Rust Radio

A library for digital signals processing in the spirit of GNU Radio.

• https://github.com/ThomasHabets/rustradio
• https://crates.io/crates/rustradio

Differences from GNU Radio

Pro

• Written in Rust instead of C++ & Python.
  • Easier to get things right than C++.
  • More performant than Python (and possibly more performant than C++).
  • Easier to ship as a built binary.
• Type safe streams.

Con

• GNU Radio is obviously way more mature.
• GNU Radio has a very nice UI for iterating on graphs.

Missing stuff before declaring 1.0

• A clear strategy for optional output streams.
  • Is the current Option-based solution good enough for 1.0?
• SymbolSync block at least have the right API.
• AsRef<Path> vs Into<PathBuf>?
• What exactly is the purpose of BlockEOF?
• Should produce() take Into<Vec<Tag>>? Less copying.
• Block structs have needless trait bounds, just to be passed to generated impl sections.
• Should Pending return a time estimate?
• Or better yet: The graph should do some fancy heuristic to hone in on the perfect time when to call again.
  • Great for hardware like audio, SDRs.
  • Max ceiling for e.g. TCP streams.
  • Maybe both. Strobe could do with being able to just say.
• At least one example of dynamically updating parameters.