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diff --git a/host/docs/CMakeLists.txt b/host/docs/CMakeLists.txt index bbb8812b0..65db3befc 100644 --- a/host/docs/CMakeLists.txt +++ b/host/docs/CMakeLists.txt @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SET(manual_sources dboards.rst general.rst images.rst + transport.rst usrp1.rst usrp2.rst ) diff --git a/host/docs/build.rst b/host/docs/build.rst index f37b5dce7..a41ce8331 100644 --- a/host/docs/build.rst +++ b/host/docs/build.rst @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CMake Boost ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * **Purpose:** C++ library -* **Version:** at least 3.6 unix, at least 4.0 windows +* **Version:** at least 1.36 unix, at least 1.40 windows * **Usage:** build time + run time (required) * **Download URL:** http://www.boost.org/users/download/ * **Download URL (windows installer):** http://www.boostpro.com/download @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ LibUSB * **Purpose:** USB-based hardware support * **Version:** at least 1.0 * **Usage:** build time + run time (optional) -* **Download URL:** http://www.libusb.org/ +* **Download URL:** http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb/files/libusb-1.0/ +* **Download URL (windows binaries):** http://www.libusb.org/wiki/windows_backend#LatestBinarySnapshots ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Python @@ -152,6 +153,19 @@ Generate the project with cmake * Click generate and a project file will be created in the build directory. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LibUSB cmake notes +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +On Windows, cmake does not have the advantage of pkg-config, +so we must manually tell cmake how to locate the LibUSB header and lib. + +From the cmake gui, select "Advanded View": + +* Set LIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR to the directory with "libusb.h". +* Set LIBUSB_LIBRARIES to the full path for "libusb-1.0.lib". + +Then check the boxes to enable USRP1 support, click configure and generate. + +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Build the project in MSVC ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * Open the generated project file in MSVC. @@ -177,3 +191,8 @@ Setup the PATH environment variable ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * Add the boost library path to %PATH% (usually c:\\program files\\boost\\<version>\\lib) * Add the uhd library path to %PATH% (usually c:\\program files\\uhd\\lib) +* Add the libusb library to %PATH% (if using usb support) + +**Note:** +The interface for editing environment variable paths in Windows is very poor. +I recommend using "Rapid Environment Editor" (http://www.rapidee.com) over the default editor. diff --git a/host/docs/coding.rst b/host/docs/coding.rst index d6a19d250..7533445ea 100644 --- a/host/docs/coding.rst +++ b/host/docs/coding.rst @@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ The single usrp provides ways to: See the documentation in *usrp/single_usrp.hpp* for reference. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -High-Level: The mimo usrp +High-Level: The multi usrp ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -The mimo usrp API provides a wrapper around a device that represents several motherboards. +The multi usrp API provides a wrapper around a device that represents several motherboards. This API provides convenience calls just like the single usrp, however the calls either work across all channels in the configuration, or take a channel argument to specify which channel to configure. -The mimo usrp provides ways to: +The multi usrp provides ways to: * Set and get the sample rate across all channels. * Issue a stream command across all channels. @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The mimo usrp provides ways to: * Tune individual DSPs and daughterboards. * Get the underlying device (as discussed above). -See the documentation in *usrp/mimo_usrp.hpp* for reference. +See the documentation in *usrp/multi_usrp.hpp* for reference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Integrating custom hardware diff --git a/host/docs/dboards.rst b/host/docs/dboards.rst index 738a0696d..d93fb9d6a 100644 --- a/host/docs/dboards.rst +++ b/host/docs/dboards.rst @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ 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. +BasicRX Bandwidth (Hz): 250M + +LFRX Bandwidth (Hz): 30M + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Basic TX and and LFTX ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -40,6 +44,10 @@ 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. +BasicTX Bandwidth (Hz): 250M + +LFTX Bandwidth (Hz): 30M + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DBSRX ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -49,10 +57,12 @@ Receive Antennas: **J3** The board has no user selectable antenna setting -Recieve Gains: +Receive Gains: **GC1**, Range: 0-56dB **GC2**, Range: 0-24dB +Bandwidth (Hz): 8M-66M + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ RFX Series ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -64,26 +74,29 @@ 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. -Recieve Gains: **PGA0**, Range: 0-70dB (except RFX400 range is 0-45dB) +Receive Gains: **PGA0**, Range: 0-70dB (except RFX400 range is 0-45dB) + +Bandwidths (Hz): + * **RX**: 40M + * **TX**: 40M ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ XCVR 2450 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -The XCVR2450 has a non-contiguous tuning range consisting of a high band and a low band. -The high band consists of frequencies between...TODO +The XCVR2450 has a non-contiguous tuning range consisting of a +high band (4.9-6.0GHz) and a low band (2.4-2.5GHz). 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. +The XCVR2450 does not support full-duplex mode, attempting to operate +in full-duplex will result in transmit-only operation. + Transmit Gains: * **VGA**, Range: 0-30dB * **BB**, Range: 0-5dB @@ -92,6 +105,10 @@ Receive Gains: * **LNA**, Range: 0-30.5dB * **VGA**, Range: 0-62dB +Bandwidths (Hz): + * **RX**: 15M, 19M, 28M, 36M; (each +-0, 5, or 10%) + * **TX**: 24M, 36M, 48M + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WBX Series ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -105,7 +122,22 @@ the receive antenna will always be set to RX2, regardless of the settings. Transmit Gains: **PGA0**, Range: 0-25dB -Recieve Gains: **PGA0**, Range: 0-31.5dB +Receive Gains: **PGA0**, Range: 0-31.5dB + +Bandwidths (Hz): + * **RX**: 40M + * **TX**: 40M + +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TVRX +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Receive Antennas: RX + +Receive Gains: + * **RF**, Range: -13.3-50.3dB (frequency-dependent) + * **IF**, Range: -1.5-32.5dB + +Bandwidth: 6MHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Daughterboard Modifications diff --git a/host/docs/index.rst b/host/docs/index.rst index bd55edc0b..7f8129e2d 100644 --- a/host/docs/index.rst +++ b/host/docs/index.rst @@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ Building the UHD ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Application Notes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -* `General App Notes <./general.html>`_ +* `General Application Notes <./general.html>`_ * `Firmware and FPGA Image Notes <./images.html>`_ -* `USRP1 App Notes <./usrp1.html>`_ -* `USRP2 App Notes <./usrp2.html>`_ -* `Daughterboard App Notes <./dboards.html>`_ +* `USRP1 Application Notes <./usrp1.html>`_ +* `USRP2 Application Notes <./usrp2.html>`_ +* `Daughterboard Application Notes <./dboards.html>`_ +* `Transport Application Notes <./transport.html>`_ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ API Documentation diff --git a/host/docs/transport.rst b/host/docs/transport.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..432db4bb5 --- /dev/null +++ b/host/docs/transport.rst @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +======================================================================== +UHD - Transport Application Notes +======================================================================== + +.. contents:: Table of Contents + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Introduction +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +A transport is the layer between the packet interface and a device IO interface. +The advanced user can pass optional parameters +into the underlying transport layer through the device address. +These optional parameters control how the transport object allocates memory, +resizes kernel buffers, spawns threads, etc. +When not spcified, the transport layer will use values for these parameters +that are known to perform well on a variety of systems. +The transport parameters are defined below for the various transports in the UHD: + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +UDP transport (ASIO) +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +The UDP transport is implemented with Boost's ASIO library. +ASIO provides an asynchronous API for user-space sockets. +The transport implementation allocates a number of buffers +and submits asynchronous requests for send and receive. +IO service threads run in the background to process these requests. + +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Transport parameters +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +The following parameters can be used to alter the transport's default behavior: + +* **recv_frame_size:** The size of a single receive buffer in bytes +* **num_recv_frames:** The number of receive buffers to allocate +* **send_frame_size:** The size of a single send buffer in bytes +* **num_send_frames:** The number of send buffers to allocate +* **concurrency_hint:** The number of threads to run the IO service + +**Note:** num_send_frames and concurrency_hint will not have an effect +as the asynchronous send implementation is currently disabled. + +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Resize socket buffers +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +It may be useful increase the size of the socket buffers to +move the burden of buffering samples into the kernel, or to +buffer incoming samples faster than they can be processed. +However, if your application cannot process samples fast enough, +no amount of buffering can save you. +The following parameters can be used to alter socket's buffer sizes: + +* **recv_buff_size:** The desired size of the receive buffer in bytes +* **send_buff_size:** The desired size of the send buffer in bytes + +**Note:** Large send buffers tend to decrease transmit performance. + +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Linux specific notes +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +On linux, the maximum buffer sizes are capped by the sysctl values +**net.core.rmem_max** and **net.core.wmem_max**. +To change the maximum values, run the following commands: +:: + + sudo sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=<new value> + sudo sysctl -w net.core.wmem_max=<new value> + +Set the values permanently by editing */etc/sysctl.conf* + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +USB transport (libusb) +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +The USB transport is implemented with libusb. +Libusb provides an asynchronous API for USB bulk transfers. +The transport implementation allocates a number of buffers +and submits asynchronous requests through libusb. +Event handler threads run in the background to process these requests. + +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Transport parameters +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +The following parameters can be used to alter the transport's default behavior: + +* **recv_frame_size:** The size of a single receive transfers in bytes +* **num_recv_frames:** The number of simultaneous receive transfers +* **send_frame_size:** The size of a single send transfers in bytes +* **num_send_frames:** The number of simultaneous send transfers +* **concurrency_hint:** The number of threads to run the event handler diff --git a/host/docs/usrp1.rst b/host/docs/usrp1.rst index 3c1431d30..3443fd871 100644 --- a/host/docs/usrp1.rst +++ b/host/docs/usrp1.rst @@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ OS Specific Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Setup Udev on Linux +Linux - setup udev ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -On Linux, Udev handles USB plug and unplug events. -The following command creates a Udev rule for the USRP1 +On Linux, udev handles USB plug and unplug events. +The following commands create a udev rule for the USRP1 so that non-root users may access the device: :: @@ -113,3 +113,9 @@ so that non-root users may access the device: sudo mv tmpfile /etc/udev/rules.d/10-usrp.rules sudo udevadm control --reload-rules +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Windows - install driver +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +On Windows, a driver must be installed the first time the USRP1 is attached to the host computer. +A download link for this driver can be found on the UHD wiki page. +Download and unpack the driver, and direct the Windows driver install wizard to the .inf file. diff --git a/host/docs/usrp2.rst b/host/docs/usrp2.rst index 4c95fb24c..0ddcaa4e5 100644 --- a/host/docs/usrp2.rst +++ b/host/docs/usrp2.rst @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ The value for the addr key is a white-space separated list of IPv4 addresses or resolvable hostnames. The first address in the list will represent channel 0, the second channel 1, and so on... -Use this addressing scheme with the *mimo_usrp* interface. +Use this addressing scheme with the *multi_usrp* interface. The device address string representation for 2 USRP2s with IPv4 addresses 192.168.10.2 and 192.168.20.2 :: @@ -166,49 +166,22 @@ The device address string representation for 2 USRP2s with IPv4 addresses 192.16 addr=192.168.10.2 192.168.20.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Resize the send and receive buffers +Hardware setup notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -It may be useful increase the size of the socket buffers to -move the burden of buffering samples into the kernel, or to -buffer incoming samples faster than they can be processed. -However, if you application cannot process samples fast enough, -no amount of buffering can save you. - -By default, the UHD will try to resize both the send and receive buffer for optimum performance. -A warning will be printed on instantiation if the actual buffer size is insufficient. -See the OS specific notes below: - -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -OS specific notes -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -On linux, the maximum buffer sizes are capped by the sysctl values -**net.core.rmem_max** and **net.core.wmem_max**. -To change the maximum values, run the following commands: -:: - - sudo sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=<new value> - sudo sysctl -w net.core.wmem_max=<new value> - -Set the values permanently by editing */etc/sysctl.conf* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Device address params +Front panel LEDs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -To manually set the size of the buffers, -the usrp2 will accept two optional parameters in the device address. -Each parameter will accept a numeric value for the number of bytes. - -* recv_buff_size -* send_buff_size - -Example, set the args string to the following: -:: +The LEDs on the front panel can be useful in debugging hardware and software issues. +The LEDs reveal the following about the state of the device: - addr=192.168.10.2, recv_buff_size=100e6 +* **LED A:** transmitting +* **LED B:** undocumented +* **LED C:** receiving +* **LED D:** firmware loaded +* **LED E:** undocumented +* **LED F:** FPGA loaded ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Hardware setup notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ref Clock - 10MHz |