Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURADIO HW Interface

[Tom Rondeau]

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:41 AM,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 04 Sep 2012 10:29, Tom Rondeau wrote:
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> There's another issue on the table here about a hardware abstraction
> layer or a general/global API for SDR front ends. That, too, is an
> incredibly complicated problem that I haven't seen any real solutions
> for.
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> Tom
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> The gr-osmosdr block does some abstraction for the RX side, supporting:
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>   o FunCube Dongle
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>   o OSMOSDR
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>   o UHD devices (all the Ettus gear)
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>   o RTLSDR
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> So, there is an example of an attempt at an abstraction layer that works
> passably well.  It'll get better over time as people use it, and can serve
> as an example for any other attempts out there.

I'm not sure that I consider what they do an abstraction layer. They
just switch between a handful of devices.

Tom