Universal Software Radio Peripheral
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The Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) is a low-cost, high-speed USB-based board for making software radios. It consists of four high-speed analog-to-digital converters, four high-speed digital-to-analog converters, an FPGA and some glue logic. The USRP is intended to be a relatively cheap hardware device facilitating the building of a software radio. The USRP has an open design, with freely available schematics and drivers, and free software to integrate with GNU Radio. It is also designed to be flexible, allowing developers to make their own daughterboards for specific needs with regard to connectors, different frequency bands, etc.
The USRP is developed by a team led by Matt Ettus.
[edit] External links
- The GNU Radio wiki
- Ettus Research LLC, makers of the USRP.
- A Wired Article on USRP
