National Instruments USRP RIO wireless prototyping platform

National Instruments has released an integrated software defined radio solution for rapidly prototyping multichannel wireless communication systems. Built on the NI LabVIEW RIO architecture, the NI USRP RIO platform combines a high-performance 2 x 2 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) RF transceiver (50 MHz to 6 GHz) with an open LabVIEW programmable FPGA architecture.

Engineers can use the technology to rapidly prototype systems and test them under real-world conditions. They can also prototype more capable algorithms and systems faster and reduce time to results by taking advantage of the graphical system design approach. The USRP RIO family delivers real-time processing capability with the Xilinx Kintex-7 Series FPGA, low latency with the PCI Express connection to a host computer and small size (1U half wide, 19″ rack mountable).

USRP RIO is suitable for a range of applications including 5G wireless research, radar development, communications intelligence, connected smart devices and more.