PyBOMBS ? The What, the How and the Why

PyBOMBS ? The What, the How and the Why

For a few years now, GNU Radio has had its own “package manager”, PyBOMBS. Nearly a year ago, development was started to completely rewrite PyBOMBS, and we switched over to the new version a few months ago. Finally, the dust is settling for version 2 of PyBOMBS, it’s becoming more and more stable, and more widely adopted. Soon, we will be releasing PyBOMBS 2.1.0. As such, this is a great time to formally introduce the world to the new PyBOMBS.

What is PyBOMBS?

Package manager is really not a good term for this chunk of software — it’s a tool to assist in installing GNU Radio, out-of-tree modules and other software packages, from source or binaries, mostly system-independent.

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Using the GNU Radio Live SDR Environment

Using the GNU Radio Live SDR Environment The GNU Radio Live SDR Environment The GNU Radio Project provides a live, bootable image for download that contains a full installation of Ubuntu Linux, all of GNU Radio, numerous third party GNU Radio-based libraries and applications, support for a variety of hardware SDR peripherals, and tutorials and documentation.

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Elemental Building Blocks: Filtering time-series data

Elemental Building Blocks: Filtering time-series data

Solving typical problems – the easy way

Post by Marcus Müller

Over at StackOverflow and DSP Stackexchange, I often meet questions that involve processing of data.

People wonder how to do basic tasks such as in this question on how to filter sets of EEG data into different, EEG-typical frequency bands, efficiently:

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Announcing Technical Proceedings for GRCon

Announcing Technical Proceedings for GRCon Posted by Ben Hilburn The GRCon Organizing Committee is very excited to announce our first Technical Proceedings to accompany GRCon16! The Proceedings will be a publication venue for technical papers in the area of applied radio technology, and will provide a way for authors to create a more complete reference of their work for users to refer to in the future.

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VOLK v1.2.2 Release

VOLK v1.2.2 Release VOLK has released version v1.2.2. Check out the VOLK website for more details!

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GNU Radio v3.7.9.2 Release

GNU Radio v3.7.9.2 Release GNU Radio release v3.7.9.2 is now available for download: http://gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/gnuradio-3.7.9.2.tar.gz http://gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/gnuradio-3.7.9.2.tar.gz.asc The updated GNU Radio Live SDR Environment: http://s3-dist.gnuradio.org/ubuntu-14.04.4-desktop-amd64-gnuradio-3.7.9.2.torrent MD5 sums: Release notes for v3.7.9.2 are available here: http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ChangeLogV3_7_9_2 Information about the Live SDR environment is here: http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GNURadioLiveDVD

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Dynamic GNU Radio Channel Model Enhancements

In an attempt to test modem performance deterministically through dropout conditions and partial fades selective, we added the fading model and selective fading model to GNU Radio a few years ago. Recently Bast…

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GNU Radio Organization Changes Bens Statement

GNU Radio Organization Changes: Ben’s Statement Hi all – I have been involved with GNU Radio for the last seven years or so, and have always greatly enjoyed being part of the project. I’m continually impressed by our community, and I have met many of my closest colleagues through GNU Radio.

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GNU Radio Organization Changes Johnathans Statement

GNU Radio Organization Changes: Johnathan’s Statement Most of you already know me, as I’ve been in the GNU Radio community for eleven years in various roles, including release manager, integration manager, Live SDR developer, infrastructure manager, engineering consultant, and technical trainer. Today I’m happy to move on to the role of Chief Architect.

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GNU Radio Organizational Changes to Address Growth

Ben Hilburn will be taking over as Project Lead while Johnathan Corgan will become the Chief Architect in charge of the codebase. They have already been doing a great job of building up their team structure and…

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