[[dev_USRP1_inband_signaling_usb]]
==== USRP1 in-band USB protocol

This section specifies the format of USB packets used for in-band data
transmission and signaling on the USRP1. All packets are 512-byte long, and are
transfered using USB "bulk" transfers.

IN packets are sent towards the host. OUT packets are sent away from the host.

The layout is 32-bits wide. All data is transmitted in little-endian format
across the USB.

----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|O|U|D|S|E|   RSSI    |  Chan   | mbz |  Tag  |   Payload Len   |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                           Timestamp                           |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
+                                                               +
|                            Payload                            |
.                                                               .
.                                                               .
.                                                               .
|                                                               |
+             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|      ...    |                                                 .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                                                 .
.                                                               .
.                            Padding                            .
.                                                               .
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

mbz: Must be Zero::
These bits must be zero in both IN and OUT packets.

O: Overrun Flag::
Set in an IN packet if an overrun condition was detected. Must be zero in OUT
packets. Overrun occurs when the FPGA has data to transmit to the host and there
is no buffer space available. This generally indicates a problem on the host.
Either it is not keeping up, or it has configured the FPGA to transmit data at a
higher rate than the transport (USB) can support.

U: Underrun Flag::
Set in an IN packet if an underrun condition was detected. Must be zero in OUT
packets. Underrun occurs when the FPGA runs out of samples, and it's not between
bursts. See the "End of Burst flag" below.

D: Dropped Packet Flag::
Set in an IN packet if the FPGA discarded an OUT packet because its timestamp
had already passed.

S: Start of Burst Flag::
Set in an OUT packet if the data is the first segment of what is logically a
continuous burst of data. Must be zero in IN packets.

E: End of Burst Flag::
Set in an OUT packet if the data is the last segment of what is logically a
continuous burst of data. Must be zero in IN packets. Underruns are not
reported when the FPGA runs out of samples between bursts.

RSSI: 6-bit Received Strength Signal Indicator::
Must be zero in OUT packets.  In IN packets, indicates RSSI as reported by front
end. FIXME The format and interpretation are to be determined.

Chan:  5-bit logical channel number::
Channel number 0x1f is reserved for control information. See "Control Channel"
below. Other channels are "data channels". Each data channel is logically
independent of the others. A data channel payload field contains a sequence of
homogeneous samples. The format of the samples is determined by the
configuration associated with the given channel. It is often the case that the
payload field contains 32-bit complex samples, each containing 16-bit real and
imaginary components.

Tag::
4-bit tag for matching IN packets with OUT packets.
//FIXME, write more...

Payload Len::
9-bit field that specifies the length of the payload field in bytes. Must be in
the range 0 to 504 inclusive.

Timestamp: 32-bit timestamp::
On IN packets, the timestamp indicates the time at which the first sample of the
packet was produced by the A/D converter(s) for that channel. On OUT packets,
the timestamp specifies the time at which the first sample in the packet should
go out the D/A converter(s) for that channel. If a packet reaches the head of
the transmit queue, and the current time is later than the timestamp, an error
is assumed to have occurred and the packet is discarded. As a special case, the
timestamp 0xffffffff is interpreted as "Now".
The time base is a free running 32-bit counter that is incremented by the A/D
sample-clock.

Payload::
Variable length field  Length is specified by the Payload Len field.

Padding::
This field is 504 - Payload Len bytes long, and its content is unspecified.
This field pads the packet out to a constant 512 bytes.


===== "Data Channel" payload format

If `Chan != 0x1f`, the packet is a "data packet" and the payload is a sequence of
homogeneous samples. The format of the samples is determined by the
configuration associated with the given channel. It is often the case that the
payload field contains 32-bit complex samples, each containing 16-bit real and
imaginary components.


=====  "Control Channel" payload format

If `Chan == 0x1f`, the packet is a "control packet". The control channel payload
consists of a sequence of 0 or more sub-packets.

Each sub-packet starts on a 32-bit boundary, and consists of an 8-bit Opcode
field, an 8-bit Length field, Length bytes of arguments, and 0, 1, 2 or 3 bytes
of padding to align the tail of the sub-packet to a 32-bit boundary.

Control channel packets shall be processed at the head of the queue, and shall
observe the timestamp semantics described above.


=====  General sub-packet format

----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-//-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |    Length     |        <length bytes> ...    |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-//-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

=====  Specific sub-packet formats

RID: 6-bit Request-ID::
Copied from request sub-packet into corresponding reply sub-packet. RID allows
the host to match requests and replies.

Reg Number::
10-bit Register Number.

Ping Fixed Length::

* Opcode:	OP_PING_FIXED
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |       2       |    RID    |     Ping Value    |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

Ping Fixed Length Reply::

* Opcode: OP_PING_FIXED_REPLY
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |       2       |    RID    |     Ping Value    |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

Write Register::

* Opcode: OP_WRITE_REG
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |       6       |    mbz    |     Reg Number    |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                        Register Value                         |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

Write Register Masked::
Only the register bits that correspond to 1's in the mask are written
with the new value. `REG[Num] = (REG[Num] & ~Mask) | (Value & Mask)`

* Opcode: OP_WRITE_REG_MASKED
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |      10       |    mbz    |     Reg Number    |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                         Register Value                        |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                           Mask Value                          |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

Read Register::

* Opcode: OP_READ_REG
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |       2       |    RID    |     Reg Number    |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

Read Register Reply::

* Opcode: OP_READ_REG_REPLY
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |       6       |    RID    |     Reg Number    |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                        Register Value                         |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

I2C Write::

* Opcode: OP_I2C_WRITE
* I2C Addr: 7-bit I2C address
* Data: The bytes to write to the I2C bus
* Length: Length of Data + 2
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |    Length     |       mbz       |   I2C Addr  |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|    Data ...			                                .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

I2C Read::

* Opcode: OP_I2C_READ
* I2C Addr: 7-bit I2C address
* Nbytes: Number of bytes to read from I2C bus
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |       3       |    RID    | mbz |   I2C Addr  |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Nbytes    |              unspecified padding              |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

I2C Read Reply::

* Opcode: OP_I2C_READ_REPLY
* I2C Addr: 7-bit I2C address
* Data: Length - 2 bytes of data read from I2C bus.
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |     Length    |    RID    | mbz |   I2C Addr  |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|    Data ...			                                .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

SPI Write::

* Opcode: OP_SPI_WRITE
* Enables: Which SPI enables to assert (mask)
* Format: Specifies format of SPI data and Opt Header Bytes
* Opt Header Bytes: 2-byte field containing optional Tx bytes; see Format
* Data: The bytes to write to the SPI bus
* Length: Length of Data + 6
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |    Length     |              mbz              |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|    Enables    |    Format     |        Opt Header Bytes       |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|    Data ...			                                .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

SPI Read::

* Opcode: OP_SPI_READ
* Enables: Which SPI enables to assert (mask)
* Format: Specifies format of SPI data and Opt Header Bytes
* Opt Header Bytes: 2-byte field containing optional Tx bytes; see Format
* Nbytes: Number of bytes to read from SPI bus.
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |       7       |    RID    |        mbz        |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|    Enables    |    Format     |        Opt Header Bytes       |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Nbytes    |              unspecified padding              |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

SPI Read Reply::

* Opcode:   OP_SPI_READ_REPLY
* Data:     Length - 2 bytes of data read from SPI bus.
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |     Length    |    RID    |        mbz        |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|    Data ...			                                .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----

Delay::

* Opcode:	OP_DELAY
* Ticks:	16-bit unsigned delay count
* Delay Ticks clock ticks before executing next operation.
----
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|     Opcode    |       2       |            Ticks              |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
----
