At NI Week in Austin, National Instruments showcased the NI Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP). The USRP is a flexible and affordable transceiver that turns a standard PC into a powerful wireless prototyping system. This is a computer-hosted RF transceiver used for development and exploration of software-defined radios. The NI USRP transceivers can transmit and receive radio-frequency signals in a several bands and can be used for applications in communications education and research. Paired with LabVIEW Communications System Design Software, USRP transceivers help you prototype a wide range of single-channel and MIMO wireless communications systems.
The USRP and LabVIEW Communications System Design Suite offer a powerful solution for prototyping RF and communications systems. This solution enables engineers to build a complete wireless communications system using the intuitive LabVIEW programming environment that supports multirate DSP for physical layer communications. It can also integrate .m file scripts and C language algorithms.
These solutions are ideal for education, which has traditionally been limited to a focus on theory. Affordable solutions like the USRP transceivers give students the ability to gain hands-on experience exploring a communications system with live signals to develop a better understanding of theory and implementation.
National Instruments has a Range of SDR Products:
USRP-2900 - 70 MHz to 6 GHz Software Defined Radio for FM, GPS, GSM, Bluetooth & ISM Bands
USRP-2901 - 70 MHz to 6 GHz Software Defined Radio With 2X2 MIMO
USRP-2920 - 50 MHz to 2.2 GHz Software Radio for FM, GPS, GSM, Radar & ISM Bands
USRP-2921 - 2-Band, 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz and 4.9 GHz to 5.9 GHz for Wifi, Bluetooth, and other ISM applications
USRP-2922 - 400 MHz to 4.4 GHz SDR for Cellular, GNSS, WiFi, and L-Band Radar
