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This is a DRAFT. | |||
==Preparation== | ==Preparation== | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
* Amateur radio operator since 1953 | * Amateur radio operator since 1953 | ||
* Electrical Engineering degree | * Electrical Engineering degree 1961 | ||
* Computer programmer since 1962 | * Computer programmer since 1962 | ||
* Retired 2003 | |||
==What is GNU Radio== | ==What is GNU Radio== | ||
GNU Radio is a free and open-source software development toolkit that provides Digital Signal Processing blocks to implement Software Defined Radios. | |||
* When I got involved, the switch to using a Wiki was new. Many of the blocks were just skeletons with no real content. | ==Why did I get involved?== | ||
* I had to learn to use [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] | I discovered GNU Radio when reading an amateur radio manual. I thought it was a fascinating concept to use software instead of hardware to create a radio. After reading the "discuss-gnuradio" mailing list for a while, I noticed a recurring topic of "GNU Radio documentation is terrible". Looking at it, I had to agree, and decided to do something about it. | ||
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==Learn by Doing== | |||
* When I got involved, the switch to using a Wiki was new. Many of the blocks were just skeletons with no real content. For example, https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=Cvsd_encoder is yet to be documented. | |||
** I had to learn to use [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki]. | |||
** I had to learn what a block did before I could write about it! | |||
** After the first year of working on them, I had done about 150 blocks. | |||
==Help others to Learn== | |||
I have found that the best way to learn about a technical subject is to study a turorial about it. However, there were very few tutorials, and they were out of date because of newer software releases of GNU Radio. | |||
Revision as of 15:07, 10 September 2022
Tech writing presentation
This is a DRAFT.
Preparation
- GNU Radio Main Page
https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/Main_Page
- A Newbie's Guide to the GNU Radio Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxAW-WzuNy0
Background
- Amateur radio operator since 1953
- Electrical Engineering degree 1961
- Computer programmer since 1962
- Retired 2003
What is GNU Radio
GNU Radio is a free and open-source software development toolkit that provides Digital Signal Processing blocks to implement Software Defined Radios.
Why did I get involved?
I discovered GNU Radio when reading an amateur radio manual. I thought it was a fascinating concept to use software instead of hardware to create a radio. After reading the "discuss-gnuradio" mailing list for a while, I noticed a recurring topic of "GNU Radio documentation is terrible". Looking at it, I had to agree, and decided to do something about it.
Learn by Doing
- When I got involved, the switch to using a Wiki was new. Many of the blocks were just skeletons with no real content. For example, https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=Cvsd_encoder is yet to be documented.
- I had to learn to use MediaWiki.
- I had to learn what a block did before I could write about it!
- After the first year of working on them, I had done about 150 blocks.
Help others to Learn
I have found that the best way to learn about a technical subject is to study a turorial about it. However, there were very few tutorials, and they were out of date because of newer software releases of GNU Radio.