PN Generator

Once you have planned your program strategy, implement the PN generator from Figure 2 and verify that it is working. If you are programming in assembly, you may wish to refer to the description of assembly instructions for logical operations in Section 2-2 of the C54x Mnemonic Instruction Set reference. Initialize the shift register to one.

In testing the PN generator, you may find the file v:\ece320\54x\dspclib\pn_output.mat helpful. To use it, type load v:\ece320\54x\dspclib\pn_output at the Matlab command prompt. This will load a vector pn_output into memory. The vector contains 500 elements, which are the first 500 output bits of the PN generator. Be prepared to prove to a TA that your PN generator works properly as part of your quiz.

Transmitter

For your transmitter implementation you are to use the data-block-to-carrier-frequency mapping in this table and a digital symbol period of T symb =32 T symb 32 samples.

Viewing the transmitted signal on the oscilloscope may help you determine whether your code works properly, but you should check it more carefully by setting breakpoints in Code Composer and using the Memory option from the View menu to view the contents of memory. The vector signal analyzer (VSA) provides another method of testing.

Testing with the VSA

The VSA is an instrument capable of demodulating digital signals. You may use the VSA to demodulate your FSK signal and display the symbols received.

Configuring the VSA: The VSA is the big HP unit on a cart in the front of the classroom. Plug the output from the DSP board into the ``Channel 1'' jack on the front of the vector signal analyzer, and then turn on the analyzer and follow these instructions to display your output:

After powering the signal analyzer up, the display will not be in the correct mode. Use the following sequence of keypresses to set it up properly:

Viewing the signal spectrum on the VSA: The VSA is also capable of displaying the spectrum of a signal. Hook up the output of your PN generator to the VSA and set it up properly to view the spectrum of the random sequence. Hit ``Instrument Mode'' and then F1 (Scalar) to see the spectrum. Note that you can also use your Lab 4 code for this purpose.

Does what you see match the Matlab simulations?

Optimization

One purpose of this lab is to teach optimization and efficient code techniques. For this reason, for your lab grade you will be judged primarily on the total execution time of your system. You are not required to optimize memory use. Note that by execution time we mean cycle count, not the number of instructions in your program. Remember that several of the TMS320C54xx instructions take more than one cycle. The multicycle instructions are primarily the multi-word instructions, including instructions that take immediates, like stm, and instructions using direct addressing of memory (such as ld *(temp),A). Branch and repeat statements also require several cycles to execute. Most C instructions take more than one cycle. The debugger can be used to determine the exact number of cycles used by your code; ask your TA to demonstrate. However, since the number of execution cycles used by an instruction is usually determined by the number of words in its encoding, the easiest way to estimate the number of cycles used by your code is to count the number of instruction words in the .lst file or the disassembly window in the debugger.

We will grade you based on the number of cycles used between the return from the WAITDATA call and the arrival at the next WAITDATA call in assembly, or the return from one WaitAudio call and the arrival at the next WaitAudio call in C. If the number of cycles between the two points is variable, the maximum possible number of cycles will be counted. You must use the core.asm file in v:\ece320\54x\dsplib\core.asm or the C core file in v:\ece320\54x\dspclib\core.asm as provided by the TAs; these files may not be modified. You explicitly may not change the number of samples read and written by each WAITDATA or WaitAudio call! We reserve the right to test your code by substituting the test vector core file.