[Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronous bitstream output using ppio_ppdev?

[Ed Criscuolo]

I'm working on a GNU Radio application that demodulates a synchronous 
bitstream from a spacecraft telemetry downlink.  Once I have the 
bitstream, I need to get it back onto a wire in order to feed it into 
our existing equipment.

Is it possible to do this by using the ppio_ppdev?  I would get the 
bitstream unpacked into the LSBits of a stream of bytes, and write these 
using ppio_ppdev.write_data().

The bitstream is running at 76800 bits/sec, so my questions are:

1) Is ppio_ppdev fast enough to keep up with this bitrate?

2) Can this be done from Python, or does it need to be embedded in a C++ 
block?

3) Are there other, better or easier ways to do this, such as using one 
of the debug pins on a USRP daughterboard?

@(^.^)@  Ed