Sounds great. Will the USRP2-N210 be supported by UHD from start (software, firmware, bitstream) ? Should I anticipate any problems when using a combination of old and new USRP2s in a MIMO configuration ?
BR/ Per On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 15:32 -0800, Matt Ettus wrote: > > =========================================================================== > > Ettus Research Announcements > November 2010 > > 1> USRP Nominated for Technology of the Year! > 2> USRP N210 Product Announcement > 3> DBSRX2 Product Announcement > 4> RFX2200 Product Announcement > 5> Rackmount Product Announcement > 6> UHD Driver status > 7> New Simulink Drivers for the USRP2 > 8> New Mailing List > 9> DBSRX and TVRX End of Life > 10> SDR'10 Conference and GNU Radio Meeting > > =========================================================================== > > 1> USRP Nominated for Technology of the Year! > > > The USRP Family of Products has been nominated for the 2010 Technology > of the Year award from the Wireless Innovation Forum. We are very > honored to have the USRP family be nominated from among the many > exciting products and technologies in the Software Radio field. > > Members of the Wireless Innovation Forum may cast their vote online for > the winner here: > > http://groups.winnforum.org/p/su/rd/sid=56 > > Votes need to be in by 12 Pacific Time on Friday Nov 12th. > > =========================================================================== > > 2> USRP N210 Product Announcement > > The USRP N210 software radio system builds on the success of the USRP2, > offering higher performance and increased flexibility. The N210 offers > the following improvements over the USRP2: > > - Xilinx Spartan 3A-DSP3400 FPGA > - on-board TCXO frequency reference > - Flash configuration memory. > - An improved ADC (still 14 bits, 100 MS/s) > > The flash memory replaces the SD card used on the USRP2, and is > reprogrammable over the network. The N210 is usable with our entire > line of daughterboards. > > The USRP N210 introductory price is $1700, and orders placed now will > ship in mid- to late- December. > > The USRP2 will continue to be available for those who cannot use the > N210, but lead times may be longer. > > =========================================================================== > > 3> DBSRX2 Product Announcement > > The DBSRX2 is now shipping. It has the same price ($150) and features > as the original DBSRX, including an 800 MHz to 2.4 GHz frequency range, > with the following improvements: > > - Better phase noise > - No modifications necessary to use with the USRP2 > > The DBSRX2 works with all USRP motherboards, including USRP1, USRP2, > and USRP N210. The DBSRX2 requires the use of the UHD drivers. > > Please see below for status of the original DBSRX. > > =========================================================================== > > 4> RFX2200 Product Announcement > > The RFX2200 is now shipping. This transceiver covers 2.0 GHz to 2.45 > GHz, has 50+ mW output power, and is otherwise similar to the other > members of the RFX-series. It is full duplex capable, and is ideal for > use in the satellite up and downlink bands. It costs $275 and works > with all USRP systems. > > =========================================================================== > > 5> Rackmount Product Announcement > > We are now selling a rack mount frame for the USRP2 and USRP N210 > products. This frame allows 4 systems to be mounted in a standard 19" > rack, occupying 3 Units of space. It costs $250. You can see a > picture of it here: > > http://www.ettus.com/images/U2-Rackmount.JPG > > =========================================================================== > > 6> UHD Driver status > > The UHD is now the preferred driver system for all USRP products. It > supports all of our hardware, and works well with GNU Radio as well as > other software packages. It is strongly recommended that users migrate > their applications to the new system. More information about the UHD > can be found here: > > http://www.ettus.com/uhd_docs/manual/html/ > > =========================================================================== > > 7> New Simulink Drivers for the USRP2 > > The MathWorks latest version (release R2010b) of Communications > Blockset™ for Simulink® now ships with receiver and transmitter > interface blocks to the USRP2. These blocks allow engineers to speed > development of communications systems in a design environment that > streams real world signals to and from the USRP2 radio. More > information can be found here: > > http://www.ettus.com/simulink > > =========================================================================== > > 8> New Mailing List > > We have created a new mailing list for users of USRP hardware who use > it with software other than GNU Radio. This is the preferred support > forum for use of USRPs with Simulink, LabVIEW, or custom software. > Subscription information and archives can be found here: > > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com > > =========================================================================== > > 9> DBSRX and TVRX End of Life > > A key part in the original DBSRX has been designated as "End Of Life" > by its manufacturer, and so we will need to do the same with the > DBSRX. We recommend that any users wishing to purchase the original > DBSRX purchase the DBSRX2 instead. If there is some reason that the > DBSRX2 will not work for you, please contact you and we will be more > than happy to get you one of the original DBSRX units, but there may be > a limited supply of these available. > > A key part in the TVRX has been discontinued by its manufacturer and we > can no longer obtain them. We will continue to sell our existing stock > of the TVRX for as long as it remains, but we will not be able to build > any more. A replacement product, the TVRX2, will be available in early > 2011. > > =========================================================================== > > 10> SDR'10 Conference and GNU Radio Meeting > > The SDR'10 Conference will be held from November 30th through December > 3rd. Like last year, Ettus Research will be sponsoring a GNU Radio > Meeting, which will now be a formal part of the program on Wed December > 1st. You do not need to attend the rest of the conference to attend > this meeting. > > http://conference.wirelessinnovation.org > > Ettus Research will also have a booth in the Expo area of the > conference. > > =========================================================================== > > Thanks for your time, > Matt Ettus > President, Ettus Research LLC > > > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
