Command line interface tools

limeDevice

Utility to list detected devices and retrieve device information descriptors and status.

user@computer:~$ limeDevice --full
0: LimeXTRX0, media=PCIe, addr=/dev/LimeXTRX0_control, serial=0000000000000000
Expansion name          : UNSUPPORTED
Firmware version        : 1
Gateware version        : 1
Gateware revision       : 0
Gateware target board   : LimeSDR XTRX
Hardware version        : 0
Protocol version        : 1
Serial number           : 2748
SPI slave devices       :
                          FPGA
                          LMS7002M
Memory devices          :
                          FPGA FLASH
GPS Lock:
        GPS - Undefined
        Glonass - Undefined
        Galileo - Undefined
        Beidou - Undefined

limeConfig

Utility to configure generic software defined radio parameters.

user@computer:~$ limeConfig --initialize --samplerate=20e6 --rxen=1 --rxlo=2.442e9 --rxpath=LNAW --rxlpf=120e6

limeTRX

Utility for receiving and/or transmitting RF samples.

Note

The device has to be already in configured working state, otherwise it will not stream samples.

user@computer:~$ limeTRX --fft --output="receivedSamples.wfm" --samplesCount=20000000

limeSPI

Utility for reading/writing device’s SPI registers

user@computer:~$ limeSPI write --chip LMS7002M --stream=0020fffd
user@computer:~$ limeSPI read --chip LMS7002M --stream=0020
0020fffd

limeFLASH

Utility for writing firmware/gateware into device’s FLASH memory. The gateware files for each device can be found in their github repositories.

Warning

Be aware that the gateware file must be designed for your specific hardware, otherwise the device will stop functioning and will require JTAG tools to recover. Recovery steps are device specific and described in their documentation.

user@computer:~$ limeFLASH --target="FPGA FLASH" flash_programming_file.bin