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+========================================================================
+UHD - Daughterboard Application Notes
+========================================================================
+
+.. contents:: Table of Contents
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Daughterboard Properties
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The following contains interesting notes about each daughterboard.
+Eventually, this page will be expanded to list out the full
+properties of each board as well.
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Basic RX and and LFRX
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The Basic RX and LFRX boards have 3 subdevices:
+
+* **Subdevice A:** real signal on antenna RXA
+* **Subdevice B:** real signal on antenna RXB
+* **Subdevice AB:** quadrature subdevice using both antennas
+
+The boards have no tunable elements or programmable gains.
+Though the magic of aliasing, you can down-convert signals
+greater than the nyquist rate of the ADC.
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Basic TX and and LFTX
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The Basic TX and LFTX boards have 1 quadrature subdevice using both antennas.
+
+The boards have no tunable elements or programmable gains.
+Though the magic of aliasing, you can up-convert signals
+greater than the nyquist rate of the DAC.
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+RFX Series
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Transmit Antennas: **TX/RX**
+
+Receive Antennas: **TX/RX** or **RX2**
+
+The user may set the receive antenna to be TX/RX or RX2.
+However, when using an RFX board in full-duplex mode,
+the receive antenna will always be set to RX2, regardless of the settings.
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+XCVR 2450
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The XCVR2450 has a non-contiguous tuning range consiting of a high band and a low band.
+The high band consists of frequencies between...TODO
+
+Transmit Antennas: **J1** or **J2**
+
+Receive Antennas: **J1** or **J2**
+
+When using the XCVR2450 in full-duplex mode,
+the user must set the receive antenna and the transmit antenna to be different;
+not doing so will yeild undefined results.
+
+The XCVR2450 uses a common LO for both receive and transmit.
+Even though the API allows the RX and TX LOs to be individually set,
+a change of one LO setting will be reflected in the other LO setting.