Ettus USRP B310 Overview

The Ettus USRP B310 is an entry-level software-defined radio designed for research, prototyping, and deployment for next-generation wireless technologies.

The Ettus USRP B310 has two transmit and two receive channels, each with up to 100 MHz bandwidth, and two LOs for independent frequency tuning from 350 MHz to 7.2 GHz. Multi-device synchronization supports up to four Ettus USRP B310 devices without external hardware. The Ettus USRP B310 is available with Thunderbolt™ 3 bus for lab use and as a PCI Express plug-in card for easy system integration or native GPU coprocessing.

Ettus USRP B310 Key Features

The Ettus USRP B310 has the following features and capabilities.

Hardware Capabilities

  • PCIe Gen 2x4 or Thunderbolt™ 3 or later
  • External PPS input
  • External reference input (10 MHz, 122.88 MHz, or 125 MHz)
  • 4x External high-frequency reference output (122.88 MHz or 125 MHz) and PPS output over Mini-HDMI for improved phase-coherent operation
  • Internal GPSDO for timing and time/frequency reference
  • Supported master clock rates: 122.88 MHz and 125 MHz
  • Fixed TX/RX bandwidth: 100 MHz
  • Onboard power and temperature monitoring
  • Front panel Mini-HDMI GPIO connector
  • 1 GB DDR3 RAM
  • Kintex-7 Industrial-Grade FPGA (XC7K325T)
  • JTAG connector (only accessible on OEM and PCIe variants)

FPGA Capabilities

  • Timed commands in FPGA
  • Timed sampling in FPGA
  • RFNoC capability

RF Capabilities

  • 2x full-duplex RF channels with a bandwidth of 100 MHz, tunable from 350 MHz to 7.225 GHz center frequency using the ADRV9032R transceiver

Model Variants

Information about USRP B310 (Enclosed), USRP B310 (PCIe), and USRP B310 (OEM) variants.

The Ettus USRP B310 is available in multiple form factors:
  • USRP B310 (Enclosed)—Enclosed Thunderbolt™ bus device housed in a passively cooled enclosure. The enclosure includes accommodations for attachment to an optional rackmount kit.
  • USRP B310 (PCIe)—Full-height PCIe 2.0 x4 for desktop and standard workstations.
  • USRP B310 (OEM)—OEM PCIe 2.0 x4 for embedded and customer system integration.
Unless the variant is specified, Ettus USRP B310 refers to all three devices.