Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] uhd help

[Josh Blum]

On 07/02/2012 06:34 PM, sibar002 wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to be able to control pins 5, 7, 9,... , and 35 on the J401
> component on the N210 (Pins G4, F5, H6, ..., and K6 on the FPGA). From the
> Basic_Tx/Rx daughterbaord schematic, I was able to see that some of these
> pins are not really used on the daughterboard. I am working on implementing
> a MAC protocol that will be using a number directional antennas to send our
> information. I wanted to use these pins in order to select the antenna
> direction needed for the communication. I have followed the code all the way
> to the multi_usrp.cpp file. I have also looked into the db_xcvr2450.cpp file
> to see how this pins are controlled. I am having trouble figuring out which
> lines of code I need in the db_basic_lf.cpp in order to control these pins
> in the basic daughterboards. I would greatly appreciate any help or advice.
> Thank you for your time and help.
> 
> Sam
> 

You may want to see the dboard iface:
http://files.ettus.com/uhd_docs/doxygen/html/classuhd_1_1usrp_1_1multi__usrp.html#a3299d8f77f1d823c762e36438bac509e

You can access the same GPIO as the daughterboard code itself. Also, the
swig magic should be there so you can use it from python.

-josh