The LimeSDR Mini development board is a hardware platform for developing and prototyping high-performance and logic-intensive digital and RF designs that use Altera’s MAX 10 FPGA and Lime Microsystems’ LMS7002M RF transceiver.

Features & Specifications

• RF transceiver: Lime Microsystems LMS7002M
• FPGA: Intel Altera MAX 10 (10M16SAU169C8G)
• 169-pin FBGA package
• 16 K Les
• 549 KB M9K memory
• 2,368 KB user flash memory
• 4 x fractional phase locked loops (PLLs)
• 45 x 18x18-bit multipliers
• 130 x general purpose input/output (GPIO)
• Single supply voltage
• Flash feature
• FPGA configuration via JTAG
• EEPROM memory: 2 x 128 KB for RF transciever MCU firmware and data
• Flash memory: 1 x 4 MB flash memory for data
• General user inputs/outputs:
• 2 x dual color (red + green) LED
• 8 x FPGA GPIO pinheader (3.3 V)
• Connectivity:
• USB 3.0 Type-A (FTDI FT601 controller)
• 2 x coaxial RF (SMA) connectors (each can be switched between high and low frequency bands)
• U.FL connector for external clock source
• FPGA GPIO headers
• FPGA JTAG connector
• Clock system:
• 30.72 MHz onboard VCTCXO
• Possibility to tune VCTCXO with onboard DAC
• External clock input via U.FL connector
• Board dimensions: 69 mm x 31.4 mm
• Board weight: 20 grams

LimeSuite

The LimeSDR Mini uses the same host-side software, called LimeSuite, as the full-size LimeSDR. LimeSuite is entirely open source and supports a variety of software-defined radios. You can learn more about LimeSuite at its GitHub repository and Myriad-RF project page.