Myriad-RF 1

About

The Myriad–RF 1 board is a multi-band, multi-standard RF module, based on the LMS6002D transceiver IC by Lime Microsystems. It has one RF broadband output, one RF broadband input with digital baseband interface, established via a standard Hirose FX10A-80P connector. The board also provides the user with pin headers for power supply, reference clock, analogue input/output and Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) connections. It contains everything needed for it to be connected to baseband (BB) chipsets, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), or to run independently in an standalone mode.

The Myriad-RF 1 board enables developers implement their products for a wide variety of wireless communication applications quickly and efficiently, given the flexibility of the solution. In addition, the designer can make use of the freely available ready-made board implementation, modify and manufacture to accelerate the development time.

Images

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  Myriad-RF 1, top

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  Myriad-RF 1 block diagram

Specifications

Transceiver	LMS6002D
RF Bandwidth (BW)	300 MHz to 3800 MHz
Baseband Bandwdth (BW)	Programmable (16 selections:; 0.75 – 14 MHz, Bypass mode
RF Module Control	Via Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
Analogue Inputs	I/Q differential analogue input for transmitter
Analogue Outputs	I/Q differential analogue output from receiver
Reference Clock Frequency	23 – 41 MHz
Input Voltage	5 V(recommended)

Connections

The Myriad-RF 1 board can be used as a standalone board or in conjunction with the DE0-Nano Interface Board or Zipper Interface Board. The analogue differential IQ interface is also available directly on the Myriad-RF 1 board, along with RF connections. A full list of available connections is available on the page Myriad-RF 1 Connections.

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

Licensing

Hardware

The hardware designs are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence. Note: The Myriad-RF 1 and DE0-Nano Interface hardware designs were initially published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported licence. As of 30th September 2013 these have been re-licensed under the more permissive Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.

Firmware

For details of firmware licensing please see the associated COPYING file(s), available in the GitHub repository.

See Also

• Reference Development Kit
• Myriad-RF 1 Connections
• Reference Development Kit Project Page