The USRP X410 from Ettus Research is a Multi-Channel Software-Defined Radio (SDR) that operates from 1 MHz to 7.2 GHz. It has a two-stage superheterodyne architecture with 4 independent TX and RX channels capable of 400 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth each. This SDR is built on the Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ ZU28DR RF System on Chip (RFSoC) with built-in digital up and down conversion and onboard Soft-Decision Forward Error Correction (SD-FEC) IP. It supports multi-radio clocking and timing synchronized operation with the built-in GPSDO (GPS disciplined oscillator) or the 10 MHz reference and 1 PPS (Pulse Per Second) input signal interfaces. In the Tx chain, it has a frequency step of 1 Hz and provides a gain of 60 dB (in 1 dB steps) with a phase noise of -101 dBc/Hz (at 10 kHz offset). In the Rx chain, it provides a gain of 60 dB (in 1 dB steps) with a noise figure of less than 9 dB.
The USRP X410 is equipped with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processing subsystem, clocked up to 1.2 GHz for stand-alone application requirements. Additionally, the RFSoC contains a dual-core ARM Cortex-R5 real-time processing unit for onboard monitoring and control. It is fully supported on the popular open-source USRP Hardware Driver (UHD) version 4.1 or later. This radio supports open-source SDR design flows such as C/C++ and GNU Radio, as well as LabVIEW FPGA. It includes digital interfaces for data offload and control including two QSFP28 interfaces capable of 100 GbE, a PCIe Gen3 x8 interface, as well standard command, control, and debug interfaces: USB-C JTAG, USB-C console, Ethernet 10/100/1000.
This software-defined radio requires a DC supply of 12 V and consumes less than 16 A of current. It is available in an enclosure that measures 28.5 x 22.2 x 4.4 cm.
