Re: GSoC 2026 Proposal - Hardware in the loop CI

Cyrille Morin <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:16:02 +0200
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Hello Joseph,

I read trough your document.
Overall, it looks good, it appears to have everything required of the 
proposal document.

A couple of thoughts:

The proposed integrated tests look good and feel like what we would like 
to head towards, but being integration tests, they involve a lot of 
moving parts, so they might require a lot of tweaking and debugging time 
to work reliably, which might push back the integration into the CI 
pipeline.

I've never used Labgrid so I don't know much about what it can or cannot 
help with. But it does sound in your proposal to perform many task 
already done by the platform's systems (booking, health check, ...) You 
might want to detail where specifically Labgrid would offer new and 
required capabilities

Best

*Cyrille MORIN*
/Ingénieur SED/
/Équipe MARACAS/

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Le 28/03/2026 à 14:49, Joseph George a écrit :
>
> Hi Cyrille,
>
> I have completed the first draft of my GSoC 2026 proposal for the 
> "Hardware in the Loop CI" project.
>
> Draft : Hardware in the Loop CI 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ATLOxq_bvPpG7fizTQtZK-8w_BwadVeF/view?usp=drive_link>
>
> A huge thank you to Larry and Philip for the insights. I have 
> explicitly integrated the LBNL Node Health Check paradigm to isolate 
> hardware failures from software regressions, and I've adopted Labgrid 
> as the core hardware orchestration layer to manage the CorteXlab USRPs.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any feedback from the community,
>
> Thanks for your time and guidance!
>
> Best, Joseph George
>
>
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 at 22:23, Cyrille Morin <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hi Joseph,
>
>     Welcome!
>
>     Feel free to share your draft here on the mailing list, for
>     feedback by members of the community, that's the right place
>
>     I don't have a specific format for the tests scenarios, choose
>     what you think is best/more readable/most relevant.
>     But do look at the GSoC Student info on the wiki if you haven't
>     already: https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=GSoCStudentInfo
>     <https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=GSoCStudentInfo>
>
>     *Cyrille MORIN*
>     Le 26/03/2026 à 15:56, Joseph George a écrit :
>>     Hi Cyrille,
>>     I’m Joseph, an ECE student and the Chair of the IEEE Signal
>>     Processing Society at my college. I’m putting together a GSoC
>>     proposal for the "Hardware in the loop CI" project and wanted to
>>     quickly say hello.
>>
>>     I have a strong background in bridging DSP theory with physical
>>     hardware. I recently placed 7th globally in the ICASSP 2026 ALS
>>     challenge by building domain-driven acoustic biomarker pipelines,
>>     and I regularly build hardware projects (like ESP32 navigation
>>     systems using Kalman filtering for sensor fusion). I'd love to
>>     help bring GNU Radio's CI tests out of software only simulation
>>     and onto the physical CorteXlab hardware.
>>
>>     I am drafting my 12-week timeline right now. Is there a specific
>>     format you prefer for the test scenarios, or a good place to drop
>>     a link to my draft for a quick sanity check before Tuesday's
>>     deadline?
>
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    <p>Hello Joseph,</p>
    <p>I read trough your document.<br>
      Overall, it looks good, it appears to have everything required of
      the proposal document.</p>
    <p>A couple of thoughts: </p>
    <p>The proposed integrated tests look good and feel like what we
      would like to head towards, but being integration tests, they
      involve a lot of moving parts, so they might require a lot of
      tweaking and debugging time to work reliably, which might push
      back the integration into the CI pipeline.</p>
    <p>I've never used Labgrid so I don't know much about what it can or
      cannot help with. But it does sound in your proposal to perform
      many task already done by the platform's systems (booking, health
      check, ...) You might want to detail where specifically Labgrid
      would offer new and required capabilities</p>
    <p>Best</p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 28/03/2026 à 14:49, Joseph George a
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        <p>Hi Cyrille,</p>
        <p>I have completed the first draft of my GSoC 2026 proposal for
          the "Hardware in the Loop CI" project.</p>
        <p>Draft : <a
href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ATLOxq_bvPpG7fizTQtZK-8w_BwadVeF/view?usp=drive_link"
            moz-do-not-send="true">Hardware in the Loop CI</a></p>
        <p>A huge thank you to Larry and Philip for the insights. I have
          explicitly integrated the LBNL Node Health Check paradigm to
          isolate hardware failures from software regressions, and I've
          adopted Labgrid as the core hardware orchestration layer to
          manage the CorteXlab USRPs.</p>
        <table cellpadding="0" role="presentation"
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style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;width:auto;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;display:block;color:rgb(119,119,119)">
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        <p>I would greatly appreciate any feedback from the community,</p>
        <p>Thanks for your time and guidance!</p>
        <p>Best,
          Joseph George</p>
      </div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 at 22:23,
          Cyrille Morin &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a>&gt;
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            <p>Hi Joseph,</p>
            <p>Welcome!</p>
            <p>Feel free to share your draft here on the mailing list,
              for feedback by members of the community, that's the right
              place</p>
            <p>I don't have a specific format for the tests scenarios,
              choose what you think is best/more readable/most relevant.<br>
              But do look at the GSoC Student info on the wiki if you
              haven't already:<a
href="https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=GSoCStudentInfo"
                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"> https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=GSoCStudentInfo</a></p>
            <div> <strong>Cyrille MORIN</strong></div>
            <div>Le 26/03/2026 à 15:56, Joseph George a écrit :<br>
            </div>
            <blockquote type="cite">
              <div dir="ltr">Hi Cyrille, 
                <div>I’m Joseph, an ECE student and the Chair of the
                  IEEE Signal Processing Society at my college. I’m
                  putting together a GSoC proposal for the "Hardware in
                  the loop CI" project and wanted to quickly say hello. </div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>I have a strong background in bridging DSP theory
                  with physical hardware. I recently placed 7th globally
                  in the ICASSP 2026 ALS challenge by building
                  domain-driven acoustic biomarker pipelines, and I
                  regularly build hardware projects (like ESP32
                  navigation systems using Kalman filtering for sensor
                  fusion). I'd love to help bring GNU Radio's CI tests
                  out of software only simulation and onto the physical
                  CorteXlab hardware. </div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>I am drafting my 12-week timeline right now. Is
                  there a specific format you prefer for the test
                  scenarios, or a good place to drop a link to my draft
                  for a quick sanity check before Tuesday's deadline?</div>
              </div>
            </blockquote>
          </div>
        </blockquote>
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