LMS8001-Companion

The LMS8001-Companion board provides a highly integrated, highly configurable, four-channel frequency shifter platform, utilising the LMS8001A integrated circuit. One of the typical applications is extending Lime Micro transceiver family RF frequency range up to 10 GHz.

LMS8001A Integrated Circuit
- Single chip up/down RF frequency shifter with continuous coverage up to 10 GHz RF output range
- Four independent highly reconfigurable RF paths all driven by the same LO
- Fully differential signals
- Few external components
- Low voltage operation, 1.2 and 1.8V. Integrated LDOs to run on a single 1.8 V supply
- 56-pin QFN package
- Serial Port Interface
- Power down control available via ENABLE pins and/or equivalent SPI registers
- Synchronous loading of pre-set operation profiles by GPIO pins. More options are also available using corresponding SPI registers
Connections
- 4 x SMA connectors - RF
- 4 x UFL connectors – RF
- 1 x SMA connector – External LO
- 1 x UFL connector – External clock reference
RF Matching
- Channel A Input (UFL) – 1–3 GHz broadband, using TC1-1-13M+ balun
- Channel B Input (UFL) – 1–3 GHz broadband, using TC1-1-13M+ balun
- Channel C Input (SMA) – 10 GHz band, using NCR2-113+ balun
- Channel D Input (SMA) – 5 GHz band, using NCR2-113+ balun
- Channel A Output (SMA) – 10 GHz band, using NCR2-113+ balun
- Channel B Output (SMA) – 5 GHz band, using NCR2-113+ balun
- Channel C Output (UFL) – 1–3 GHz broadband, using TC1-1-13M+ balun
- Channel D Output (UFL) – 1–3 GHz broadband, using TC1-1-13M+ balun
USB Interface
- USB - mini B (STM32 controller STM32F105RBT6)
Clock System
- 40MHz on board VCTCXO
- Possibility to lock VCTCXO to external clock
Board Size
- 60mm x 100mm (2.36’’ x 3.94’’)

The directory structure is as follows:

  docs/                      - Quick Starter Manual

  drivers/                   - STM32 DFU & VCP Windows drivers
     
  firmware/
      docs/                  - Flashing documentation
      firmare/               - Firmware binary build
      src/                   - Firmware sources

  hardware/<version>/
      BOM/                   - bill of materials spreadsheet
      Gerbers/               - Gerber CAM files
      KiCAD/                 - KiCAD schematic and layout files
      Manufacturing/         - Additional manufacturing information
      PDF/                   - Schematic and layout PDFs
      Reports/               - DRC, ERC and drill reports

Associated projects

LMS8 Suite

Utilities for use with hardware based upon LMS8001 RFICs from Lime Microsystems:

Source: https://github.com/myriadrf/LMS8Suite
Windows binary: http://downloads.myriadrf.org/builds/lms8suite/

LMS8001 PLL-Sim

An LMS8001 PLL simulator:

Source: https://github.com/myriadrf/LMS8001-PLL-Sim
Windows installer: http://downloads.myriadrf.org/builds/LMS8001-PLL-Sim/

LMS8001 Documentation

https://github.com/myriadrf/LMS8001-docs

Licensing

Documentation

Documentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.

Hardware

The hardware design is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.

Firmware

The firmware is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License unless otherwise stated (please see the file headers for details).

myriadrf/LMS8001-Companion