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Ettus R. Announcements
November 2010
1> USRP Nominated for Technology of the Year!
2> USRP N210 Product Announcement
3> DBSRX2 Product Announcement
4> RFX2200 Product Announcement
5> Rackmount Product Announcement
6> UHD Driver status
7> New Simulink Drivers for the USRP2
8> New Mailing List
9> DBSRX and TVRX End of Life
10> SDR’10 Conference and GNU Radio Meeting
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1> USRP Nominated for Technology of the Year!
The USRP Family of Products has been nominated for the 2010 Technology
of the Year award from the Wireless Innovation Forum. We are very
honored to have the USRP family be nominated from among the many
exciting products and technologies in the Software Radio field.
Members of the Wireless Innovation Forum may cast their vote online for
the winner here:
http://groups.winnforum.org/p/su/rd/sid=56
Votes need to be in by 12 Pacific Time on Friday Nov 12th.
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2> USRP N210 Product Announcement
The USRP N210 software radio system builds on the success of the USRP2,
offering higher performance and increased flexibility. The N210 offers
the following improvements over the USRP2:
- Xilinx Spartan 3A-DSP3400 FPGA
- on-board TCXO frequency reference
- Flash configuration memory.
- An improved ADC (still 14 bits, 100 MS/s)
The flash memory replaces the SD card used on the USRP2, and is
reprogrammable over the network. The N210 is usable with our entire
line of daughterboards.
The USRP N210 introductory price is $1700, and orders placed now will
ship in mid- to late- December.
The USRP2 will continue to be available for those who cannot use the
N210, but lead times may be longer.
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3> DBSRX2 Product Announcement
The DBSRX2 is now shipping. It has the same price ($150) and features
as the original DBSRX, including an 800 MHz to 2.4 GHz frequency range,
with the following improvements:
- Better phase noise
- No modifications necessary to use with the USRP2
The DBSRX2 works with all USRP motherboards, including USRP1, USRP2,
and USRP N210. The DBSRX2 requires the use of the UHD drivers.
Please see below for status of the original DBSRX.
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4> RFX2200 Product Announcement
The RFX2200 is now shipping. This transceiver covers 2.0 GHz to 2.45
GHz, has 50+ mW output power, and is otherwise similar to the other
members of the RFX-series. It is full duplex capable, and is ideal for
use in the satellite up and downlink bands. It costs $275 and works
with all USRP systems.
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5> Rackmount Product Announcement
We are now selling a rack mount frame for the USRP2 and USRP N210
products. This frame allows 4 systems to be mounted in a standard 19"
rack, occupying 3 Units of space. It costs $250. You can see a
picture of it here:
http://www.ettus.com/images/U2-Rackmount.JPG
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6> UHD Driver status
The UHD is now the preferred driver system for all USRP products. It
supports all of our hardware, and works well with GNU Radio as well as
other software packages. It is strongly recommended that users migrate
their applications to the new system. More information about the UHD
can be found here:
http://www.ettus.com/uhd_docs/manual/html/
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7> New Simulink Drivers for the USRP2
The MathWorks latest version (release R2010b) of Communications
Blockset