Digilent B200 Ettus USRP SDR/Cognitive Radio

Digilent B200 Ettus USRP SDR/Cognitive Radio offers a fully integrated, single board, Universal Software Radio Peripheral platform with continuous frequency coverage from 70MHz to 6GHz. The B200 is designed for low-cost experimentation, with a fully integrated direct conversion transceiver delivering up to 56MHz of real-time bandwidth, an open and reprogrammable Spartan6 FPGA, and fast and convenient bus-powered SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connectivity. The device fully supports the UHD (USRP Hardware Driver) software, allowing rapid development with a GNU Radio, prototyping GSM base station with OpenBTS, and seamlessly transitioning code from the B200 to higher performance industry-ready USRP platforms. The enclosure accessory kit (sold separately) utilizes green PCB devices (revision six or later) assembly of a protective steel case.

The Digilent B200 Ettus USRP SDR/Cognitive Radio offers an integrated RF frontend, designed with the Analog Devices AD9364. The AD9364 is a single chip direct conversion transceiver and digital baseband processor, capable of streaming up to 56MHz of real-time RF bandwidth. The B200 facilitates one signal chain of the AD9364 to be bus-powered, reducing software and hardware design complexity. Onboard signal processing and control of the AD9364 is performed by a Spartan-6 XC6SLX75 FPGA connected to a host PC using SuperSpeed USB 3.0. The USRP B200 real-time system throughput is benchmarked at 61.44MS/s quadrature, permitting the full 56MHz of instantaneous RF bandwidth to the host PC for additional processing using the GNU Radio SDR design environment.

Features

  • RF Specifications
    • Xilinx Spartan-6 XC6SLX75 FPGA
    • 1 TX and 1 RX, Half or full duplex channels
    • 70MHz to 6GHz Frequency range
    • Instantaneous bandwidth up to 56MHz
    • .35/50dBc SSB/LO Suppression
    • 3.5GHz deg RMS
    • 6GHz deg RMS
    • .20dBm IIP3 (at typical NF)
    • >10dBm Power output
    • <8dB Receive noise figure
  • Conversion performance and clocks
    • 61.44MS/s ADC Sample Rate (Max.)
  • 12 bits ADC Resolution
    • 78dBc ADC Wideband SFDR
    • 61.44MS/s DAC Sample rate (Max.)
    • 12bits DAC Resolution
    • 61.44MS/s Host sample rate (16b)
    • ±2.0ppm Frequency accuracy
    • ±75ppb w/GPS Unlocked TCXO reference
    • <1ppb w/GPS Locked TCXO reference
  • USB bus powered
  • Physical
    • Grounded mounting holes
    • USB 3.0 SuperSpeed interface
    • Standard USB 3.0 connector
    • 97mm x 155mm x 15mm Dimensions
    • Weight of 350g
  • Environment
    • 0°C to 45°C Operating temp. range
    • USRP Hardware driver 3.9.2 (or later)
    • GNU Radio, C++ and Python APIs
  • Synchronization
    • 10MHz clock reference
    • PPS time reference
  • Product compliance
    • 8471809000 HTC
    • 3A992.a ECCN

Kit Contents

  • USRP B200 board
  • USRP Enclosure Kit is available as a bundle option and can also be purchased separately
  • USB 3.0 cable

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