Tutorials

GNU Radio Academy

The following sequence of tutorials will carry a new user through the core GNU Radio concepts, while providing examples along the way. If you already have experience with GNU Radio, feel free to skip the first several.

1. A Brief Introduction to GNU Radio, SDR, and DSP
2. Introduction to GNU Radio Usage: GRC and Flowgraphs
3. Porting Existing Flowgraphs to a Newer Version
4. Understanding Sample Rate
5. IQ and Complex Signals
6. Simulation Examples (we recommend going through at least one):
   • Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
   • AM transmitter and receiver
   • Single Sideband transceiver
   • Narrowband FM transceiver
   • QPSK Modulation / Demodulation
   • BPSK Demodulation
   • OFDM Basics
7. Using GNU Radio with Hardware
8. Understanding a Flowgraph's Python Code
9. Writing your own block (using Embedded Python Block)
10. Polymorphic Types (PMTs)
11. Stream Tags
12. Message Passing
13. Understanding ZMQ Blocks
14. Packet Communications
15. Out of Tree modules
16. Writing the XML file for a block (for 3.7) or Writing the YAML file for a block (for 3.8+)
17. Writing blocks in C++

Developer Resources

• Volk- what it does, why it rocks, how to write new kernels
• Porting Existing OOTs from 3.7 to 3.8
• Porting Existing OOTs from 3.8 to 3.9
• Working with ALSA and Pulse Audio
• Using Visual Studio Code for Source level debugging of C++ OOTs
• Using Eclipse for Building and Source level debugging C++ OOTs
• Using Code::Blocks IDE for GNU Radio Development
• Git and GNU Radio
• How to use Octave or Matlab with GNU Radio
• The GNU Radio Scheduler
• Using Custom Buffers for Hardware Accelerated Blocks