Lime Suite driver architecture

Lime Suite is a collection of software supporting several hardware platforms including the LimeSDR, drivers for the LMS7002M transceiver RFIC, and other tools for  developing with LMS7-based hardware. This post will cover the components of Lime Suite, how it supports LimeSDR, how it fits with the SDR application ecosystem,…

Updated GNU Radio and SDR driver Ubuntu packages

Alexandru Csete and Josh Blum have been busy putting together updated Ubuntu packages for GNU Radio plus various drivers, along with their dependencies. To summarise: Update to GNU Radio 3.7.9/volk 1.2 Latest gr-osmosdr with Red Pitaya support SoapyRedPitaya added UmTRX 1.0.8 Using UHD PPA The packages can be obtained…

Installing the Novena-RF driver and GNU Radio

In this post we will walk through installing the SDR module driver on the Novena platform, along with GNU Radio, before finally testing this by running up a simple FFT plotter. Before we start, please note that the canonical driver installation instructions…

New driver for Novena-RF SDR

The Novena-RF daughtercard has a new driver to bring it into the ecosystem of SDR devices and applications. The hardware The Novena-RF daughtercard incorporates an LMS6002D from Lime Microsystems, which gives users receive and transmit capabilities between 300 MHz and 3.8 GHz. The Novena…

Introducing the LMS7002M Control Driver

The LMS7002M is a dual transceiver containing just about everything you would want in a radio. Programmable clocking and synthesizers, built-in ADCs and DACs, highly configurable signal processing chains with interpolation and decimation. Capturing this into a higher-level user driver means taking on an intimate…