QT GUI Vector and Matrix Sinks

The two sinks that plot a whole vector at a time rather than a stream. Stream to Vector cuts the noisy tone into 256-sample frames; the Vector Sink draws one frame as a trace against its sample index, and the Matrix Sink draws the same 256 numbers as a 16x16 intensity grid, filled a row at a time.

Category QT GUI
Blocks 9
Connections 6
File qtgui/vector_matrix_sinks.grc

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Blocks used

Block	Module	Used
Variable	`GNU Radio`	2
Add	`GNU Radio`	1
Noise Source	`GNU Radio`	1
QT GUI Matrix Sink	`GNU Radio`	1
QT GUI Vector Sink	`GNU Radio`	1
Signal Source	`GNU Radio`	1
Stream to Vector	`GNU Radio`	1
Throttle	`GNU Radio`	1

Flowgraph source

qtgui/vector_matrix_sinks.grc

options:
  parameters:
    author: ''
    category: '[GRC Hier Blocks]'
    comment: ''
    description: The two sinks that plot a whole vector at a time rather than a
      stream. Stream to Vector cuts the noisy tone into 256-sample frames; the
      Vector Sink draws one frame as a trace against its sample index, and the
      Matrix Sink draws the same 256 numbers as a 16x16 intensity grid, filled a
      row at a time.
    generate_options: qt_gui
    id: vector_matrix_sinks
    output_language: python
    run: 'True'
    sizing_mode: fixed
    title: QT GUI Vector and Matrix Sinks
  states:
    coordinate: [10, 10]
    rotation: 0
    state: enabled
blocks:
- name: samp_rate
  id: variable
  parameters:
    value: '32000'
  states:
    coordinate: [580, 10]
    rotation: 0
    state: enabled
- name: vlen
  id: variable
  parameters:
    value: '256'
  states:
    coordinate: [750, 10]
    rotation: 0
    state: enabled
- name: analog_sig_source_x_0
  id: analog_sig_source_x
  parameters:
    type: float
    samp_rate: samp_rate
    waveform: analog.GR_COS_WAVE
    frequency: '1000'
    amplitude: '1'
    offset: '0'
    phase: '0'
  states:
    coordinate: [10, 210]
    rotation: 0
    state: enabled
- name: analog_noise_source_x_0
  id: analog_noise_source_x
  parameters:
    type: float
    noise_type: analog.GR_GAUSSIAN
    amplitude: '0.1'
    seed: '0'
  states:
    coordinate: [10, 350]
    rotation: 0
    state: enabled
- name: blocks_add_xx_0
  id: blocks_add_xx
  parameters:
    type: float
    num_inputs: '2'
    vlen: '1'
  states:
    coordinate: [300, 230]
    rotation: 0
    state: enabled
- name: blocks_throttle2_0
  id: blocks_throttle2
  parameters:
    type: float
    samples_per_second: samp_rate
    vlen: '1'
    ignoretag: 'True'
    limit: time
    maximum: '0.1'
  states:
    coordinate: [540, 220]
    rotation: 0
    state: enabled
- name: blocks_stream_to_vector_0
  id: blocks_stream_to_vector
  parameters:
    type: float
    num_items: vlen
    vlen: '1'
  states:
    coordinate: [870, 240]
    rotation: 0
    state: enabled
- name: qtgui_vector_sink_f_0
  id: qtgui_vector_sink_f
  parameters:
    name: '"One frame at a time"'
    vlen: vlen
    x_start: '0'
    x_step: '1'
    x_axis_label: '"Sample"'
    y_axis_label: '"Amplitude"'
    x_units: '""'
    y_units: '""'
    ref_level: '0'
    nconnections: '1'
    ymin: '-2'
    ymax: '2'
    autoscale: 'False'
    grid: 'True'
    average: '1.0'
    update_time: '0.10'
    showports: 'False'
  states:
    coordinate: [1160, 190]
    rotation: 0
    state: enabled
- name: qtgui_matrix_sink_0
  id: qtgui_matrix_sink
  parameters:
    name: '"The same frame as a grid"'
    vlen: vlen
    num_cols: '16'
    contour: 'False'
    color_map: '"rgb"'
    interpolation: '"NearestNeighbour"'
    x_start: '0'
    x_end: '16'
    y_start: '0'
    y_end: '16'
    z_min: '-1.5'
    z_max: '1.5'
    x_axis_label: '"Column"'
    y_axis_label: '"Row"'
    z_axis_label: '"Amplitude"'
  states:
    coordinate: [1160, 390]
    rotation: 0
    state: enabled
connections:
- [analog_sig_source_x_0, '0', blocks_add_xx_0, '0']
- [analog_noise_source_x_0, '0', blocks_add_xx_0, '1']
- [blocks_add_xx_0, '0', blocks_throttle2_0, '0']
- [blocks_throttle2_0, '0', blocks_stream_to_vector_0, '0']
- [blocks_stream_to_vector_0, '0', qtgui_vector_sink_f_0, '0']
- [blocks_stream_to_vector_0, '0', qtgui_matrix_sink_0, '0']
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