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Re: [USRP-users] Product Announcement: SDR in the Palm of Your Hand

JM
Jason Matusiak
Thu, Oct 1, 2015 11:59 AM

No, RFNoC will not be supported on the B200mini, and not on the B200/B210.

OK. thanks. What was meant by "user-programmable Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA"
then?  Just that the FPGA can be updated by the user like all the other
USRPs? (just making sure I am not missing some new feature)

> No, RFNoC will not be supported on the B200mini, and not on the B200/B210. OK. thanks. What was meant by "user-programmable Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA" then? Just that the FPGA can be updated by the user like all the other USRPs? (just making sure I am not missing some new feature)
AK
Anselm Karl
Thu, Oct 1, 2015 12:28 PM

Hi all,

The 2nd Gen Devices have a similar fpga as the B200. RFNoC is just too big
for it, i guess. But they have this place holders (custom_dsp_rx.v, ...)
instead.

I think for many people (including me) it is too complicated / too time
consuming to hack in the fpga sources of a b200 and put their custom dsp on
the right place. (In the case of the 2nd gen devices it's absolute doable,
as you don´t need to hack.)

Long story short: Ettus people, add a fpga/usrp3/custom for the 3rd gen
devices too small for RFNoC. Better you do it once, than many (or not so
many) people have to do it themselves! ;-)

--Anselm

2015-10-01 13:59 GMT+02:00 Jason Matusiak via USRP-users <
usrp-users@lists.ettus.com>:

No, RFNoC will not be supported on the B200mini, and not on the

B200/B210.

OK. thanks. What was meant by "user-programmable Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA"
then?  Just that the FPGA can be updated by the user like all the other
USRPs? (just making sure I am not missing some new feature)


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Anselm Karl

Hi all, The 2nd Gen Devices have a similar fpga as the B200. RFNoC is just too big for it, i guess. But they have this place holders (custom_dsp_rx.v, ...) instead. I think for many people (including me) it is too complicated / too time consuming to hack in the fpga sources of a b200 and put their custom dsp on the right place. (In the case of the 2nd gen devices it's absolute doable, as you don´t need to hack.) Long story short: Ettus people, add a fpga/usrp3/custom for the 3rd gen devices too small for RFNoC. Better you do it once, than many (or not so many) people have to do it themselves! ;-) --Anselm 2015-10-01 13:59 GMT+02:00 Jason Matusiak via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com>: > > No, RFNoC will not be supported on the B200mini, and not on the > B200/B210. > > OK. thanks. What was meant by "user-programmable Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA" > then? Just that the FPGA can be updated by the user like all the other > USRPs? (just making sure I am not missing some new feature) > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com > -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen *Anselm Karl*
NP
Neel Pandeya
Thu, Oct 1, 2015 3:35 PM

Hello Jason:

That's right, "user-programmable" means that the FPGA code is open-source
and can be freely modified by the user, as with all USRP devices.

--Neel

On 1 October 2015 at 04:59, Jason Matusiak jason@gardettoengineering.com
wrote:

No, RFNoC will not be supported on the B200mini, and not on the

B200/B210.

OK. thanks. What was meant by "user-programmable Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA"
then?  Just that the FPGA can be updated by the user like all the other
USRPs? (just making sure I am not missing some new feature)

Hello Jason: That's right, "user-programmable" means that the FPGA code is open-source and can be freely modified by the user, as with all USRP devices. --Neel On 1 October 2015 at 04:59, Jason Matusiak <jason@gardettoengineering.com> wrote: > > No, RFNoC will not be supported on the B200mini, and not on the > B200/B210. > > OK. thanks. What was meant by "user-programmable Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA" > then? Just that the FPGA can be updated by the user like all the other > USRPs? (just making sure I am not missing some new feature) >