Novena-RF

About

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.

Images

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  Novena-RF board

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  Novena-RF board, installed

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

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

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  RF circuits

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  Analogue circuits

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  Clocks, RF FE

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  Connectors

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  Digital circuits

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  Power supply

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.

See Also

• Reference Development Kit
• Novena-RF Project Page