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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright 2021 Sara Cinzia Halter, Naoki Pross.
+
+import socket
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+import numpy as np
+from gnuradio import gr
+
+class netsink(gr.sync_block):
+    """
+    Sink that sends the data over the network using UDP.
+    Keep in mind that is quite slow.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, address, dtype, vlen):
+        gr.sync_block.__init__(self,
+            name="Network Sink",
+            in_sig=[],
+            out_sig=None)
+
+        # Create a socket and parse remote machine url
+        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        self.url = urlparse(sock_addr)
+        self.srv = (self.srv.hostname, self.srv.port)
+
+    def send(self, data):
+        """
+        Send the data to self.srv
+
+        @param data Data as python bytes
+        @return Number of bytes that were actually sent
+        """
+        assert type(data) == bytes
+        return self.socket.sendto(data, self.srv)
+
+    def encode(self, data):
+        """
+        Encode the data into a dead simple format
+
+        @param data Array like type
+        @return Bytes of ASCII encoded comma separated string of numbers
+        """
+        # no data (what are you doing?)
+        if not data:
+            return bytes()
+
+        values = "[" + ",".join(map(str, data)) + "]"
+        return bytes(values, "ascii")
+
+    def work(self, input_items, output_items):
+        inp = input_items[0]
+
+        # TODO: Check that inp has a reasonable size
+        self.send(self.encode(inp))
+
+        return len(input_items[0])
+