USRP B200 installation notes¶

Harware detection and firmware update¶

uhd_find_devices

If requested, update the firmware library.

sudo "/usr/local/lib/uhd/utils/uhd_images_downloader.py" 

Then retry to find devices.

uhd_find_devices

and inspect the hardware configuration of the tranceiver

uhd_usrp_probe

System integration¶

sudo cp /usr/local/lib/uhd/utils/uhd-usrp.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger

Add the following in /etc/security/limits.conf

@usrp    -    rtprio    99

groupadd usrp

adduser <my-login> usrp

Performances assesment¶

/usr/local/lib/uhd/examples/benchmark_rate --duration 20 --rx_rate 8e6

/usr/local/lib/uhd/examples/benchmark_rate --duration 20 --rx_rate 32e6

uhd_fft