Bitshark USRP RX (BURX) Daughterboard

Product brief

Bitshark™ USRP™ RX daughterboard

The Bitshark™ USRP™ RX (BURX) daughterboard is a broadband, high performance RF receiver that integrates directly with the open source USRP1™ or USRP2™ radio platform to provide a low cost, all in one software defined radio receiver solution. The BURX daughterboard is capable of tuning to any frequency of interest between 300 MHz and 4 GHz, while supporting user defined channel bandwidths up to 50 MHz.

The Bitshark™ USRP™ RX (BURX) board is targeted at commercial wireless radio applications including software defined radio (SDR) and cognitive radio (CR). A wide range of frequency bands are supported:
• GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) • iDEN (800 MHz) • CDMA2K/EVDO (450/800/1900/2100 MHz) • UMTS (Bands I-XIV) • TD-SCDMA (1.9/2.0/2.4 GHz)	• WiFi/802.11b/g (2.4 GHz) • WiMAX/802.16 d/e (2.3-2.7 GHz, 3.3-3.8 GHz) • LTE (Bands 1-40) • TV Whitespace (400-700 MHz) • ...plus many others

Key Features

RF daughterboard for the USRP1™ and USRP2™ (manufactured by Ettus Research LLC)
Direct conversion (zero-IF) architecture
RF tuner covering 300 MHz to 4 GHz
Configurable channel filter supporting RF bandwidths up to 50 MHz
Integrated high-stability 26 MHz TCXO (accessible for use by USRP™)
Low power consumption (<1 W)
MIMO capable with multiple BURX cards
Open-source driver for use with the GNUradio framework
Supports stand-alone operation (control over a standard serial port) for use with external A/D converters
Custom variants available. Please contact us to discuss your needs.
Support documentation available in our Wiki

Block Diagram

Pricing

Item	Contents	Price
Bitshark™ USRP™ RX (BURX)	Bitshark™ USRP™ RX (BURX) card	$750
BURX Academic Pricing	See academic policy for eligibility	$550	Request Quote
For our European customers, all products may be purchased through our distributor Trenz Electronic.

* USRP, USRP1, and USRP2 are trademarks of Ettus Research LLC

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