Airspy R2

Overview

Airspy R2 sets a new level of performance in the reception of the VHF and UHF bands thanks to its low-IF architecture, high quality ADC and state of the art DSP.

The coverage can be extended to the HF bands via the SpyVerter up-converter companion.

The Airspy R2, like its predecessor is 100% compatible with all the existing software including the de facto scanning standard SDR#, but also a number of popular software defined radio applications such as SDR-Radio, HDSDR, GQRX and GNU Radio.

For a more complete list of supported software, check the download page.

Supported platforms

• Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 (For Windows XP, please contact the airspy team)
• Linux
• *BSD
• OSX

Technical specifications:

• Continuous 24 – 1800 MHz native RX range, down to DC with the SpyVerter option
• 3.5 dB NF between 42 and 1002 MHz
• Tracking RF filters
• 35dBm IIP3 RF front end
• 12bit ADC @ 20 MSPS (10.4 ENOB, 70dB SNR, 95dB SFDR)
• 10MSPS IQ output
• Experimental 2.5MSPS IQ output for low power devices (Raspberry Pi, Odroid, etc.)
• Up to 80 MSPS when using custom firmware
• Cortex M4F @ up to 204MHz with Multi Core support (dual M0)
• 0.5 ppm high precision, low phase noise clock
• 1 RTC clock (for packet time-stamping)
• External clock input (10 MHz to 100 MHz via MCX connector) – Ideal for phase coherent radios
• 10 MHz panoramic spectrum view with up to 9MHz alias/image free
• IQ or Real, 16bit fixed or 32bit float output streams
• No IQ imbalance, DC offset or 1/F noise at the center of the spectrum that plagues all the other SDRs
• Extension ports: 16 x SGPIO
• 1 x RF Input (SMA connector, up to 30kV ESD protection)
• 1 x RF Output (Loopthrough, U-FL, 15kV ESD protection)
• 2 x High Speed ADC inputs (up to 80 MSPS, U-FL, DC coupled, 15kV ESD protection)
• 4.5v software switched Bias-Tee to power LNA’s and up/down-converters
• 8 x programmable high speed gpio’s up to 100MHz
• 3 x programmable synchronized clock outputs up to 160MHz
• 1 x core CPU clock output
• 1 x reset pin
• 2 x regulated +5.0 and +3.3v pins
• 1 x JTAG header
• No drivers required! 100% Plug-and-play on Windows Vista, Seven, 8, 8.1 and 10
• Operating temperature: -10°C to 40°C

Minimum hardware requirements

• 3rd gen Intel i3 2.4 GHz CPU or equivalent
• 2GB of RAM (to run your own OS, airspy barely needs 1MB of memory)
• High speed USB 2.0 controller

Supported Software

• Check the download page

Developer API

• Open source multi-platform libairspy and airspy host tools at github
• Open source airspy firmware at github
• Linux kernel SDR API (by Antti Palosaari) at github

Pin and Port Assignments

AirSpy NOS R2 Pin Assignment