The LimeSDR-Mini board provides a hardware platform for developing and prototyping high-performance and logic-intensive digital and RF designs using Altera’s MAX10 FPGA and Lime Microsystems transceiver.
- FPGA Features
- 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
The directory structure is as follows:
hardware/<version>/
Libraries/ - Component Libraries
OutputJobs/ - Output jobs
PCB/ - PCB design
Project Outputs/ - BOM, rule check reports, Gerbers, pick & place files, PDFs
Schematics/ - Schematic diagrams
The hardware designs are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.