Tutorials

Beginner User Level

These tutorials are designed to guide new GNU Radio users to a better understanding of the project.

• A brief introduction to GNU Radio, SDR, and DSP
• Intro to GR usage: GRC and flowgraphs
• Using GNU Radio with Hardware
• Understanding sample rate
• Brief intro to PMTs, Stream Tags, and Messaging Passing
• Example Usage of GNU Radio: PSK Demodulation

Intermediate User Level

• Understanding a flowgraph's python code
• Writing your own block (using Embedded Python Block)
• Out of Tree modules
• Writing blocks in C++
• Porting Existing OOTs from 3.7 to 3.8

Expert User Level

• Writing flowgraphs in C++ (new in 3.8) (TBD)
• Volk- what it does, why it rocks, how to write new kernels
• Working with ALSA and Pulse Audio
• Simulations
• Tagged streams for variable-length PDUs
• Basics of OFDM

Developer Level

• Source level debugging C++ OOT modules with Visual Studio Code
• Building and source level debugging C++ OOT modules with Eclipse
• Git and GNU Radio
• How to use Octave or Matlab with GNU Radio

Reference Material

• Writing the XML file for a block (for 3.7) (TBD)
• Writing the YAML file for a block (new in 3.8)
• Block_Docs: Documentation for each block
• The GNU Radio Scheduler