Nuand/bladeRF 2015.07

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This release introduces minor feature additions and bug fixes. It consists of the following versions:

• FPGA bitstream v0.3.4
• FX3 firmware v1.8.0
• libbladeRF v1.4.3
• bladeRF-cli v1.2.1

New Features:

• libbladeRF:

  • bladerf_open() and bladerf_open_with_devinfo() support matching a
    device via a subset of its serial number.

    For example, the bladeRF-cli uses bladerf_open() to open a specifed
    device, so the following can now be used to open a device with the
    serial number, f12ce1037830a1b27f3ceeba1f521413:

    bladeRF-cli -i -d "*:serial=f12"
    

• Miscellaneous
  • Added Octave/MATLAB routines to import/export data from files
    containing complex samples from GNU Radio.

The following tracker items have been closed since the 2015.06-rc1 release:

• Pull Requests:
  • #402: fixup debian/changelog
• Bugs:
  • #413: [libbladeRF] Bursts must end with 3 zero samples, not 2.
  • #411: [libbladeRF] File search uses hardcoded /usr/share and /etc, should use install prefix
  • #405: lms.c: Fail to correctly exit loopback mode for f >= 1.5 GHz
  • #404: [libbladeRF] XB-200 filter bank selection regression in 41476cb
  • #400: [hdl] ATSC FPGA build broken
• Enhancements:
  • #396: [libbladeRF] Match a subset of serial number
• Other:
  • #407: Setting Loopback resets/changes Rx module frequency [duplicate]
  • #406: Persistent timeouts after using API [invalid]
  • #397: [libbladeRF] API call to reset timestamps [wontfix]

Outstanding issue tracker items:

• Pull Requests:
  • #381: RPM packaging
  • #379: Indent
  • #267: Adjust nios simulation component so it matches the synthesis version
• Bugs:
  • #408: [libbladeRF] Device hangs after repeated open/stream/close
  • #401: libusb detection fails when x-compiling for Android
  • #400: [hdl] ATSC FPGA build broken
  • #399: Update libbladeRF and FX3 Firmware for Cypress FX3 SDK 1.3.3 support
  • #395: [hdl] Timing Closure on LMS6 SPI interface
  • #390: Warning after running rx start when loopback=firmware
  • #373: "trap divide error" while generating calibration table in CLI: cal table dc rx
  • #362: Calibration table generation hangs, performance issues
  • #360: [hdl] Older FPGA revisions no longer build
  • #354: [hdl] failure to include STP file due to talkback req ought to be fatal
  • #352: [libbladeRF] Intermittent out-of-order transfer callbacks with Windows & libusb 1.0.19
  • #342: [Installer] Windows installer doesn't ship 32-bit MATLAB support
  • #321: How about a switch for bladeRF-cli to emit calibration in a format bladeRF-cli can later read?
  • #301: Direct sampling with XB-200 needs additional improvements
• Enhancements:
  • #410: [libbladeRF] Provide a separate "Access denied" error code
  • #409: [bladeRF-cli] Report file access issues prior to DC cal table procedure
  • #403: LibbladeRF support for setting MIMO mode
  • #387: FPGA GPIO Bindings to BladeRF / Osmocom Library
  • #382: 'bladerf_get_serial()' fixed buffer size should be ideally handled in the API
  • #386: android usb bindings
  • #353: [bladeRF-cli, libbladeRF] Improve jump_to_boot docs and implementation
  • #344: [fx3] Investigate/fix field checksums
  • #328: [libbladeRF] Review and evaluate use of stream lock WRT libusb
  • #319: [bladeRF-cli] Add libedit and libreadline support
  • #240: [libbladeRF] Prefer static assertion over assert() when possible
  • #236: [libbladeRF] API calls for XB-100 required
  • #221: Synchronized Tx/Rx of multiple bladeRFs for MIMO using Mini Expansion Header
  • #205: [FX3 Firmware] Code cleanup and potential improvements
  • #174: Migrate FX3 build to CMake-generated Makefile
• Other:
  • #388: [FX3 Firmware] Investigate USB3 drive controls