Block Substitutions
Many PothosGPU blocks are higher-performance duplicates of blocks in PothosBlocks and PothosCore. These tables list the blocks that can be replaced.
| Block Name | Block Registry Path | Replaces | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Value | /gpu/arith/abs |
/comms/abs |
|
| ArcTan2 | /gpu/arith/atan2 |
/comms/angle |
Takes real+imaginary ports instead of complex port |
| Clamp | /gpu/arith/clamp |
/blocks/clamp |
No option to clamp only one bound |
| Complex Conjugate | /gpu/arith/conjg |
/comms/conj |
|
| Maximum | /gpu/arith/max |
/blocks/minmax |
Only outputs maximum |
| Minimum | /gpu/arith/min |
/blocks/minmax |
Only outputs minimum |
| Arithmetic | /gpu/array/arithmetic |
/comms/arithmetic |
|
| Scalar Arithmetic | /gpu/scalar/arithmetic |
/comms/const_arithmetic |
Only supports constant as second operand |
| Comparator | /gpu/array/comparator |
/comms/comparator |
| Block Name | Block Registry Path | Replaces | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cast | /gpu/array/cast |
/blocks/convert |
Requires both input and output DTypes |
| Combine Complex | /gpu/arith/combine_complex |
/comms/combine_complex |
|
| Split Complex | /gpu/arith/split_complex |
/comms/split_complex |
|
| Constant Source | /gpu/data/constant |
/blocks/constant_source |
|
| Is Infinite? | /gpu/arith/isinf |
/blocks/isinf |
|
| Is NaN? | /gpu/arith/isnan |
/blocks/isnan |
|
| Is Negative? | /gpu/arith/sign |
/blocks/isnegative |
| Block Name | Block Registry Path | Replaces | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FFT | /gpu/signal/fft |
/comms/fft |
|
| FIR Filter | /gpu/signal/fir_filter |
/comms/fir_filter |
Can accept taps from /comms/fir_designer
|
| IIR Filter | /gpu/signal/iir_filter |
/comms/iir_filter |
Can accept taps from /comms/iir_designer
|
| Sinc | /gpu/signal/sinc |
/comms/sinc |
Each trigonometric block, listed under /GPU/Trigonometry in PothosFlow, correspond to options in PothosComms's
/comms/trigonometric.
