Teaching rate conversion using hardware-based DSP

Thad B. Welch, Cameron H.G. Wright, Michael G. Morrow

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Abstract

To enable us to affordably teach software defined radio at the undergraduate level, we developed a low cost system that allows realistic hardware projects and demonstrations. This new board connects a Texas Instruments C67x DSP starter kit (DSK) to an Analog Devices AD9857 quadrature modulator. This modulator is capable of operating at up to 200 million samples per second (MS/s), with a carrier (or intermediate frequency) of up to 80 MHz. Baseband 14-bit in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) data are presented to the modulator, which can be programmed to interpolate the data at rates from 4x to 252x. The AD9857 is interfaced to the DSK using an Altera Cyclone FPGA which provides queuing of the I/Q data and the logic for control/programming of the modulator. This paper describes the associated hardware and software issues and briefly describes recommended classroom use.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2007 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP '07
PagesIII717-III720
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event2007 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP '07 - Honolulu, HI, United States
Duration: 15 Apr 200720 Apr 2007

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume3
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Conference

Conference2007 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP '07
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu, HI
Period15/04/0720/04/07

Keywords

  • Communications engineering education
  • Signal processing

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