XTRX is the smallest easily embeddable software-defined radio (SDR). It is both affordable and high-performance. XTRX is designed to enable the next generation of wireless solutions, from prototype to production. LTE modems and GPS receivers are commodity parts easily bought in any electronic components store and added to your project. On the other hand, everyone designing an SDR-based product had to spend precious time and money on a custom design – until XTRX. Don’t waste your time designing yet another SDR. Embedding XTRX into your product is easy, freeing you up to focus on what your customers really need.
Overview:
XTRX is the best platform available today for building SDR-based products. We designed it with demanding embedded applications in mind:
- Best-in-class Performance: 2 x 2 MIMO, 120 MSPS SISO / 90 MSPS MIMO, and more
- Compact Form Factor: as a Mini PCIe card, it’s the smallest commercially available SDR
- Thermal Coupling: well-designed thermal interface to a heatsink
- Stable Clock: accurate enough for cellular standards
- GPSDO: on-board GPS disciplined oscillator
- Synchronized Clocks: share the same clock source across many boards
- SIM Card Reader: appears as a typical USB serial SIM card reader
- High-speed GPIO: 12 total, of which eight can form four matched LVDS lines
If You’ve Ever Cursed Your SDR…
XTRX isn’t for everyone. We expect most people interested in XTRX to already have some experience with SDRs. If you’ve never used an SDR before, XTRX might be a bit overwhelming for you. XTRX might be right for you if you have:
- deployed SDR-based solutions in the field
- wanted to develop a massive MIMO system only to realize you don’t have $1 million
- cursed your SDR (or USB) for its latency, reliability, or cables
- yearned to level-up your SDR skills with cutting-edge equipment
- If this describes you, or you are looking for a better SDR, fear not and read on!
Use Cases:
Here are just a few of the things you could use XTRX for:
Massive MIMO System
XTRX boards can share the same sampling and reference clocks, which makes it easy to build a massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system.
Monitor Massive Amounts of Bandwidth
With synchronized clocks, multiple XTRX boards can collectively monitor very large chunks of the RF spectrum. For example, eight synchronized XTRX boards could monitor nearly 1 GHz of bandwidth.
LTE Cellular
The combination of XTRX’s accurate, stable clock, on-board GPSDO, and low-latency PCIe bus makes LTE possible out of the box.
Software-defined 2G/3G/4G Modem
When inserted into a Mini PCIe slot reserved for cellular modems, XTRX appears as a USB SIM card reader.
Drones and Embedded Systems
Power consumption, weight, size, and performance all matter when it comes to drones and embedded systems. XTRX’s Mini PCIe form factor and GPIO enable you to interface with a wide variety of single board computers, sensors, and actuators.
DSP Acceleration
You can use the FPGA to accelerate your real-time signal processing; the high-speed, low-latency PCIe bus allows shuttling data back and forth between the host CPU and XTRX’s FPGA.
Features and Specifications:
- RF Chipset: Lime Microsystems LMS7002M FPRF
- FPGA Chipset: Xilinx Artix 7 35T (CS) / 50T (Pro)
- Channels: 2 × 2 MIMO
- RF Output Power: 0 to 10dBm depending on frequency
- Sample Rate: ~0.2 MSPS to 120 MSPS SISO / 90 MSPS MIMO
- Tuning Range: 30 MHz - 3.8 GHz
- Rx/Tx Range:
- 100 kHz - 3.8 GHz with signal level degradation
- 10 MHz - 3.7 GHz
- PCIe Bandwidth:
- PCIe x2 Gen 2.0: 8 Gbit/s
- PCIe x1 Gen 2.0: 4 Gbit/s
- PCIe x1 Gen 1.0: 2 Gbit/s
- Reference Clock:
- Frequency: 26 MHz
- Stability w/o GPS: 100 ppb or 500 ppb over the temperature range (depends on the XTRX version)
- Stability w/GPS: <10 ppb stability after GPS/GNSS lock
- Form Factor: full-size Mini PCIe (30 × 51 mm)
- Bus Latency: <10 µs, stable over time
- Synchronization: synchronize multiple XTRX boards for massive MIMO
- GPIO:
- FPC Edge Connector: four lines (usable as two diff-pairs)
- Mini PCIe Reserved Pins: eight lines (including two diff-pairs, 1pps input, 1pps output, TDD switch control, and three LEDs)
Block Diagram:-
Documentation:
- Git Hub
- connectors pinout, 3D models, etc.
- Pre-built binaries and a "make world" instructions
- SDRangel
- osmo-trx
- Kalibrate
- gr-osmosdr
Package Includes:
- 1 x XTRX SDR
I/O | |
Channels | 2 × 2 MIMO |
Frequency | |
Frequency Range | 30 MHz - 3.8 GHz |
XTRX SDR
- Brand: Crowd Supply
- Product Code:CS-XTRX-SDR
- Reward Points:276
- Availability:Discontinued
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