Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 25 MS/s at 16 bits I/Q vs. gr.sizeof_gr_complex

[Daniel Bartel]

>> Hello,
>> 
>> I was wondering about a little conflict concerning the sizes of the data 
>> types in GNU Radio.
>> 
>> The UHD driver sends 16 bits I, 16 bits Q samples over the ethernet 
>> interface at 25 MS/s and the return value of "gr.sizeof_gr_complex" is 8 
>> bytes (64 bits).
>> How does this actually work? 
>> I have looked for some documentation of UHD, but I wasn't were lucky.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Daniel
>> 
> UHD converts the incoming samples to complex float, scaled into {-1.0,1.0}.

Thanks for your answer, I wasn't sure if it's "only" a raw convertion.