/*! \page page_usrp_b200 USRP B2x0 Series \tableofcontents \section b200_features Comparative features list - B200/B210 - Hardware Capabilities: - Integrated RF frontend (70 MHz - 6 GHz) - External PPS reference input - External 10 MHz reference input - Configurable clock rate - Variable analog bandwidth (200 kHz - 56 MHz) - Internal GPSDO option (see \subpage page_gpsdo_b2x0 for details) - B210 Only: - MICTOR Debug Connector - JTAG Connector - Revision 6 with GPIO header - FPGA Capabilities: - Timed commands in FPGA - Timed sampling in FPGA \section b200_imgs Specify a Non-standard Image 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 \section b200_mcr Changing the Master Clock Rate 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 uhd::usrp::multi_usrp::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" \section b200_fe RF Frontend Notes The B200 features an integrated RF frontend. \subsection b200_fe_tuning Frontend tuning 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. \subsection b200_fe_gain Frontend gain 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. \subsection b200_fe_bw Frontend bandwidth The analog frontend has a seamlessly adjustable bandwidth of 200 kHz to 56 MHz. Generally, when requesting any possible master clock rate, UHD will automatically configure the analog filters to avoid any aliasing (RX) or out-of-band emissions whilst letting through the cleanest possible signal. If you, however, happen to have a very strong interferer within half the master clock rate of your RX LO frequency, you might want to reduce this analog bandwidth. You can do so by calling uhd::usrp::multi_usrp::set_rx_bandwidth(bw). The property to control the analog RX bandwidth is `bandwidth/value`. UHD will not allow you to set bandwidths larger than your current master clock rate. \section Hardware Reference \subsection LED Indicators Below is a table of the LED indicators and their meanings:
Component ID | Description | Details |
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LED600 | Power Indicator | off = no power applied red = power applied (external or USB) |
LED800 | Channel 2 RX2 Activity | off = no power applied 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 power applied green = receiving |
LED100 | GPS lock indicator | off = no lock green = lock |
Component ID | Description | Details |
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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 |