Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] What happens to incoming data if a block is too slow?

[Marcus D. Leech]

> Hi,
> What happens to the incoming data from USRP, over the USB bus, when a 
> gnuradio block takes a lot of time to process its output? Is the data 
> buffered indefinitely or is it dropped as new samples come in case the 
> consumption rate is slow.
>
> Thanks
That's what's called an "overrun".  Data gets dropped.  The buffers are 
large, but not infinite.

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Marcus Leech
Principal Investigator
Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium
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