Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UHD and GNU Radio on Beaglebone

[Nate Temple]

Hi Usman,

I haven't used this SDK for the BBB, but found this write up [1]. Another option to consider is using Arch Linux [2]. The UHD and GNU Radio Arch-Arm packages are kept fairly up to date.

I noticed that you posted this question on both mailing lists, specifically on usrp-users at [3], we can keep the discussion on this thread.

[1] - https://github.com/tshakthipradeep/BBB/wiki/Chapter-1:-BeagleBone-Black-SDK-Download-&-Installation

[2] - https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/ti/beaglebone-black

[3] - http://lists.ettus.com/pipermail/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com/2017-March/023930.html

Regards,

Nate Temple

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Usman Haider <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Nate,

Thanks for the link. I installed the SDK and my first cross-compiled program

ran smoothly on E310-sg3 :). Is there any SDK available you know of that can work for BBB? Also I have seen another option for cross-compile (BBB) of Change Root with debootstrap. I want to know if anyone tried this approach for GNU Radio and UHD?

--

Usman

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 12:49 PM, Nate Temple <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Usman,

For cross compiling, a good place to start would be to look at how PyBOMBs handles the E3xx builds. You may need another SDK for the BBB.

https://kb.ettus.com/Software_Development_on_the_E310_and_E312

I'd encourage you to check out the specs on the Odroid XU4 SoC board. I haven't ran an Odroid with a N210, but with a B205mini, I was able to run at 16 MS/s into GQRX without much issue. Using pure UHD it was able to handle 25MS/s with minor tweaking.


Regards,
Nate Temple

> On Mar 7, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Usman Haider <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 4:24 AM, Dennis Glatting <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 13:51 -0500, Marcus D. Leech wrote:
> > On 03/03/2017 12:59 PM, Dennis Glatting wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 18:33 +0500, Usman Haider wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I want to build UHD and GNU Radio on Beaglebone black to run an
> > > > application using N210s. Has anyone tried this before? Is there a
> > > > guide that I can follow?
> > > >
> > > I've run a bladeRF and HackRF on a BeagleBone under Debian. The
> > > weak
> > > point is the Beagle has a single core processor.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _
> > Which, except for trivial sample rates, == "fatally broken".
> >
> >
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> Great description. I'm going to steal it. :)
>
> The Pi3 has a multicore processor and is fairly cheap. I haven't had
> the time to connect the Pi to a receiver but a buddy is in love with it
> (he's looking at 1200 baud stuff).
>
>
> Thanks for your inputs. I want to opertate on the lowest possible sample rates of N210s. Also I am looking to cross compile UHD and GNU Radio for Beaglebone black to avoid low proecssing of Beaglebone black while upgrading to latest UHD and GNU Radio versions. Is there any "build_gnuradio" like script or guide that I can use to do cross compile?
>
> --
> Usman

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