On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 2:57 PM, My Radio <myradioplatf...@gmail.com> wrote: > While many HW solutions interfacing with GNURADIO has evolved but we dont > see any of them listed under GNURADIO HW interface page. For example here is > the link http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki#VI-Hardware > > Is GNURADIO limited to a particular h/w?. Although we do not think so but > still there seems to be a Gap. > > Can anyone take us to a platform where any new HW can be plugged and played > independent of UHD with a standard source and sink of IQ data. We do not > oppose UHD but we see it is more related to USRP. > > However, if anyone can create a template to throw in there API' there and > compile with GNURADIO. That would be great start many h/w with GNURADIO. > Like GNURADIO, SDRSHARP is a simple example out there but provides a great > flexibility in terms of interfacing new hardware's.
I wanted to address this in hopefully the least controversial way possible... In short, no, GNU Radio is not limited to any particular hardware, but it's a bit up to the hardware vendors to work with us to interface to GNU Radio. Similarly, the wiki is a place where anyone can get access to update it, so if someone wants to offer their hardware solution on the page, it's not very difficult. But this issue has a long history. It seems various platforms come and go and don't necessarily have a strong connection to our community. On the other hand, Ettus Research, both Matt in the early days of GNU Radio and now his team of engineers, has been a major contributor to GNU Radio and has had a sustained business of shipping and supporting SDR hardware for, what is it now, almost 10 years? So sure, it seems like there is a bias on GNU Radio's part to Ettus products, but that's because of a strong and sustained effort from them to work with and contribute to the community. But that does not prevent others from doing the same. As I said, there's a pretty long history here of different hardware products and a lot of emotions that surround it. I expect that answering this question publicly will draw a lot of comments and criticisms, but there you have it. 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. Tom _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
