Hello Padorin, both are pretty good; the presentation can't fully represent the differences; the UBX alone costs about as much as an B210, and you'll need an X310 and two UBX to have as many channels as the B210, so there's a solid factor in price and size and weight and power consumption that goes for the B210. So, "B2xx < X3xx" is a simplification, but an *often* meaningful one.
So, whether or not the B210 is measurably better than the X310 + UBX- 160 *depends on your use case and constraints* and I'll refrain from making a general statement here: the RF chain on the B210 is actually pretty good, but very flexible, and thus, not overly selective. So, yes, from most datasheet properties, the UBX's frontend simply outshines the B210. Now comes the problem: You say you want a "clean" signal. That's not an term that I can use to advise you. What does "clean" mean to you, or maybe, what's "unclean"? What is it that you need that signal for? What will be the bandwidths? The powers? The frequency stability requirements? The number of channels, the frequency agility? There's just way to many things which can lead to the difference between UBX-160 and B210 being negligible. So, please tell us about what you want to build :) I don't want to "sell" you something more expensive that you don't need. Best regards, Marcus On Wed, 2019-10-30 at 17:17 +0900, Padorin Kurpinsky wrote: > Hello, Marcus! > > I'm new to the RF world and curious about the RF performance between > USRP B210 and X310 (UBX-160). Especially, I'm wondering which device > can transmit a *clear signal*, for example, less spur would be great. > I'm not interested in Bandwidth or Phase synchronization or MIMO. > > In the spec, the DAC resolution of B210 is 12 bit, while X310 is 16 > bit. So, from the point of view of sending a clean signal, only DAC > resolution affects the RF performance? > > This presentation ( > https://www.openairinterface.org/docs/workshop/3_OAI_Workshop_20170427/Session2_UE/Thomas_Tsou_-_ettus.pdf > ) says that RF performance is B200 < N200 < X300. What is the basis > for this claim? > > Thank you very much. > > _______________________________________________ USRP-users mailing list USRP-users@lists.ettus.com http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com