Novena-RF

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Novena-RF board
Novena-RF board

The Novena-RF module is based on the original Myriad-RF 1 design and has been adapted for use with the Novena open hardware computing platform, which can be configured for embedded applications and as an all-in-one desktop or a laptop.

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Specifications

Transceiver LMS6002D
RF Bandwidth (BW) 300 MHz to 3800 MHz
Baseband Bandwidth (BW) Programmable (16 selections:; 0.75 – 14 MHz, Bypass mode
RF Module Control Via Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
Clock TCXO and option for Novena to supply the interface clock
RF Connectors U.FL micro-coax to bulkhead SMA on Novena port farm

Connections

Novena-RF connector
Novena-RF connector
Pin Nr Function Description Pin Nr Function Description
1 NC No connection 2 NC No connection
3 NC No connection 4 NC No connection
5 CLK_IN Clock input 6 NC No connection
7 TXEN CMOS In 8 NC No connection
9 NC No connection 10 NC No connection
81 GND Power 82 GND Power
11 NC No connection 12 NC No connection
13 NC No connection 14 NC No connection
15 NC No connection 16 NC No connection
17 NC No connection 18 NC No connection
19 TXIQSEL CMOS Out 20 NC No connection
21 NC No connection 22 NC No connection
23 NC No connection 24 TXD1 CMOS IO
25 TXD0 CMOS IO 26 TXD3 CMOS IO
27 TXD2 CMOS IO 28 NC No connection
29 TXD4 CMOS IO 30 TXD5 CMOS IO
83 GND Power 84 GND Power
31 TXD6 CMOS IO 32 NC No connection
33 TXD8 CMOS IO 34 TXD7 CMOS IO
35 TXD10 CMOS IO 36 TXD9 CMOS IO
37 NC No connection 38 TXD11 CMOS IO
39 RXIQSEL CMOS In 40 NC No connection
41 NC No connection 42 NC No connection
43 RXD0 CMOS IO 44 RXD1 CMOS IO
45 RXD2 CMOS IO 46 RXD3 CMOS IO
47 RXD4 CMOS IO 48 NC No connection
49 NC No connection 50 RXD5 CMOS IO
85 GND Power 86 GND Power
51 RXD6 CMOS IO 52 RXD7 CMOS IO
53 RXD8 CMOS IO 54 RXD9 CMOS IO
55 RXD10 CMOS IO 56 RXD11 CMOS IO
57 NC No connection 58 NC No connection
59 RXCLK Receive Clock 60 TXCLK Transmit Clock
61 NC No connection 62 NC No connection
63 NC No connection 64 NC No connection
65 GPIO0 CMOS In 66 RESET CMOS In
67 GPIO1 CMOS In 68 SPI_MOSI CMOS In
69 GPIO2 CMOS In 70 SPI_MISO CMOS Out
87 GND Power 88 GND Power
71 +5V Power 72 SPI_CLK CMOS In
73 +5V Power 74 SPI_NCS0 CMOS In
75 +5V Power 76 NC No connection
77 +5V Power 78 VC1 -
79 GND Power 80 RXEN CMOS In

Schematics

Driver

A complete software defined radio (SDR) driver for the Novena-RF module is available via GitHub. For more information on the use of this driver, see the Novena-RF Driver page.

Licensing

Hardware

The hardware designs are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.

Gateware

The FPGA RTL is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. However, please note that this does not extend to any files provided with the Xilinx design tools; see the relevant files for the associated terms and conditions.

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