Hardware Loop¶

The hardware loop modules provides all required functionalities to transmit waveforms generated by HermesPy over real hardware setups such as USRPs (Universal Software-Defined Radio Peripherals).

        classDiagram
  ABC <|-- Calibration
  ABC <|-- HardwareLoopPlot
  AntennaArray <|-- UsrpAntennas
  AntennaCalibration <|-- NoAntennaCalibration
  AntennaCalibration <|-- ScalarAntennaCalibration
  Calibration <|-- AntennaCalibration
  Calibration <|-- DelayCalibrationBase
  Calibration <|-- LeakageCalibrationBase
  DelayCalibrationBase <|-- DelayCalibration
  DelayCalibrationBase <|-- NoDelayCalibration
  Device <|-- PhysicalDevice
  DeviceState <|-- PhysicalDeviceState
  Evaluator <|-- EvaluatorRegistration
  Generic <|-- HardwareLoopPlot
  HardwareLoopDevicePlot <|-- DeviceReceptionPlot
  HardwareLoopDevicePlot <|-- DeviceTransmissionPlot
  HardwareLoopEvaluatorPlot <|-- ArtifactPlot
  HardwareLoopEvaluatorPlot <|-- EvaluationPlot
  HardwareLoopPlot <|-- EyePlot
  HardwareLoopPlot <|-- RadarRangePlot
  HardwareLoopPlot <|-- ReceivedConstellationPlot
  LeakageCalibrationBase <|-- NoLeakageCalibration
  LeakageCalibrationBase <|-- SelectiveLeakageCalibration
  PhysicalDevice <|-- AudioDevice
  PhysicalDevice <|-- PhysicalDeviceDummy
  PhysicalDevice <|-- UsrpDevice
  PhysicalScenario <|-- AudioScenario
  PhysicalScenario <|-- PhysicalScenarioDummy
  PhysicalScenario <|-- UsrpSystem
  Pipeline <|-- HardwareLoop
  ReceiveStreamDecoder <|-- IQCombiner
  Scenario <|-- PhysicalScenario
  Serializable <|-- AudioDevice
  Serializable <|-- Calibration
  Serializable <|-- DelayCalibrationBase
  Serializable <|-- LeakageCalibrationBase
  Serializable <|-- PhysicalDeviceDummy
  Serializable <|-- PhysicalScenarioDummy
  Serializable <|-- UsrpDevice
  SerializableEnum <|-- EvaluatorPlotMode
  SerializableEnum <|-- IterationPriority
  SignalPlot <|-- DeviceReceptionPlot
  SignalPlot <|-- DeviceTransmissionPlot
  SimulatedDevice <|-- PhysicalDeviceDummy
  SimulationScenario <|-- PhysicalScenarioDummy
  TransmitStreamEncoder <|-- IQSplitter

It consists of the base classes for hardware bindings

as well as specific bindings to UHD devices

and audio devices (sound cards)

and offers calibration routines for testbed setups