Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Random sampling

[Juha Vierinen]

>> I am new to gnuradio and the USRP and I am trying to find a way to send
>> pseudorandomly selected samples from the ADC down the USB pipe to gnuradio
>> for processing.  I have an algorithm for selecting the samples, but I am not
>> sure as to which parts of the Verilog source files I need to change in order
>> to reconfigure the FPGA for my needs.

This sounds like a good idea! I would also be interested in this kind
of functionality.

> Welcome aboard - I'm confused.  You just want random samples?  Is
> there anything stopping you from performing said algorithm at the host
> on a randomly decimated sample stream?
>
> May I inquire on your application?

I guess one application would be wide-band alias-free spectrum
estimation (at least that is what I would do with such a sampler).

http://matwbn.icm.edu.pl/ksiazki/amc/amc15/amc1544.pdf

juha