Blending GNU Radio and Aldec Riviera-PRO for verification of Software Defined Radio

This whitepaper https://www.aldec.com/en/company/blog/190--development-of-real-time-sdr-systems-with-aldec-hes describes a method by which the designer can leverage the rapid signal prototyping capability in GNU Radio and use it in co-simulation with Aldec Riviera-PRO.

I've used this myself over the past few months and for a specific kind of work (Software Defined Radio (SDR) #sdr) and can attest that it's certainly quite a bit quicker to build and alter test setups in GNU Radio. I have a signals package of my own for describing in a piecewise linear fashion various signals that we deal with in aviation radios and GNU Radio was MUCH faster to build up the same thing, and provide hooks for altering the design quickly for testing limits.

The DSP tools in GNU Radio can also be used to analyze the output of a system under test which may be of some value in verification and debugging.

Anyhow, check it out if interested.