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dburgessb3a0ca42011-10-12 07:44:40 +00001This file specifies the format of USB packets used for in-band data
2transmission and signaling on the USRP. All packets are 512-byte long,
3and are transfered using USB "bulk" transfers.
4
5IN packets are sent towards the host.
6OUT packets are sent away from the host.
7
8The layout is 32-bits wide. All data is transmitted in little-endian
9format across the USB.
10
11
12 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
13 |O|U|D|S|E| RSSI | Chan | mbz | Tag | Payload Len |
14 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
15 | Timestamp |
16 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
17 | |
18 + +
19 | Payload |
20 . .
21 . .
22 . .
23 | |
24 + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
25 | ... | .
26 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ .
27 . .
28 . Padding .
29 . .
30 | |
31 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
32
33
34 mbz Must be Zero: these bits must be zero in both IN and OUT packets.
35
36 O Overrun Flag: set in an IN packet if an overrun condition was
37 detected. Must be zero in OUT packets. Overrun occurs when
38 the FPGA has data to transmit to the host and there is no
39 buffer space available. This generally indicates a problem on
40 the host. Either it is not keeping up, or it has configured
41 the FPGA to transmit data at a higher rate than the transport
42 (USB) can support.
43
44 U Underrun Flag: set in an IN packet if an underrun condition
45 was detected. Must be zero in OUT packets. Underrun occurs
46 when the FPGA runs out of samples, and it's not between
47 bursts. See the "End of Burst flag" below.
48
49 D Dropped Packet Flag: Set in an IN packet if the FPGA
50 discarded an OUT packet because its timestamp had already
51 passed.
52
53 S Start of Burst Flag: Set in an OUT packet if the data is the
54 first segment of what is logically a continuous burst of data.
55 Must be zero in IN packets.
56
57 E End of Burst Flag: Set in an OUT packet if the data is the
58 last segment of what is logically a continuous burst of data.
59 Must be zero in IN packets. Underruns are not reported
60 when the FPGA runs out of samples between bursts.
61
62
63 RSSI 6-bit Received Strength Signal Indicator: Must be zero in OUT
64 packets. In IN packets, indicates RSSI as reported by front end.
65 FIXME The format and interpretation are to be determined.
66
67 Chan 5-bit logical channel number. Channel number 0x1f is reserved
68 for control information. See "Control Channel" below. Other
69 channels are "data channels." Each data channel is logically
70 independent of the others. A data channel payload field
71 contains a sequence of homogeneous samples. The format of the
72 samples is determined by the configuration associated with the
73 given channel. It is often the case that the payload field
74 contains 32-bit complex samples, each containing 16-bit real
75 and imaginary components.
76
77 Tag 4-bit tag for matching IN packets with OUT packets.
78 [FIXME, write more...]
79
80 Payload Len: 9-bit field that specifies the length of the payload
81 field in bytes. Must be in the range 0 to 504 inclusive.
82
83 Timestamp: 32-bit timestamp.
84 On IN packets, the timestamp indicates the time at which the
85 first sample of the packet was produced by the A/D converter(s)
86 for that channel. On OUT packets, the timestamp specifies the
87 time at which the first sample in the packet should go out the
88 D/A converter(s) for that channel. If a packet reaches the
89 head of the transmit queue, and the current time is later than
90 the timestamp, an error is assumed to have occurred and the
91 packet is discarded. As a special case, the timestamp
92 0xffffffff is interpreted as "Now".
93
94 The time base is a free running 32-bit counter that is
95 incremented by the A/D sample-clock.
96
97 Payload: Variable length field. Length is specified by the
98 Payload Len field.
99
100 Padding: This field is 504 - Payload Len bytes long, and its content
101 is unspecified. This field pads the packet out to a constant
102 512 bytes.
103
104
105
106"Data Channel" payload format:
107-------------------------------
108
109If Chan != 0x1f, the packet is a "data packet" and the payload is a
110sequence of homogeneous samples. The format of the samples is
111determined by the configuration associated with the given channel.
112It is often the case that the payload field contains 32-bit complex
113samples, each containing 16-bit real and imaginary components.
114
115
116"Control Channel" payload format:
117---------------------------------
118
119If Chan == 0x1f, the packet is a "control packet". The control channel
120payload consists of a sequence of 0 or more sub-packets.
121
122Each sub-packet starts on a 32-bit boundary, and consists of an 8-bit
123Opcode field, an 8-bit Length field, Length bytes of arguments, and 0,
1241, 2 or 3 bytes of padding to align the tail of the sub-packet to
125a 32-bit boundary.
126
127Control channel packets shall be processed at the head of the queue,
128and shall observe the timestamp semantics described above.
129
130
131General sub-packet format:
132--------------------------
133
134 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-//-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
135 | Opcode | Length | <length bytes> ... |
136 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-//-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
137
138
139Specific sub-packet formats:
140----------------------------
141
142 RID: 6-bit Request-ID. Copied from request sub-packet into corresponding
143 reply sub-packet. RID allows the host to match requests and replies.
144
145 Reg Number: 10-bit Register Number.
146
147
148
149Ping Fixed Length:
150
151 Opcode: OP_PING_FIXED
152
153 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
154 | Opcode | 2 | RID | Ping Value |
155 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
156
157
158Ping Fixed Length Reply:
159
160 Opcode: OP_PING_FIXED_REPLY
161
162 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
163 | Opcode | 2 | RID | Ping Value |
164 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
165
166
167Write Register:
168
169 Opcode: OP_WRITE_REG
170
171 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
172 | Opcode | 6 | mbz | Reg Number |
173 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
174 | Register Value |
175 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
176
177
178Write Register Masked:
179
180 Opcode: OP_WRITE_REG_MASKED
181
182 REG[Num] = (REG[Num] & ~Mask) | (Value & Mask)
183
184 That is, only the register bits that correspond to 1's in the
185 mask are written with the new value.
186
187
188 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
189 | Opcode | 10 | mbz | Reg Number |
190 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
191 | Register Value |
192 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
193 | Mask Value |
194 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
195
196
197Read Register:
198
199 Opcode: OP_READ_REG
200
201 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
202 | Opcode | 2 | RID | Reg Number |
203 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
204
205
206Read Register Reply:
207
208 Opcode: OP_READ_REG_REPLY
209
210 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
211 | Opcode | 6 | RID | Reg Number |
212 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
213 | Register Value |
214 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
215
216
217I2C Write:
218
219 Opcode: OP_I2C_WRITE
220 I2C Addr: 7-bit I2C address
221 Data: The bytes to write to the I2C bus
222 Length: Length of Data + 2
223
224 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
225 | Opcode | Length | mbz | I2C Addr |
226 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
227 | Data ... .
228 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
229
230
231I2C Read:
232
233 Opcode: OP_I2C_READ
234 I2C Addr: 7-bit I2C address
235 Nbytes: Number of bytes to read from I2C bus
236
237 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
238 | Opcode | 3 | RID | mbz | I2C Addr |
239 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
240 | Nbytes | unspecified padding |
241 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
242
243
244I2C Read Reply:
245
246 Opcode: OP_I2C_READ_REPLY
247 I2C Addr: 7-bit I2C address
248 Data: Length - 2 bytes of data read from I2C bus.
249
250 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
251 | Opcode | Length | RID | mbz | I2C Addr |
252 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
253 | Data ... .
254 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
255
256
257SPI Write:
258
259 Opcode: OP_SPI_WRITE
260 Enables: Which SPI enables to assert (mask)
261 Format: Specifies format of SPI data and Opt Header Bytes
262 Opt Header Bytes: 2-byte field containing optional Tx bytes; see Format
263 Data: The bytes to write to the SPI bus
264 Length: Length of Data + 6
265
266 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
267 | Opcode | Length | mbz |
268 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
269 | Enables | Format | Opt Header Bytes |
270 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
271 | Data ... .
272 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
273
274
275SPI Read:
276
277 Opcode: OP_SPI_READ
278 Enables: Which SPI enables to assert (mask)
279 Format: Specifies format of SPI data and Opt Header Bytes
280 Opt Header Bytes: 2-byte field containing optional Tx bytes; see Format
281 Nbytes: Number of bytes to read from SPI bus.
282
283 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
284 | Opcode | 7 | RID | mbz |
285 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
286 | Enables | Format | Opt Header Bytes |
287 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
288 | Nbytes | unspecified padding |
289 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
290
291
292SPI Read Reply:
293
294 Opcode: OP_SPI_READ_REPLY
295 Data: Length - 2 bytes of data read from SPI bus.
296
297 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
298 | Opcode | Length | RID | mbz |
299 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
300 | Data ... .
301 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
302
303
304Delay:
305
306 Opcode: OP_DELAY
307 Ticks: 16-bit unsigned delay count
308
309 Delay Ticks clock ticks before executing next operation.
310
311 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
312 | Opcode | 2 | Ticks |
313 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
314