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Meet the NI Ettus USRP B310
The Next Generation Entry-Level USRP Today, we’re excited to introduce the NI Ettus USRP B310, a powerful new software defined radio designed to help researchers, educators, and developers accelerate innovation in wireless communications, signal intelligence, and AI-enabled RF systems. Key USRP B310 features: 350 MHz to 7.2 GHz frequency range Up to 100 MHz instantaneous...
Taking SDRs from Prototype to Deployment with Practical Solutions to Common Challenges
Taking SDRs from Prototype to Deployment with Practical Solutions to Common Challenges Software-defined radio (SDR) has become a foundational technology across radar, electronic warfare (EW), spectrum monitoring, counter-UAS, and advanced wireless communications systems. Its flexibility allows engineers to rapidly develop, test, and refine new capabilities without being constrained by fixed-function hardware. Yet while SDR enables...
Introducing the NI Ettus USRP X420
Wide Bandwidth, LO Sharing, and High Frequency Coverage for FR3, Ku, and X Bands The NI Ettus USRP X420 is the latest addition to the USRP software defined radio (SDR) portfolio. Designed for researchers and developers pushing the boundaries of next‑generation wireless systems, the X420 brings together near instrument-grade RF performance, 1 GHz of instantaneous...
Introducing the NI Ettus USRP B206mini-i: Compact Power for Wireless Innovation
We are excited to unveil the USRP B206mini-i, the newest addition to the Ettus USRP family. This compact, credit card-sized software-defined radio (SDR) delivers powerful RF capabilities in a low-cost, portable form factor—perfect for engineers, educators, and innovators alike. Big Performance in a Small Package The B206mini-i features a flexible RF front end that tunes from 70 MHz...
6th Edition Wireless Research Handbook
Back around 2014, the NI SDR team put together the first version of our wireless research handbook. In the handbook, we included miniature case studies from our users that talked about the work they were doing in the wireless communications field and how they used USRPs. The first version has been lost in the...
Introducing the New Ettus USRP X440 Software Defined Radio
The widest bandwidth, highest channel density USRP SDR The Ettus USRP X440 software defined radio introduces a very different architecture from the majority of SDRs. X440 utilizes a direct sampling with balun-coupled access to the ADCs and DACs on the onboard Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC. As a result, the device is well suited to...
Advancing capabilities for deployable USRPs
Advancing capabilities for deployable USRPs The USRP and Military Embedded Systems The inception of the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) was rooted in connecting standard computer hardware to the electromagnetic spectrum to enable rapid wireless development and real-world experimentation. We are now in the second decade of the USRP evolution and SDR technology has permeated...