USRP B200mini device with continuous RF coverage
ProductNovember 17, 2015
The Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) B200mini series from Ettus Research, A National Instruments company – essentially enables software-defined radio (SDR)/cognitive radio capability in a business-card size. The device is targeted at functions such as wireless signal discov...
The Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) B200mini series from Ettus Research, A National Instruments company – essentially enables software-defined radio (SDR)/cognitive radio capability in a business-card size. The device is targeted at functions such as wireless signal discovery and analysis and its compact form factor makes it useful for integration into larger systems for research and deployment. It features a programmable Xilinx Spartan-6 XC6SLX75 FPGA with RF coverage ranging from 70 MHz to 6 GHz. The RF front end uses the Analog Devices AD9364 RFIC to provide a transceiver with 56 MHz of bandwidth powered by a USB 3.0 connection for streaming data to the host computer.
The product family has three versions: the USRP B200mini – commercial-grade Xilinx Spartan-6 XC6SLX75; the USRP B200mini-i – industrial-grade Xilinx Spartan-6 XC6SLX75 FPGA; and the USRP B205mini-i – industrial-grade Xilinx Spartan-6 XC6SLX150 FPGA.
The B200mini also includes connectors for GPIO, JTAG, and synchronization with a PPS trigger or 10 MHz reference input signal. The USRP Hardware Driver (UHD) software API supports all USRP products and enables users to develop applications and then transition designs between platforms as requirements expand. Other features include synchronization with 10 MHz reference or PPS trigger, 2.0-inch by 3.3-inch (5.0 cm by 8.4 cm) form factor, and GNU radio support.
