Fully characterized test equipment has long been a gold standard, so we are happy to be bringing a low-cost full gain calibration to the bladeRF 2.0 micro! Gain calibrated bladeRFs can be used to transmit at precise output power levels, and to accurately measure the power of received RF signals – the bladeRF basically becomes a power meter!
(more…)Extending the bladeRF Sample Rate
The 2023.02 release adds the capability of extending the bladeRF’s sampling rate and the addition of 8-bit mode. This update takes advantage of the hidden AD9361 overclocking feature and overcomes the throughput limitation by adopting a new multi-sample packing architecture. The following features have been added.
generate` function added to CLIBe sure to check out the updated API docs for more details on the new 8-bit mode. The update is available on bladeRF releases.
Thank you to all out of open source contributors, beta testers, and customers for a great 2022! As we move into to 2023 we would like to highlight some of the updates coming to libbladeRF. We estimate that in January or February we should have the software-only supersampling patch set merged into master. Several difficult to reproduce bugs that affected libbladeRF have been fixed in the past few months. As always, please compile bladeRF from the latest source code on GitHub to ensure having all the latest fixes. Lastly, we are more than one year into the global chip supply chain crisis. Fortunately with the help our vendors and patients of our customers we have been able to navigate the situation.
Happy New Year!
bladeRF 2.0 micro xA4, 47MHz to 6GHz frequency range, 61.44MHz sampling rate, 2×2 MIMO channels USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Software Defined Radio.
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