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UHD software will automatically select the USRP B2X0 images from the installed images package. The image selection can be overridden with the fpga and fw device address parameters.
Example device address string representations to specify non-standard images:
fpga=usrp_b200_fpga.bin -- OR -- fw=usrp_b200_fw.hex
The master clock rate feeds the RF frontends and the DSP chains. Users may select non-default clock rates to acheive integer decimations or interpolations in the DSP chains. The default master clock rate defaults to 32 MHz, but can be set to any rate between 5 MHz and 61.44 MHz.
The user can set the master clock rate through the usrp API call set_master_clock_rate(), or the clock rate can be set through the device arguments, which many applications take:
uhd_usrp_probe --args="master_clock_rate=52e6"
The B200 features and integrated RF frontend.
The RF frontend has individually tunable receive and transmit chains. On the B200, there is one transmit and one receive RF frontend. On the B210, both transmit and receive can be used in a MIMO configuration. For the MIMO case, both receive frontends share the RX LO, and both transmit frontends share the TX LO. Each LO is tunable between 50 MHz and 6 GHz.
All frontends have individual analog gain controls. The receive frontends have 73 dB of available gain; and the transmit frontends have 89.5 dB of available gain. Gain settings are application specific, but it is recommended that users consider using at least half of the available gain to get reasonable dynamic range.
Below is a table of the LED indicators and their meanings:
| Component ID | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|
| LED600 | Power Indicator | off = no power applied
red = power applied (external or USB)
|
| LED800 | Channel 2 RX2 Activity | off = no activity
green = receiving
|
| LED801 | Channel 2 TX/RX Activity | off = no activity
green = receiving
red = transmitting
orange = switching between transmitting and receiving
|
| LED802 | Channel 1 TX/RX Activity | off = no activity
green = receiving
red = transmitting
orange = switching between transmitting and receiving
|
| LED803 | Channel 1 RX2 Activity | off = no activity
green = receiving
|
| LED100 | GPS lock indicator | off = no lock
green = lock
|
TX LED indicators are on when transimitting data and off when no samples are available to transmit. RX LED indicators are on when sending samples to the host and off when unable to do so. This means that TX/RX activity LED indicators will blink off in a temporary transmit underflow or receive overflow condition, indicating that the host is not sending or receiving samples fast enough. The host will be notified of the condition and output a "U" or "O" as well.
Below is a table showing the external connections and respective power information:
| Component ID | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|
| J601 | External Power | 6 V
3 A
|
| J701 | USB Connector | USB 3.0
|
| J104 | External PPS Input | 1.8 V - 5 V
|
| J101 | GPS Antenna | GPSDO will supply nominal voltage to antenna.
|
| J100 | External 10 MHz Input | +15 dBm max
|
| J800 | RF B: TX/RX | TX power +20dBm max
RX power -15dBm max
|
| J802 | RF B: RX2 | RX power -15dBm max
|
| J803 | RF A: RX2 | RX power -15dBm max
|
| J801 | RF A: TX/RX | TX power +20dBm max
RX power -15dBm max
|
Below is a table showing the on-board connectors and switches:
| Component ID | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|
| J502* | Mictor Connector | Interface to FPGA for I/O and inspection.
|
| J503* | JTAG Header | Interface to FPGA for programming and debugging.
|
| S700 | FX3 Hard Reset Switch |
* B210 Only