USB 3 Superspeed Software Defined Radio, Next Generation SDR

BladeRF 2.0 micro, USB 3 Superspeed Software Defined Radio

The bladeRF 2.0 micro is the next-generation 2x2 MIMO, 47MHz to 6GHz frequency range, 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.

Features
RF Performance

    47 MHz to 6 GHz frequency range
    2x2 MIMO, 61.44 MHz sampling rate
    56 MHz filtered bandwidth (IBW)
    Automatic gain control (AGC)
    Automatic IQ and DC offset correction

USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Support

    200 MHz ARM926EJ-S processor
    Fully bus-powered over USB 3.0
    External power 5V DC barrel with automatic switchover

Altera Cyclone V FPGA

    49 kLE and 301 kLE variants available for custom signal processing and hardware accelerators

Factory-calibrated VCTCXO

    Taming supported via 12-bit DAC or ADF4002 PLL
    Factory calibration of 38.4 MHz clock

Software Support & Applications

The bladeRF 2.0 micro features support for: GNU Radio via gr-osmosdr, Pothos via SoapySDR, SDRange, SDR Console, SDR # via sdrsharp-bladeRF, MathWorks MATLAB® & Simulink® via libbladeRF bindings.