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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
h2. OsmoTRX on LimeSDR
In terms of OsmoTRX support, you will a relatively complex driver stack consisting of:
* "LimeSuite":https://github.com/myriadrf/LimeSuite.git containing the actual drivers and utilities for LimeSDR
* "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:
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$ LimeUtil --find 109/0/0
* [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:
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$ ./SoapySDRUtil --find 101/0/0
######################################################
## 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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**#STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO INSTALL OSMO_TRX WITH LimeSDR**
---Install 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
SoapySDR and SoapyUHD
git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR.git
cd SoapySDR
mkdiir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyUHD
cd SoapyUHD
mkdiir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
NOW BUILD OSMO-TRX
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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