Got a question concerning the byte data type in GNU Radio. I am writing my own PSK modulator and I am having an issue understanding how the byte data type appears as I am using it for my input.
I know byte is a char data type in C++ however how does it come in? Is it the binary data stream of a character? Is it exactly how it is typed in, e.g. 1, 3, 5?
I am asking because the test data I am trying to modulate is a series of prime numbers in a vector source block. So I am not entirely sure if I have to do the conversion to binary myself. I have tried to do a file sink to see how char data appear but the file is just repeating characters that make no sense.
Thanks,
Jon Fox