SDR Hardware Comparison

The following is a comparison between the available hardware platforms for implementing SDRs:

USRP-1 USRP-2 WARP-1 WARP-2 Lyrtech SDR SFF Innovative X5-400M
FPGA Altera Cyclone EP1C12Q240C8 Xilinx Spartan 3-2000 Xilinx Virtex-II Pro P70 Xilinx Virtex-4 FX100 Xilinx Virtex-4 SX35 Xilinx Virtex-5 SX95T
Logical Cells 12060 46080 74448 94896 34560 14720 V5 Slices 1)
Block RAM (Kb) 234 720 5904 6768 3456 8784
DSP ? ? ? ? TI DM6446 DMP None
ADC 2 x 64MSPS, 12-bit 2 x 100MSPS, 14-bit 2 x 125MSPS, 14-bit 2 x 400MSPS, 14-bit
DAC 2 x 128MSPS, 14-bit 2 x 400MSPS, 16-bit ? ? 2 x 500MSPS, 16-bit 2 x 500MSPS, 16-bit
Daughterboards
Cost (USD) 2) 700 1400 3500 3500 9900 3) 12000 4)
1) 1 V5 slice = 2 normal slices, 1 normal slice = 2LUT+2Flipflops
2) Academic pricing, unless otherwise specified
3) everything included - radios, MBDK, etc
4) barebone board only, daughterboards extra

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