While originally being developed for the OsmoSDR hardware, this block has become a generic SDR I/O block for a variety of SDR hardware, including:
- FUNcube Dongle / Pro+ through gr-funcube
- RTL2832U based DVB-T dongles through librtlsdr
- RTL-TCP spectrum server (see librtlsdr project)
- MSi2500 based DVB-T dongles through libmirisdr
- SDRplay RSP through SDRplay API library
- gnuradio .cfile input through libgnuradio-blocks
- RFSPACE SDR-IQ, SDR-IP, NetSDR (incl. X2 option), Cloud-IQ, and CloudSDR
- AirSpy Wideband Receiver through libairspy
- CCCamp 2015 rad1o Badge through libhackrf
- Great Scott Gadgets HackRF through libhackrf
- Nuand LLC bladeRF through libbladeRF library
- Ettus USRP Devices through Ettus UHD library
- Fairwaves UmTRX through Fairwaves' module for UHD
- Fairwaves XTRX through libxtrx
- Red Pitaya SDR transceiver http://bazaar.redpitaya.com
- FreeSRP through libfreesrp
By using the gr-osmosdr block you can take advantage of a common software API in your application(s) independent of the underlying radio hardware.
For installation and usage guidelines please read the documentation available at https://osmocom.org/projects/gr-osmosdr/wiki
For the impatient :) a short excerpt:
The Gnu Radio block requires a recent gnuradio (>= v3.7) to be installed.
Before building the block you have to make sure that all the dependencies (see list of supported devices above) you are intend to work with are properly installed. The build system of gr-osmosdr will recognize them and enable specific source/sink components thereafter.
Please note: prior pulling a new version from git and compiling it,
please do a make uninstall first to properly remove the previous version.
Building with cmake:
git clone https://gitea.osmocom.org/sdr/gr-osmosdr
cd gr-osmosdr/
mkdir build
cd build/
cmake ../
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
NOTE: The osmocom blocks will appear under Sources and Sinks categories in GRC menu.
We welcome any gr-osmosdr related discussions in the SDR section of the osmocom discourse (web based Forum).
Discussions related to libosmocore are happening on the osmocom-sdr@lists.osmocom.org mailing list, please see https://lists.osmocom.org/mailman/listinfo/osmocom-sdr for subscription options and the list archive.
Please observe the Osmocom Mailing List Rules when posting.
We are using the Osmocom redmine at https://osmocom.org/projects/gr-osmosdr/issues
We maintain our source code in a self-hosted instance of gitea at https://gitea.osmocom.org/sdr/gr-osmosdr. You can send pull requests there, or send patches the old-fashioned way (git send-email) to the above-mentioned mailing list.