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@rtucker rtucker released this 05 Sep 18:24
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2018.08
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This release introduces new functionality and bug fixes, particularly support
for the bladeRF 2.0 Micro product. It consists of the following versions:

* FPGA bitstream                v0.7.3
* FX3 firmware                  v2.2.0
* libbladeRF                    v2.0.2
* bladeRF-cli                   v1.6.1
* MATLAB & Simulink bindings    v1.0.1
* Python bindings               v1.0.1

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***      libbladeRF v2.0 introduces a number of breaking changes !!       ***
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*** Please see relnotes_2_0 in the Doxygen documentation for a full       ***
*** discussion of the changes in libbladeRF v2.0.                         ***
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Summary of changes since 2016.06:

  • FPGA

    • Added support for Automatic Gain Control
    • Redesign build system to support multiple product models
    • Initial release with bladeRF Micro support
    • Refactoring, bug fixes, and other misc. improvements

  • FX3

    • Add support for the bladeRF 2.0 (2cf0:5250).
    • Fix loading FPGA bitstreams from flash when there is nothing connected to
      the USB connector.
    • Move USB descriptor consts to .usbdscr section so the linker glomps them.

  • libbladeRF

    • Added support for Automatic Gain Control
    • Added bladeRF.conf config option file
    • Refactor to support for multiple product lines
    • Add support for the bladeRF Micro product
    • API: replace bladerf_module with bladerf_channel, a reverse-compatible
      change to handle products with multiple independent RF paths in the same
      direction
    • API: BREAKING CHANGE - on bladerf_set_frequency, et al, the frequency
      parameter is now uint64_t instead of unsigned int
    • Add typedefs for common param types, e.g. bladerf_frequency -> uint64_t

  • bladeRF-cli

    • Added support for Automatic Gain Control
    • No longer initializes the bladeRF before loading a new FPGA image, to
      avoid potential catch-22 problems
    • bladeRF 2.0 Micro support
    • Support for MIMO RX and TX using "channel=" parameter on rx/tx config
    • Various code quality fixups

  • MATLAB & Simulink bindings

    • Add support for bladeRF 2.0 (Micro) products
    • Change "not supported" (-8) library errors to Matlab warnings
      temporarily, to permit some grace while others' scripts are updated.
    • Update bladeRF_XCVR to use new unified gain control
    • Add bladeRF_Misc for misc measurements and controls
    • Update bladeRF_rx_gui to support unified gain
    • Update Simulink block to match libbladeRF v2.0.0

  • Python

    • New in 2018.08
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