Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Extending UHD Device Support

[Wilson, Jeffery (DS-1)]

Designation: Non-SSA/Finmeccanica

Matt,

 

Thank you for your response. We will certainly be sure to abide by any and all licensing requirements as we move forward.

 

As for now I would like to develop a simple source block (without using UHD) for our radio so I can at least do something like a basic FFT display as a proof of concept that we can in fact get our radio working in some way with GNU Radio. Is there anywhere I can find help/guidance specific to creating new source blocks other than picking apart the current ones? If not, which block(s) would be a good starting place?

 

Thanks!

 

-- Jeff

 

From: Matt Ettus [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:18 PM
To: Wilson, Jeffery (DS-1); address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Extending UHD Device Support

 

Jeffery,

The first thing to keep in mind is that everything is GPL'ed (and specifically, *not* LGPL).  This means that if you use any UHD host code, you must obey the GPL for EVERYTHING that links in.  This goes all the way up to your customer's application.  This restriction already applies for GNU Radio itself since it is also GPL'ed.

The firmware is GPL'ed.  This means that if you use any of the firmware, your ENTIRE firmware image must obey the terms of the GPL.

The FPGA design is GPL'ed.  This means that if you use any of our Verilog, *everything* compiled into that FPGA image must comply with the GPL.  This would include all of your custom signal processing code, if it is in the same FPGA.

The implementation of UHD host code is heavily oriented towards the state machines in the firmware and FPGA, so modifying it to work with other devices is easier if they use the same firmware and FPGA designs.  This is fine as long as you are ok with invoking the GPL requirements on those portions of your design.

Users of Ettus Research hardware are able to use all of this under less restrictive terms in our alternative license.

Matt Ettus
President, Ettus Research LLC

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Wilson, Jeffery (DS-1) <address@hidden> wrote:

Designation: Non-SSA/Finmeccanica

Hello,

 

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?

 

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.

 

Any tips, examples or general guidance would be very much appreciated.

 

Thank you!

 

--

Jeff Wilson

DRS Signal Solutions, Inc.

Direct: 301.944.8772

 

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