This sounds interesting - do you have any sample code? 

Can anybody explain the concept of "size" of an fft (Arg 1 of fft . fft_vcc ) 
comes into play if the output of that FFT generates as many samples as it 
receives? 



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From: "John Malsbury" <jmalsbury.perso...@gmail.com> 
To: "Brad Hein" <k1...@comcast.net> 
Cc: "Martin Braun" <martin.br...@ettus.com>, discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org 
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 1:50:31 AM 
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] help accessing fft bins in python script 

Sometimes when I want to grab samples and perform some periodic operation like 
CNR estimation, or fine-frequency estimation I sometimes use a vector_sink, and 
then two function probe blocks - one to read the data and one to reset it (yes 
I call the reset function from the function probe). This seems to work 
wonderfully for certain corner cases where a vector sink doesn't work well. And 
I mostly use this technique when I want to prototyping something quickly before 
writing a block. But am I asking for trouble with memory allocation issues??? 

Also, I was thinking, it would be good to have the option, either a block 
parameter or an overloaded function) to reset the vector_sink, each time 
.data() is called... I can code this up unless anyone thinks this functionality 
would lead to regressions. 

But I agree the vector sink block is much more convenient for FFTs... 

-John 

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Brad Hein < k1...@comcast.net > wrote: 




Is there any way to access the fft bins from python without writing a custom 
block? 



From: "Martin Braun" < martin.br...@ettus.com > 
To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org 
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 2:02:03 PM 
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] help accessing fft bins in python script 


A very simple way would just be to write your block downstream of the 
FFT in Python. You can then operate on the vectors in the work function. 

M 

On 10/16/2014 07:44 PM, mle...@ripnet.com wrote: 
> The vector sink is for debugging only. Don't use it in production code, 
> because there's no convenient way to 
> 
> vacuum it out, so it grows without bound. 
> 
> 
> 
> When I've had this problem, I use a vector-probe block, and have a 
> function probe running at a couple of Hz, 
> 
> and then leverage the dependency-tree evaluator to have my own 
> function called with the result of the 
> 
> function probe. There are other ways, that's the one I personally 
> find most convenient. But there are message 
> 
> queues and sundry other methods as well. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2014-10-16 13:36, Brad Hein wrote: 
> 
>> 
>> Using qa_fft.py for inspiration[1], I'm trying to feed a raw capture 
>> file into an fft of size 32 and then review the 32 fft bins at an 
>> instantaneous point in time[2]. I must be doing something wrong 
>> however because when I review the vector sink's data() method, it 
>> returns a rather large array (compared to the 32-element array I am 
>> expecting). data() seems to return an array with the same number of 
>> elements as samples fed into the fft. I just want an array of the 32 
>> fft bins so I can calculate the relative power in the given band. 
>> 
>> Any help/pointers appreciated! 
>> Thanks 
>> 
>> 
>> [1] 
>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/repository/revisions/master/entry/gr-fft/python/fft/qa_fft.py
>>  
>> 
>> [2] 
>> https://github.com/regulatre/grfun/blob/9dbbf676d2fea013787720273af0b419699c75a4/hello-fft/decodeDump162.py
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> [Brad Hein] 
>> 
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