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+/*! \page page_usrp_b200 USRP-B2x0 Series Device Manual
+
+\tableofcontents
+
+\section b200_features Comparative features list - B200
+
+- Hardware Capabilities:
+ - Integrated RF frontend (70 MHz - 6 GHz)
+ - External PPS reference input
+ - External 10 MHz reference input
+ - Configurable clock rate
+ - Internal GPSDO option
+ - B210 Only:
+ - MICTOR Debug Connector
+ - JTAG Connector
+- FPGA Capabilities:
+ - Timed commands in FPGA
+ - Timed sampling in FPGA
+
+\section b200_imgs Specify a Non-standard Image
+
+UHD software will automatically select the USRP B2X0 images from the
+installed images package. The image selection can be overridden with the
+`fpga` and `fw` device address parameters.
+
+Example device address string representations to specify non-standard
+images:
+
+ fpga=usrp_b200_fpga.bin
+
+ -- OR --
+
+ fw=usrp_b200_fw.hex
+
+\section b200_mcr Changing the Master Clock Rate
+
+The master clock rate feeds the RF frontends and the DSP chains. Users
+may select non-default clock rates to acheive integer decimations or
+interpolations in the DSP chains. The default master clock rate defaults
+to 32 MHz, but can be set to any rate between 5 MHz and 61.44 MHz.
+
+The user can set the master clock rate through the usrp API call
+uhd::usrp::multi_usrp::set_master_clock_rate(), or the clock rate can be set through the
+device arguments, which many applications take: :
+
+ uhd_usrp_probe --args="master_clock_rate=52e6"
+
+\section b200_fe RF Frontend Notes
+
+The B200 features an integrated RF frontend.
+
+\subsection b200_fe_tuning Frontend tuning
+
+The RF frontend has individually tunable receive and transmit chains. On
+the B200, there is one transmit and one receive RF frontend. On the
+B210, both transmit and receive can be used in a MIMO configuration. For
+the MIMO case, both receive frontends share the RX LO, and both transmit
+frontends share the TX LO. Each LO is tunable between 50 MHz and 6 GHz.
+
+\subsection b200_fe_gain Frontend gain
+
+All frontends have individual analog gain controls. The receive
+frontends have 73 dB of available gain; and the transmit frontends have
+89.5 dB of available gain. Gain settings are application specific, but
+it is recommended that users consider using at least half of the
+available gain to get reasonable dynamic range.
+
+\section Hardware Reference
+
+\subsection LED Indicators
+
+Below is a table of the LED indicators and their meanings:
+
+<table>
+</table>
+<table>
+ <tr>
+ <th>Component ID</th><th>Description</th><th>Details</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>LED600</td> <td>Power Indicator</td> <td>off = no power applied<br>
+ red = power applied (external or USB)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>LED800</td> <td>Channel 2 RX2 Activity</td> <td>off = no power applied<br>
+ green = receiving</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>LED801</td> <td>Channel 2 TX/RX Activity</td> <td>off = no activity<br>
+ green = receiving<br>
+ red = transmitting<br>
+ orange = switching between transmitting and receiving</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>LED802</td> <td>Channel 1 TX/RX Activity</td> <td>off = no activity
+ green = receiving<br>
+ red = transmitting<br>
+ orange = switching between transmitting and receiving</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>LED803</td> <td>Channel 1 RX2 Activity</td> <td>off = no power applied<br>
+ green = receiving</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>LED100</td> <td>GPS lock indicator</td> <td>off = no lock<br>
+ green = lock</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+
+TX LED indicators are on when transimitting data and off when no samples are
+available to transmit. RX LED indicators are on when sending samples to the
+host and off when unable to do so. This means that TX/RX activity LED
+indicators will blink off in a temporary transmit underflow or receive overflow
+condition, indicating that the host is not sending or receiving samples fast
+enough. The host will be notified of the condition and output a "U" or "O" as
+well.
+
+\subsection External Connections
+
+Below is a table showing the external connections and respective power information:
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+ <th>Component ID</th> <th>Description</th> <th> Details</th>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>J601</td> <td>External Power</td> <td>6 V<br>3 A</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>J701</td> <td>USB Connector</td> <td>USB 3.0</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>J104</td> <td>External PPS Input</td> <td>1.8 V - 5 V</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>J101</td> <td>GPS Antenna</td> <td>GPSDO will supply nominal voltage to antenna.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>J100</td> <td>External 10 MHz Input</td> <td>+15 dBm max</td
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>J800</td> <td>RF B: TX/RX</td> <td>TX power +20dBm max<br>
+ RX power -15dBm max</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>J802</td> <td>RF B: RX2</td> <td>RX power -15dBm max</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>J803</td> <td>RF A: RX2</td> <td>RX power -15dBm max</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>J801</td> <td>RF A: TX/RX</td> <td>TX power +20dBm max<br>
+ RX power -15dBm max</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+\subsection b200_switches On-Board Connectors and Switches
+
+Below is a table showing the on-board connectors and switches:
+
+Component ID | Description | Details
+--------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------
+ J502* | Mictor Connector | Interface to FPGA for I/O and inspection.
+ J503* | JTAG Header | Interface to FPGA for programming and debugging.
+ S700 | FX3 Hard Reset Switch | -
+
+*/
+
+// vim:ft=doxygen: