Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Minimal Hardware to Run Gnuradio on?

[David Bengtson]

Matt Ettus wrote:

> > I notice on the Wiki that the conjecture about the bandwidth of
> > the USB2 has changed to an assurtion (vis-a-vis hdtv.)  That was
> > neat to see, but it left me with a question (which I hate to spam
> > the Wiki with.)  Is it the case that the USB2 bandwidth is
> > sufficient for 1/1, but the overhead of related CPU-side
> > processing brings the ratio down?
> >    
>
> That is correct.  The USRP is fast enough to handle HDTV in real time, but the
> PC is not (yet).  I suspect that with a little bit of tuning, and some offload
> to the USRP FPGA, that it could be done.
>
> BTW, Eric and I are in Utah right now demonstrating the USRP for an NSF crowd.
>
> Matt
>
>  

I really had in mind something like this:

http://www.gumstix.com/spexboards.html

There is a linux port to this,
with a custom spin of the USRP. I'm kicking around a Gnu GPS project, 
and portability in a GPS is really key. Of course, once you have that, 
lots of interesting things become more possible.

Dave