bladeRF USB 3.0 Software Defined Radio The bladeRF is an affordable USB 3.0 Software Defined Radio (SDR) designed to allow students and RF enthusiasts to explore wireless communication, and to provide professionals with a versatile COTS waveform development platform. Support is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. The bladeRF libraries, utilities, firmware, and platform HDL are released under open source licenses, and schematics are available online. The FPGA and USB 3.0 peripheral controller are programmable with vendor-supplied tools and SDKs that are available online, free of charge. Features Frequency range of 300 MHz to 3.8 GHz Up to 28 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth - Extendable down to HF/VHF bands with the - Software-selectable filter options from XB-200 Transverter Module 1.5 MHz to 28 MHz Independent RX and TX signal paths Arbitrary sample rates up to 40 MSPS - Half or full duplex operation - 12-bit IQ samples - Per-module frequency, sample rate, bandwidth, and gain settings Factory-calibrated 1 PPM VCTCXO - Direct access to analog ADC/DAC pins - Calibrated within 1 Hz of 38.4 MHz reference - Taming supported via 1.8 V GPSDO reference (1 PPS or 10 MHz) USB 3.0 Support Altera Cyclone IV FPGA - Cypress FX3 SuperSpeed peripheral controller - 40 kLE or 115 kLE options available for custom with integrated ARM926EJ-S signal processing and hardware accelerators - Fully bus-powered over USB 3.0 - External power option via 5V DC barrel jack Fully Customizable - Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 - Expansion port with 32 I/O pins (with sample rate limitations) - JTAG connectors - SMB connector for MIMO configurations - Triggered multi-device sampling synchronization 1 Supported by popular third-party software Applications - GNU Radio via gr-osmosdr - Custom modem and waveform development - Pothos via SoapySDR - Wireless video (e.g., ATSC, DVB-T, DVB-S) - SDRangel - GPS reception and simulation - SDR Console - Whitespace exploration - SDR via sdrsharp-bladeRF - ADSB reception and simulation - MathWorks MATLAB & Simulink via libbladeRF bindings 1 Third-party software is copyrighted by the respective owners and/or contributors. bladeRF nuand.com 720 East Ave Suite 201 bladeRF USB 3.0 Software Defined Radio Parameter Min Typ Max Unit RF Specifications ADC/DAC Sample Rate 0.160 40 MHz ADC/DAC Resolution 12 bits VCTCXO Accuracy 1 ppm RF Tuning Range 300 3800 MHz RF Bandwidth Filter 1.5 28 MHz CW Output Power +6 dBm FPGA Specifications Logic Elements 39,600 114,480 LE Embedded 18x18 Multipliers 116 266 BRAM 1,134 3,888 kbits Physical Specifications Dimensions 8.7 x 13.1 x 1.8 cm Weight 80 g Operating Temp: x40/x115 0 70 C Operating Temp: x115 Thermal -40 85 C Add-on Options XB-100 GPIO Board GPIO breakout with LEDs and DIP switches XB-200 Transverter 600 kHz to 300 MHz transverter with VHF filterbank, custom filter path, and bypass mode Case Clear polycarbonate case for the bladeRF x40 or bladeRF x115 Specifications are subject to change without notice. bladeRF nuand.com 720 East Ave Suite 201