block.h

This a framework to test new ideas in transmission technology. Actual development is a LDPC-coder in

/***************************************************************************
         block.h  -  The virtual class for the datablocks
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    begin                :  2002
    authors              :  Linus Gasser
    emails               :  [e-mail]
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 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
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#ifndef BLOCK_H__
#define BLOCK_H__

#include <qstring.h>
#include <qfile.h>
#include <qobject.h>
#include <iostream>
#include "swr_types.h"
#include "fifocmd.h"

using namespace std;

/**
 * @short Virtual class for a datablock
 */

enum  showType_e { show_complex, show_real, show_imag, show_abs, 
		   show_fft, show_plot };


class Block : public QObject{
  Q_OBJECT

public:
  Block(){};

  virtual int getLength() {
    return length;
  }
  int getNumOfSamples();

  virtual swr_signal_type_t getType() {
    return sig_type;
  };
  virtual QString getName(){
    return blockName;
  };
  virtual int Data( double **x, double **y, int length,
		    enum showType_e s );
  virtual QByteArray getData( ) = 0;
  void getSample( void *data, int index, double &re, double &im );
  int TypeSize();
  int TypeSize( swr_signal_type_t type );

 protected:
  swr_signal_type_t sig_type;
  unsigned int length;
  FifoCmd *radio;
  QString blockName;
};

#endif