USRP Wireless Prototyping | Manhattan Beach

Wireless Design & Prototyping with USRP — Manhattan Beach, CA

A Free, Hands-On SDR Technical Training for Wireless Engineers | Hosted by Cyth Systems & NI

Join the NI Wireless team and Cyth Systems for a free, hands-on workshop covering software-defined radio fundamentals, USRP architecture, GNU Radio, LabVIEW, FPGA design, and more, all in a practical, engineer-focused setting at Cyth HQ in San Diego.

This is a free event designed for engineers with some RF or SDR experience who are ready to go deeper.

• SDR fundamentals and USRP architecture

• IQ data and sampling

• Application development with gNU Radio and LabVIEW

• Intro to FPGA and RFNoC design

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This workshop is designed for engineers who already have some foundation in RF or SDR concepts and are ready to go hands-on with USRP hardware and real development workflows. It's an ideal fit for:

• RF and wireless systems engineers

• Embedded systems developers working with software-defined radio

• Test engineers building wireless test beds and prototyping environments

• Researchers and academics are working on wireless communications projects.

• Defense and aerospace engineers exploring SDR-based solutions

FULL SESSION OVERVIEW

This free workshop will provide attendees with a thorough, practical, and hands-on introduction to the USRP SDR hardware and the open-source software toolchain (Linux, C++, Python, UHD, and GNU Radio). Attendees will have access to laptop computers and USRP radios, and will perform various classroom activities.

Workshop topics will include:

• Overview of the hardware and the architecture of the USRP software-defined radios

• How to get started using a new USRP device; installing the UHD driver and GNU Radio framework

• Using the UHD device driver; programming the USRP from C++ using the UHD API

• Using GNU Radio with the USRP

• Creating and running flowgraphs from both GRC and Python; managing USRP FPGA images

• Viewing packetized I/Q data with Wireshark

• Debugging common technical problems and network configuration problems

• Flow-control errors and how to mitigate them; various practical RF issues

• High-rate networking and I/Q data streaming; host system performance tuning

• USRP device recovery; various operational best-practices