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========================================================================
UHD - USRP1 Application Notes
========================================================================
.. contents:: Table of Contents
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Specify a non-standard image
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The standard USRP1 images installer comes with two FPGA images:
* **usrp1_fpga.rbf:** 2 DDCs + 2 DUCs
* **usrp1_fpga_4rx.rbf:** 4 DDCs + 0 DUCs
By default, the USRP1 uses the FPGA image with 2 DDCs and 2 DUCs.
However, a device address parameter can be used to override
the FPGA image selection to use an alternate or a custom FPGA image.
See the images application notes for installing custom images.
Example device address string representations to specify non-standard firmware and/or FPGA images:
::
fpga=usrp1_fpga_4rx.rbf
-- OR --
fw=usrp1_fw_custom.ihx
-- OR --
fpga=usrp1_fpga_4rx.rbf, fw=usrp1_fw_custom.ihx
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Missing and emulated features
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The USRP1 FPGA does not have the necessary space to support the advanced
streaming capabilities that are possible with the newer USRP devices.
Some of these features are emulated in software to support the API.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
List of emulated features
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* Setting the current device time
* Getting the current device time
* Transmitting at a specific time
* Transmitting a specific number of samples
* Receiving at a specific time
* Receiving a specific number of samples
* End of burst flags for transmit/receive
* Notification on late stream command
* Notification on late transmit packet
* Notification on underflow or overflow
* Notification on broken chain error
**Note:**
These emulated features rely on the host system's clock for timed operations,
and therefore may not have sufficient precision for the application.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
List of missing features
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* Start of burst flags for transmit/receive
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OS specific notes
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Linux - setup udev
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
On Linux, udev handles USB plug and unplug events.
The following commands create a udev rule for the USRP1
so that non-root users may access the device:
::
echo 'ACTION=="add", BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="fffe", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0002", MODE:="0666"' > tmpfile
sudo chown root.root tmpfile
sudo mv tmpfile /etc/udev/rules.d/10-usrp.rules
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Windows - install driver
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
On Windows, a driver must be installed the first time the USRP1 is attached to the host computer.
A download link for this driver can be found on the UHD wiki page.
Download and unpack the driver, and direct the Windows driver install wizard to the .inf file.
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Hardware setup notes
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External clock modification
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The USRP can be modified to accept an external clock reference instead of the 64MHz onboard reference.
* Solder SMA (LTI-SASF54GT) connector to J2001
* Move 0 ohm 0603 resistor R2029 to R2030
* Move 0.01uF 0603 capacitor C925 to C926
* Remove 0.01uF 0603 capacitor C924
The new external clock needs to be a square wave between +7dBm and +15dBm
After the hardware modification,
the user should burn the setting into the EEPROM,
so UHD can initialize with the correct clock rate.
Run the following commands to record the setting into the EEPROM:
::
cd <install-path>/share/uhd/utils
./usrp_burn_mb_eeprom --args=<optional device args> --key=mcr --val=<rate>
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