On 04 Sep 2012 10:48, Tom Rondeau wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:41 AM, <mle...@ripnet.com> wrote: > >> On 04 Sep 2012 10:29, Tom Rondeau wrote: 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 _______________________________________________ The gr-osmosdr block does some abstraction for the RX side, supporting: o FunCube Dongle o OSMOSDR o UHD devices (all the Ettus gear) o RTLSDR 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 Anything that reduces/eliminates the need for multiple flow-graphs to support different devices with a similar "high level" interface is a good thing. For that, gr-osmosdr works quite well.
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