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Supported devices

Prof. Dr. Andreas Noack edited this page Jan 25, 2023 · 32 revisions
Device Capabilities Native support External backend support
AirSpy Mini RX ✔️ ✔️ (Gnuradio)
AirSpy R2 RX ✔️ ✔️ (Gnuradio)
BladeRF RX/TX ✔️ ✔️ (Gnuradio)
DX Patrol (RTLSDR) RX ✔️ ✔️ (Gnuradio)
FUNcube RX ✔️ (Gnuradio)
HackRF RX/TX ✔️ ✔️ (Gnuradio)
rad1o RX/TX ✔️ ✔️ (Gnuradio)
LimeSDR RX/TX ✔️
PlutoSDR RX/TX ✔️
RTLSDR RX ✔️ ✔️ (Gnuradio)
RTLSDR (TCP) RX ✔️
SDRPlay RX ✔️ (only v2.13 API) ✔️ (Gnuradio)
USRP N-series RX/TX ✔️ ✔️ (Gnuradio)
USRP B/X-series RX/TX ✔️ ✔️ (Gnuradio)
YARD Stick One RX/TX ✔️ (RfCat, only TX)
Flipper Zero RX/TX ✔️ (.sub files, TX limited (Generator))

RX = SDR is able to receive, TX = SDR is able to transmit

Native device support is provided by C extensions and normally URH finds automatically all your installed SDR libraries and creates the corresponding native device extension. You can, however, enforce enabling or disabling native extensions with the following flags:

Device Extension Force enable Force disable
AirSpy --with-airspy --without-airspy
BladeRF --with-bladerf --without-bladerf
HackRF --with-hackrf --without-hackrf
LimeSDR --with-limesdr --without-limesdr
PlutoSDR --with-plutosdr --without-plutosdr
RTL-SDR --with-rtlsdr --without-rtlsdr
SDRplay --with-sdrplay --without-sdrplay
USRP --with-usrp --without-usrp

For example, python setup.py --with-hackrf --without-limesdr install, will enforce installation with HackRF extension, but disable LimeSDR extension in any case. Other device extensions will be enabled if the corresponding library is found, as is the default for a device, when no flag is given.

Note, you do not have to reinstall URH if you installed a new device library afterwards. You can rebuild native device extensions in GUI via Options -> Device.

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