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h1. LimeSDR

The "LimeSDR":https://myriadrf.org/projects/limesdr/ is a low-cost SDR board featuring the Lime Microsystems LMS7002 RF chip.

Key characteristics include:

* RF Transceiver: Lime Microsystems LMS7002M MIMO FPRF

* FPGA: Altera Cyclone IV EP4CE40F23 – also compatible with EP4CE30F23

* Memory: 256 MBytes DDR2 SDRAM

* USB 3.0 controller: Cypress USB 3.0 CYUSB3014-BZXC

* Oscillator: Rakon RPT7050A @ 30.72MHz

* Continuous frequency range: 100 kHz – 3.8 GHz

* Bandwidth: 61.44 MHz

* RF connection: 10 U.FL connectors (6 RX, 4 TX)

* Power Output (CW): up to 10 dBm

* Multiplexing: 2×2 MIMO

* Power: micro USB connector or optional external power supply

* Status indicators: programmable LEDs

* Dimensions: 100 mm x 60 mm

h2. RF Output Power

TBD

h2. Clock

The on-board clock is a 250ppb VCTCXO.  GSM strictly requires 30ppb, but 250ppb _should_  be sufficient for laboratory use.

h3. Clock Calibration

TBD

h3. Using external clock reference

TBD

h1. LimeSDR Mini

The "LimeSDR Mini":https://myriadrf.org/projects/limesdr/ is a smaller, less expensive version of the original LimeSDR.

Key characteristics include:

* RF Transceiver: Lime Microsystems LMS7002M FPRF

* FPGA: Altera MAX 10 (10M16SAU169C8G)

* EEPROM memory: 2 x 128 KB for RF transciever MCU firmware and data

* Flash memory: 1 x 4 MB flash memory for data

* USB 3.0 controller: FTDI FT601

* Rakon 30.72 MHz VCTCXO

* Continuous frequency range: 10 MHz – 3.5 GHz

* Bandwidth: 30.72 MHz

* RF Connection: 2 x SMA connectors (each can be switched between high and low frequency bands) + 1x U.FL REF CLK

* Power Output (CW): up to 10 dBm

* Dimensions: 69 mm x 31.4 mm

h2. RF Output Power

TBD

h1. OsmoTRX on LimeSDR

In terms of OsmoTRX support, you will find a relatively complex driver stack consisting of:

* "LimeSuite":https://github.com/myriadrf/LimeSuite.git containing the actual drivers and utilities for LimeSDR (*version 17.09 or later required*)

** for LimeSDR-mini, you will need 17.10 or later

* "SoapySDR":https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR.git as middleware that wraps LimeSuite

* "SoapyUHD":https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyUHD.git as plug-in exposing SoapySDR devices to UHD

* UHD as the driver interface below OsmoTRX

{{graphviz_link()

digraph G{

  rankdir = LR;

  LimeSDR -> LimeSuite [label = "USB/libusb"];

  LimeSuite -> SoapySDR;

  SoapySDR -> UHD [label = "SoapyUHD"];

  UHD -> OsmoTRX [label = "libuhd"];

}

}}

You will need to observe the following dependencies when building the above:

# SoapyUHD depends on SoapySDR

# LimeSuite depends on SoapySDR.

h3. Verifying the driver stack

You can ensure that LimeSuite recognizes your device using the *LimeUtil* part of LimeSuite:

<pre>

$ LimeUtil --find

  * [LimeSDR-USB, media=USB 3.0, module=STREAM, addr=1d50:6108, serial=0009060B00xxyyzz]

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You can ensure that SoapySDR and LimeSuite work together as expected using the *SoapySDRUtil* part of SoapySDR:

<pre>

$ ./SoapySDRUtil --find

######################################################

## Soapy SDR -- the SDR abstraction library

######################################################

linux; GNU C++ version 6.3.0 20170221; Boost_106200; UHD_003.009.005-0-unknown

Found device 0

  addr = 1d50:6108

  driver = lime

  label = LimeSDR-USB [USB 3.0] 9060B00462B1C

  media = USB 3.0

  module = STREAM

  name = LimeSDR-USB

  serial = 0009060B00xxyyzz

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h2. STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO INSTALL OSMO_TRX WITH LimeSDR from source (using ubuntu 16.04)

<pre>

---Install LimeSuite, UHD and SoapyUHD 

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:myriadrf/drivers

sudo apt-get update

#install core library and build dependencies

sudo apt-get install git g++ cmake libsqlite3-dev

#install hardware support dependencies

sudo apt-get install libsoapysdr-dev libi2c-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev

#install graphics dependencies

sudo apt-get install libwxgtk3.0-dev freeglut3-dev

---Install LimeSuite

git clone https://github.com/myriadrf/LimeSuite.git

cd LimeSuite

mkdir builddir && cd builddir

cmake ../

make -j4

sudo make install

sudo ldconfig

cd LimeSuite/udev-rules

sudo ./install.sh

Type “LimeSuiteGUI” on terminal to check GUI is running

---Install UHD 

(with all dependency)

sudo apt-get -y install git swig cmake doxygen build-essential libboost-all-dev libtool libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev libudev-dev libncurses5-dev libfftw3-bin libfftw3-dev libfftw3-doc libcppunit-1.13-0v5 libcppunit-dev libcppunit-doc ncurses-bin cpufrequtils python-numpy python-numpy-doc python-numpy-dbg python-scipy python-docutils qt4-bin-dbg qt4-default qt4-doc libqt4-dev libqt4-dev-bin python-qt4 python-qt4-dbg python-qt4-dev python-qt4-doc python-qt4-doc libqwt6abi1 libfftw3-bin libfftw3-dev libfftw3-doc ncurses-bin libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libncurses5-dbg libfontconfig1-dev libxrender-dev libpulse-dev swig g++ automake autoconf libtool python-dev libfftw3-dev libcppunit-dev libboost-all-dev libusb-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev fort77 libsdl1.2-dev python-wxgtk3.0 git-core libqt4-dev python-numpy ccache python-opengl libgsl-dev python-cheetah python-mako python-lxml doxygen qt4-default qt4-dev-tools libusb-1.0-0-dev libqwt5-qt4-dev libqwtplot3d-qt4-dev pyqt4-dev-tools python-qwt5-qt4 cmake git-core wget libxi-dev gtk2-engines-pixbuf r-base-dev python-tk liborc-0.4-0 liborc-0.4-dev libasound2-dev python-gtk2 libzmq-dev libzmq1 python-requests python-sphinx libcomedi-dev python-zmq

git clone https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd

cd uhd

git tag -l

...

release_003_009_004

release_003_009_005

release_003_010_000_000

# Example: For UHD 3.10.000.000: 

  git checkout release_003_010_000_000 (get the latest if fine)

cd host

mkdir build

cd build 

cmake ../

make

sudo make install

sudo ldconfig

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib

try run command to find LimeSDR :

uhd_find_devices

---Install SoapySDR and SoapyUHD 

git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR.git

cd SoapySDR

mkdir build

cd build

cmake ..

make

sudo make install

sudo ldconfig

git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyUHD

cd SoapyUHD

mkdir build

cd build

cmake ..

make

sudo make install

sudo ldconfig

---NOW BUILD OSMO-TRX 

mkdir osmo

cd osmo

git clone https://github.com/osmocom/osmo-trx.git

cd osmo-trx

autoreconf -fi

./configure

make -j5

make check

sudo make install

sudo ldconfig

run on terminal: (test and see its connect with SoapyUHD and UHD)

osmo-trx

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h2. Troubleshooting

h3. Firmware upgrade

If you see UHD warnings regarding version mismath, follow the steps as explained in the same output, basically run "LimeUtil --update". It will download the latest firmware into $HOME/.local/share/LimeSuite/images/ and flash the device.

<pre>

-- Make connection: 'LimeSDR-USB [USB 2.0] 9060B00471827'

UHD Warning:

    Firmware version mismatch!

      Expected firmware version 4, but found version 3

      Follow the FW and FPGA upgrade instructions:

      http://wiki.myriadrf.org/Lime_Suite#Flashing_images

      Or run update on the command line: LimeUtil --update

UHD Warning:

    Gateware version mismatch!

      Expected gateware version 2, revision 12

      But found version 2, revision 8

      Follow the FW and FPGA upgrade instructions:

      http://wiki.myriadrf.org/Lime_Suite#Flashing_images

      Or run update on the command line: LimeUtil --update

-- Reference clock 30.720 MHz

-- Device name: LimeSDR-USB

-- Reference: 30.72 MHz

-- Init LMS7002M(0)

-- Ver=7, Rev=1, Mask=1

-- LMS7002M calibration values caching Disable

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h3. Channel setting failed

If at osmo-trx startup time UHD fails with an alert similar to the one below, it means you forgot to specify the correct samples-per-symbol for both Tx and Rx, which in the case of LimeSDR is 4.

<pre>

ALERT 140046942525312 15:50:41.0 /home/pespin/dev/sysmocom/git/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/UHDDevice.cpp:642:open: Channel setting failed - map::at

ALERT 140046942525312 15:50:41.0 /home/pespin/dev/sysmocom/git/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/UHDDevice.cpp:642:open: Channel setting failed - map::at

ALERT 140046942525312 15:50:41.0 /home/pespin/dev/sysmocom/git/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/osmo-trx.cpp:489:main: Failed to create radio device

ALERT 140046942525312 15:50:41.0 /home/pespin/dev/sysmocom/git/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/osmo-trx.cpp:489:main: Failed to create radio device

Shutting down transceiver...

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You need to pass the correct parameters to osmo-trx:

* -s    Tx samples-per-symbol (1 or 4)

* -b    Rx samples-per-symbol (1 or 4)

<pre>

osmo-trx -s 4 -b 4

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