Poll: Are You Interested in Roadtesting a USB Software-Defined Radio Platform?

rscasny — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:00:29 GMT

Current Revision posted to Polls by rscasny on 10/11/2021 3:00:29 PM

The USRP B205mini-i is a flexible and compact platform. It provides a wide frequency range (70 MHz to 6 GHz) and a user-programmable, industrial-grade Xilinx Spartan-6 XC6SLX150 FPGA.

The RF front end uses the Analog Devices AD9364 RFIC transceiver with 56 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth. The board is bus-powered by a high-speed USB 3.0 connection for streaming data to the host computer. The USRP B205mini-i also includes connectors for GPIO, JTAG, and synchronization with a 10 MHz clock reference or PPS time reference input signal.

The hardware is conveniently accessible through the USRP Hardware Driver (UHD). UHD provides both a C/C++ and Python API that supports all USRP products and enables users to efficiently develop applications then seamlessly transition designs between platforms as requirements expand. UHD also offers cross-platform support for multiple industry standard development environments and frameworks, including RFNoC, LabVIEW, and Matlab/Simulink. To ensure you have no restrictions on how you use UHD, it is available on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. Do you prefer graphical programming? Try out GNU Radio, a free and open-source software development framework offering a graphical design approach.

RF Specifications

Channels: 1 TX, 1 RX
Frequency range: 70 MHz to 6 GHz
Instantaneous Bandwidth: Up to 56 MHz
IIP3 (at typical NF): -20 dBm
Power Output: >10 dBm
Receive Noise Figure: <8 dB

Conversion Performance and Clocks

ADC Sample Rate (Max.): 61.44 MS/s
ADC Resolution: 12 bits
DAC Sample Rate (Max.): 61.44 MS/s
DAC Resolution: 12 bits
Host Sample Rate (16b): 61.44 MS/s
Frequency Accuracy: +/-2.0 ppm

Power

USB Power: 5V

Environment

Operating Temp. Range: 0 - 45 °C
USRP Hardware Driver 3.9.2 (or later)
GNU Radio

Synchronization

10 MHz clock reference
PPS time reference

Additional Information

Datasheet

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