRP is an SDR. It doesn't do anything on its own by itself normally, unless there's something coded on its internal FPGA that it can execute whenever there is power.

- Gough
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gpolder over 2 years ago

I did a roadtest review for the B205 mini, both on macOS and Raspberry Pi 4, maybe this will help you to get started: /products/roadtest/rv/roadtest_reviews/965/digilent_1x1_usb_sof_1
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sivaneshkumar over 2 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

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Gough Lui over 2 years ago in reply to sivaneshkumar

That's ... a lot of work. You probably won't be able to achieve this, especially with the limitations of USB 2.0 and the Raspberry Pi's onboard processing capabilities. I suggest you do a lot more research about SDR and bandwidth requirements as generating/receiving such signals is computationally expensive.
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sivaneshkumar over 2 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

HI Lui,

Thankyou so much
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sivaneshkumar over 2 years ago in reply to gpolder

Thankyou let me try
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shabaz over 2 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

What was the use-case? Looks like it has disappeared.
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Gough Lui over 2 years ago in reply to shabaz

The requester was wanting to do LTE/5G and Wi-Fi signals, sending and receiving ...
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