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Subject: Re: First appear of the USRP blocks in GNU Radio
From: isaac mario tupac davila <isacctd92 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2020-12-18 17:04:11
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Hi!
Thank you for your answers! It was great to see the email for the first
USRPs in sale.
I appreciate this information and thanks for clarifying the beginning of
USRP's with GNURadio.
Regards
Isaac T.
El vie, 18 dic 2020 a las 6:17, Marcus Müller (<mueller@kit.edu>) escribió:
> Hi Isaac,
>
> matter of fact: the "usual" distribution method for the driver for the
> USRP (1) and later even the early USRP2 were through the "usrp"
> directory within the GNU Radio source code, before the drivers were
> reimplemented as what we know as UHD.
>
> I don't know at which GNU Radio version these drivers appeared in the
> GNU Radio source tree, but honestly, feel free to check out the GNU
> Radio releases that we still have[1]: in GNU Radio 3.0.1, there was
> already a gr-usrp. Changes to "usrp/" from Eric Blossom, the GNU Radio
> maintainer of the time, reach back to 2003-07-30 (see usrp/ChangeLog and
> gr-usrp/ChangeLog in GNU Radio 3.0.1-rc1). So, basically I think it's
> pretty safe to say that together with the commercially availability of
> the USRP1, its interface was available within GNU Radio, probably even
> before. Matt Ettus was a contributor to GNU Radio before he made a USRP.
>
> Mind you, GNU Radio in 2003–2005 was quite a bit different – there was
> no GRC, to begin with; the Python bindings didn't exist until May 2003,
> and knowing SWIG, were probably sufficiently hard to build in the
> beginning, so its throroughly possible that people used the USRP within
> GNU Radio before building your flow graph with Python became the default
> thing to do.
>
> Cheers,
> Marcus
>
> [1] https://www.gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/
> On 18.12.20 11:10, Derek Kozel wrote:
> > Hi Isaac,
> >
> > The USRPs were originally built with the GNU Radio project in mind.
> > Here's probably the first email about the USRP1 in September 2002.
> >
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2002-09/msg00028.html
> >
> >
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2003-06/msg00010.html
> > links to:
> >
> https://web.archive.org/web/20030610161838/http://www.comsec.com/wiki?UniversalSoftwareRadioPeripheral
> >
> > Which has the line: "The Universal Software Radio Peripheral (if you
> > have an idea for a better name, let us know)"
> >
> > And the first USRPs for sale.
> >
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2004-12/msg00090.html
> >
> > Reading the first few years of emails on the list is a fun way to spend
> > an evening. Lots of people who are still around in the community or
> > doing SDR in different spaces like Gerald at FlexRadio.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Derek
> >
> > On 17/12/2020 18:49, isaac mario tupac davila wrote:
> >> Hi community!
> >>
> >> I'm Isaac. I'd like to ask you a question. I'd like to add in my
> >> thesis information about the first time the USRP blocks appeared and
> >> were used. I found that the USRP1 was designed in 2004 but I'm not
> >> sure if this USRP appeared with the blocks or not.
> >>
> >> https://www.sgo.fi/~j/usrp/overview-open.pdf
> >> <https://www.sgo.fi/~j/usrp/overview-open.pdf>
> >>
> >> If you know any information about it , I would really appreciate it.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Regards
> >> Isaac T.
> >
>
>
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<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi!</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your answers! It was \
great to see the email for the first USRPs in sale. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I \
appreciate this information and thanks for clarifying the beginning of USRP's \
with GNURadio.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards <br></div><div>Isaac \
T.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El \
vie, 18 dic 2020 a las 6:17, Marcus Müller (<<a \
href="mailto:mueller@kit.edu">mueller@kit.edu</a>>) \
escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Isaac,<br> <br>
matter of fact: the "usual" distribution method for the driver for the<br>
USRP (1) and later even the early USRP2 were through the "usrp"<br>
directory within the GNU Radio source code, before the drivers were<br>
reimplemented as what we know as UHD.<br>
<br>
I don't know at which GNU Radio version these drivers appeared in the<br>
GNU Radio source tree, but honestly, feel free to check out the GNU<br>
Radio releases that we still have[1]: in GNU Radio 3.0.1, there was<br>
already a gr-usrp. Changes to "usrp/" from Eric Blossom, the GNU Radio<br>
maintainer of the time, reach back to 2003-07-30 (see usrp/ChangeLog and<br>
gr-usrp/ChangeLog in GNU Radio 3.0.1-rc1). So, basically I think it's<br>
pretty safe to say that together with the commercially availability of<br>
the USRP1, its interface was available within GNU Radio, probably even<br>
before. Matt Ettus was a contributor to GNU Radio before he made a USRP.<br>
<br>
Mind you, GNU Radio in 2003–2005 was quite a bit different – there was<br>
no GRC, to begin with; the Python bindings didn't exist until May 2003,<br>
and knowing SWIG, were probably sufficiently hard to build in the<br>
beginning, so its throroughly possible that people used the USRP within<br>
GNU Radio before building your flow graph with Python became the default<br>
thing to do.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Marcus<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="https://www.gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">https://www.gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/</a><br> On 18.12.20 \
11:10, Derek Kozel wrote:<br> > Hi Isaac,<br>
> <br>
> The USRPs were originally built with the GNU Radio project in mind.<br>
> Here's probably the first email about the USRP1 in September 2002.<br>
> <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2002-09/msg00028.html" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2002-09/msg00028.html</a><br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2003-06/msg00010.html" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2003-06/msg00010.html</a><br>
> links to:<br>
> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030610161838/http://www.comsec.com/wiki?UniversalSoftwareRadioPeripheral" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20030610161838/http://www.comsec.com/wiki?UniversalSoftwareRadioPeripheral</a><br>
> <br>
> Which has the line: "The Universal Software Radio Peripheral (if you<br>
> have an idea for a better name, let us know)"<br>
> <br>
> And the first USRPs for sale.<br>
> <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2004-12/msg00090.html" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2004-12/msg00090.html</a><br>
> <br>
> Reading the first few years of emails on the list is a fun way to spend<br>
> an evening. Lots of people who are still around in the community or<br>
> doing SDR in different spaces like Gerald at FlexRadio.<br>
> <br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Derek<br>
> <br>
> On 17/12/2020 18:49, isaac mario tupac davila wrote:<br>
>> Hi community!<br>
>><br>
>> I'm Isaac. I'd like to ask you a question. I'd like to add in \
my<br> >> thesis information about the first time the USRP blocks appeared \
and<br> >> were used. I found that the USRP1 was designed in 2004 but I'm \
not<br> >> sure if this USRP appeared with the blocks or not.<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://www.sgo.fi/~j/usrp/overview-open.pdf" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">https://www.sgo.fi/~j/usrp/overview-open.pdf</a><br> >> <<a \
href="https://www.sgo.fi/~j/usrp/overview-open.pdf" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">https://www.sgo.fi/~j/usrp/overview-open.pdf</a>><br> >><br>
>> If you know any information about it , I would really appreciate it.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks<br>
>> Regards<br>
>> Isaac T.<br>
> <br>
<br>
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