Key Features:
A powerful MIMO prototyping platform with a model-based design environment & GNU Radio support. Access the power of large FPGAs without needing to write a single line of HDL code and benefits from the community-based GNU Radio librairies on the processor side.
- 2×2 modular FMC-based Radio Heads
- Software defined up to 3.8 GHz and 28 MHz BW
- Model-based Design Support
- GNU Radio Support (see details)
- Large Virtex-6 FPGA
- Embedded or External PC
- QAM64 OFDM Ref Design
- Low Latency (75 µs roundtrip) and high speed (10 Gbps) PCIe interface
- Standard network GigE interface
Rapid HIL Testing with No HDL Coding Necessary
Our fully integrated model-based design approach lets developers easily move through the model, simulation, code, hardware-in-the-loop, and real-time validation phases…iterating rapidly to refine their algorithms while benefiting from automatic HDL coding tools.
Solutions available: SDR Comparison Chart
PicoSDR 4x4 or 4x4-E | PicoSDR 8x8 or 8x8-E | ||
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View Product Page | View Product Page | ||
Antenna Configuration | |||
Transceiver Configuration | 4x4 MIMO | 8x8 MIMO | |
Radio Configuration | |||
Carrier frequency | 56 MHz to 6 GHz | 56 MHz to 6 GHz | |
OTA RF Bandwidth | 200 kHz to 56 MHz | 200 kHz to 56 MHz | |
Processing Solutions | |||
FPGA | Xilinx Virtex-6 x2 | Xilinx Virtex-6 x2 | |
CPU | External PC or embedded Quad-Core i7 | External PC | |
Software Tools | |||
Model-based design (Simulink) | Yes | Yes | |
GNU Radio (external & embedded) | Yes | Yes | |
Data Communication Transfer | |||
PCIe | Yes | Yes | |
GigE | Yes | Yes | |
Aurora Point-to-Point | Yes | Yes | |
Form Factor | |||
Dimensions | 48.05 mm x 215 mm x 290 mm | 45 mm x 365 mm x 378 mm) | |
Weight | 2.4 kg (4x4) / 3.0 kg (4x4-E) | 5.0 kg (8x8) / 5.6 kg (8x8-E) | |
Power Consumption | 4x4: 35W 4x4-E: 60W |
8x8: 61W 8x8-E: 86W |
Configurations
Success Stories
CorteXlab Inaugural Meeting – Oct 28,2014
Nutaq Announces the 2014 Software Defined Radio Academic US Contest Winner
Nutaq’s PicoSDR Selected By FIT/CorteXlab For Large Cognitive Radio Testbed
CORBA for FPGA The Missing link for SCA radios
SPAWAR: Digital Battlespace Environment Simulator (DBES)
Videos
White Papers
Design and Implementation of Wideband Spectrum Sensing on SDR Platform With Receiver Calibration
Advanced MIMO Waveform Deployment Using GNU Radio
Using TCM Techniques to Decrease BER Without Bandwidth Compromise
Technical articles
Offloading GNU Radio Processing With FPGA Logic
Drexel Develops a Software Defined Communication Testbed Using Nutaq Radios
Slidedecks
Blog Articles