2 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/types/CMakeLists.txt b/host/include/uhd/types/CMakeLists.txt
index b82c2b7f2..2a25df35f 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/types/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host/include/uhd/types/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 
 UHD_INSTALL(FILES
+    byte_vector.hpp
     clock_config.hpp
     device_addr.hpp
     dict.ipp
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/types/byte_vector.hpp b/host/include/uhd/types/byte_vector.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7637fb5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/include/uhd/types/byte_vector.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2015 Ettus Research LLC
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_UHD_TYPES_BYTE_VECTOR_HPP
+#define INCLUDED_UHD_TYPES_BYTE_VECTOR_HPP
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <boost/assign.hpp>
+#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
+
+#include <uhd/config.hpp>
+
+namespace uhd{
+
+    //! Byte vector used for I2C data passing and EEPROM parsing.
+    typedef std::vector<boost::uint8_t> byte_vector_t;
+
+    template<typename RangeSrc, typename RangeDst> UHD_INLINE
+    void byte_copy(const RangeSrc &src, RangeDst &dst){
+        std::copy(boost::begin(src), boost::end(src), boost::begin(dst));
+    }
+
+    //! Create a string from a byte vector, terminate when invalid ASCII encountered
+    UHD_API std::string bytes_to_string(const byte_vector_t &bytes);
+
+    //! Create a byte vector from a string, end at null terminator or max length
+    UHD_API byte_vector_t string_to_bytes(const std::string &str, size_t max_length);
+
+} //namespace uhd
+
+#endif /* INCLUDED_UHD_TYPES_BYTE_VECTOR_HPP */