# Embedded WG **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [June 15, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedded-wg/242326 "2015-06-15T22:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedded-wg/242326/1 "2015-06-15T22:55:13Z")
Recently I was asked how people can help with the embedded working group. Currently, I a very happy with our support for Zynq based boards. I’ve put together a list othings I think we can improve. Embedded Working goals: 1. Expand hardware support 2. More stuff in meta-sdr 3. Performance improvements 4. Killer apps! 5. Expand participation The first couple of items involve OpenEmbedded work, finding BSP layers for boards, testing them, working to get them creating easy to use images, and writing recipes for more OOT modules. For the next year, I’d like to get more people actually using the infrastructure we have. I’d like to get a list of gnuradio apps together and start validating they run on various embedded platforms. Even better, writing gnuradio applications designed to run well on embedded systems. I’d also like some feedback on who would attend a WG call sometime in the next few weeks. Philip ---
**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedded-wg/242326/2 "2015-06-16T04:34:04Z")
Philip, Your email likely roused some lurkers. One, anyway.I have liked the “spotlight” method for new projects.Put up a couple dozen little projects and have people pick up the project they are suited for and have them deliver.If they don’t not much is lost, if they are fast, they pick up the next. How can I help? How can I learn what needs started/finished? 1. r-pi2 (I keep a couple for experimenting here) Jetson (Booted it, smiled at the performance, did nothing else) Gregnz8r Recently I was asked how people can help with the embedded working group. Currently, I a very happy with our support for Zynq based boards. I’ve put together a list othings I think we can improve. Embedded Working goals: 1. Expand hardware support 2. More stuff in meta-sdr 3. Performance improvements 4. Killer apps! 5. Expand participation The first couple of items involve OpenEmbedded work, finding BSP layers for boards, testing them, working to get them creating easy to use images, and writing recipes for more OOT modules. For the next year, I’d like to get more people actually using the infrastructure we have. I’d like to get a list of gnuradio apps together and start validating they run on various embedded platforms. Even better, writing gnuradio applications designed to run well on embedded systems. I’d also like some feedback on who would attend a WG call sometime in the next few weeks. Philip ---
**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedded-wg/242326/3 "2015-06-16T04:39:19Z")
> For the next year, I’d like to get more people actually using the infrastructure > we have. I’d like to get a list of gnuradio apps together and start validating > they run on various embedded platforms. I’ve been doing a little benchmarking of GR on various embedded platforms, but I’ve been using different O/Ses on each (Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS on ODROID XU3 and C1, Ubuntu 15.04 on RPi2, J Corgan’s bootable USB stick on a Minnowboard, and OE on E310). For uniformity, I agree that it would be nice to have an OE way to do build across all these targets. I’ve also been working on tuning compile flags for XU3. I’m planning to share some results with the community in the next few weeks. > I’d also like some feedback on who would attend a WG call sometime in the > next few weeks. I’m interested. ---
**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedded-wg/242326/4 "2015-06-19T05:17:05Z")
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Nowlan, Sean [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > J Corgan’s bootable USB stick on a Minnowboard I’m pretty curious how well this worked and if you ran into any issues or had to do anything extra for this combination. ---
**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedded-wg/242326/5 "2015-06-18T21:33:14Z")
On 06/15/2015 10:38 PM, Nowlan, Sean wrote: > > For the next year, I’d like to get more people actually using the > > infrastructure > > > we have. I’d like to get a list of gnuradio apps together and start validating > > > they run on various embedded platforms. > > I’ve been doing a little benchmarking of GR on various embedded platforms, but > I’ve been using different O/Ses on each (Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS on ODROID XU3 and C1, > Ubuntu 15.04 on RPi2, J Corgan’s bootable USB stick on a Minnowboard, and OE on > E310). For uniformity, I agree that it would be nice to have an OE way to do build > across all these targets. I’ve also been working on tuning compile flags for XU3. > I’m planning to share some results with the community in the next few weeks. Yeah, there is quite a variety to keep with. Especially for the lower speed platforms, having good cross toolchains is a huge win. I tire of answering the internal compiler error question 🙂 Philip ---
**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedded-wg/242326/6 "2015-06-19T19:32:22Z")
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Nowlan, Sean \<[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)\> wrote: J Corgan’s bootable USB stick on a Minnowboard > I’m pretty curious how well this worked and if you ran into any issues or had to > do anything extra for this combination. It was as simple as choosing the USB stick from the boot list in BIOS. MinnowBoard has a USB 3.0 port, so booting was fairly quick. It operated smoothly. I ran volk\_profile and gr-benchmark and uploaded results to [stats.gnuradio.org](http://stats.gnuradio.org). The Intel Atom E3825 is mysteriously missing right now, but I know I’ve seen it up there. ODROIDXU is also gone, and I know that was up there too. Sean ---
**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embedded-wg/242326/7 "2015-06-19T05:43:23Z")
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Philip B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > For the next year, I’d like to get more people actually using the > infrastructure we have. I’d like to get a list of gnuradio apps together > and start validating they run on various embedded platforms. As someone who’s been following your excellent work with meta-sdr, I’m definitely interested and have been test driving (albeit, quite informally) some builds for the Wandboard Quad. I have a few other platforms around that I’d love to have an excuse to dust off and play with. At this current point in time, how and where do you envision tracking the list of desired tests, benchmarks comparisons, etc.? In addition to this list, #gnuradio, and the WG calls, are there any other places folks should keep an eye on? Cheers, Jon