Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Extending UHD Device Support

[Tom Rondeau]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Wilson, Jeffery (DS-1)
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> Designation: Non-SSA/Finmeccanica
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> Hello,
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> We make several RF front-ends that we’d like to see supported in GNU Radio.
> Our initial idea is was to extend the Ettus UHD to include support for our
> devices, so that a waveform/flow graph using a UHD block could run using
> either a USRP or one of our devices with only minor modifications. Does it
> “make sense” to extend UHD for this purpose?
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> Our radios are embedded Linux systems that can communicate over USB as well
> as Ethernet. Initially I would like to use Ethernet as communication (using
> sockets). As far as I can figure a good place to start would be to follow
> the USRP2 UHD implementation and re-implement it for our system.
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> Any tips, examples or general guidance would be very much appreciated.
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> Thank you!
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> Jeff Wilson
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> DRS Signal Solutions, Inc.
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> Direct: 301.944.8772


Hi Jeff,
We'd love to have support for your radios in GNU Radio! I would rather
let Matt or Josh from Ettus comment on the suitability of using the
UHD as the software interface. In many senses, yes, I think it's the
right thing, but there are issues of compatibility that might be a
problem. But even if you don't go with it as your interface, making an
interface that is similar in the API to the UHD would certainly help
people use it.

Tom