Working with GNU Radio

Thomas W. Rondeau

trondeau.com

2014-02-01

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The Idea

Inventing

http://www.google.com/patents/US613809

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http://www.google.com/patents/US613809

The Idea

Hedy Lamarr

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The Idea

George Antheil

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The Idea

Player Piano

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The Idea

Piano Roll Synchronization

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The Idea

Piano Roll Synchronization

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The Idea

Frequency Hopping (Patent 2,292,387)

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The Idea

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

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Ongoing Work Tools & Applications

Ongoing Work

�The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one

point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point.�

- Claude Shannon, �A Mathematical Theory of Communication�

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Ongoing Work Tools & Applications

List of GR apps and tools in PyBOMBS

gr-air-modes gr-drm gr-ieee-802154 gr-osmosdr

gr-ais gr-eventstream gr-iqbal gr-packetradio

gr-as gr-extras gr-ldpc gr-pocsag

gr-baz gr-fcdproplus gr-lte gr-rds

gr-benchmark gr-fosphor gr-mediatools gr-smartnet

gr-bluetooth gr-ham gr-multimon gr-specest

gr-compat gr-ieee-80211 gr-op25 gr-zmqblocks

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Ongoing Work Focus on performance

FFT Filters vs. FIR Filters

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Ongoing Work Focus on performance

Look-up Tables

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Ongoing Work Focus on performance

Performance Trade-o�s

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Ongoing Work Focus on performance

VOLK and Benchmarking

stats.gnuradio.org

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Ongoing Work Embedded (ARM) Systems

Developing support in Open Embedded

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Notes References

References

Telsa: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard Carlson

Hedy's Folly by Richard Rhodes

GNU Radio: http://gnuradio.org

My page: http://www.trondeau.com

PyBOMBS: http://gnurad.io/pybombs

Stats: http://stats.gnurad.io

OE Manifest: https://github.com/balister/oe-gnuradio-manifest

OE Cross compiler:

https://github.com/balister/meta-sdr/wiki/CrossCompile

Zynq install wiki:

http:://gnurad.io/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq

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http://gnuradio.orghttp://www.trondeau.comhttp://gnurad.io/pybombshttp://stats.gnurad.iohttps://github.com/balister/oe-gnuradio-manifesthttps://github.com/balister/meta-sdr/wiki/CrossCompilehttp:://gnurad.io/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq

Notes Thank You

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The IdeaOngoing WorkOngoing WorkTools & ApplicationsFocus on performanceEmbedded (ARM) Systems

NotesReferencesThank You