User Manual

bladeRF 2.0
USB 3.0 Software Defined Radio
[e-mail] 720 East Ave Suite 201
https://www.nuand.com Rochester, NY 14607
The bladeRF is an off-the-shelf USB 3.0 Software Defined Radio (SDR) that is easy and affordable for students and RF
enthusiasts to explore wireless communications, yet provides a powerful waveform development platform expected by
industry professionals.
Support is available for Linux, macOS, 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 using vendor-supplied tools
and SDKs that are available online, free of
charge.
Analog Devices RF Transceiver
- 47 MHz to 6 GHz frequency range
- 2x2 MIMO, 61.44 MHz sampling rate
- 56 MHz filtered bandwidth (IBW)
- Automatic gain control (AGC)
- Real-time custom gain control tables controlled
via SPI and discrete external input pins
- Automatic IQ and DC offset correction
- 128-tap digital FIR filtering
Altera Cyclone V FPGA
- 49 kLE and 301 kLE variants available for custom
signal processing and hardware accelerators
Factory-calibrated SiTime MEMS VCTCXO
- Calibrated within 1 Hz of 38.4 MHz
- Taming supported via 12-bit DAC or ADF4002 PLL
- MEMS oscillators provide superior reliability, aging,
power supply noise rejection, and vibe/shock
performance compared to quartz oscillators
USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Support
- Cypress FX3 peripheral controller with integrated
200 MHz ARM926EJ-S processor
- Fully bus-powered over USB 3.0
- External power option via 5 V DC barrel jack with
automatic switchover
Fully Customizable
- Expansion port with 32 I/O pins (LVDS available)
- JTAG connectors
- Triggered multi-device sampling synchronization
- Onboard bias tee optionally provides 5 V to active
antennas and accessories
Supported by popular third-party software
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- GNU Radio via gr-osmosdr
- Pothos via SoapySDR
- SDRangel
- SDR Console
- SDR# via sdrsharp-bladeRF
- YateBTS
- OpenAirInterface
- srsUE & srsLTE
- MathWorks MATLAB
®
& Simulink
®
support
- Python bindings
Applications
- Custom modem and waveform development
- Wireless video (e.g., ATSC, DVB-T, DVB-S)
- GPS reception and simulation
- Whitespace exploration
- GSM and LTE
- ADS-B reception and simulation
Operating Systems
- Linux
- Windows
- macOS
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Third-party software is copyrighted by the respective owners and/or contributors.
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