DelSig_ADC - Filter - VDAC streaming demo using DMA

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odissey1
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Hi,

Attached is a demo project of the DelSig_ADC - Filter - VDAC  data streaming using DMA.

It is roughly based on the original example provided by Todd Dust, but with correction of the highest bit during DMA transfer from the Filter to VDAC8.

How to Create an Analog Filter with PSoC 5LP - YouTube

The Filter output is signed value (Sine), which, when reaches full amplitude, produces weird output from the VDAC, which treats incoming data as unsigned. To achieve the full scale output, here the data are converted to unsigned using extra logic (Control_Reg, Status_Reg and XOR element to correct highest bit). The DMA channel has been modified to include two Transfer Descriptors. First TD is transferring int8-type data from the Filter to the Control_Reg, and second TD immediately retrieves corrected data from the Status_Reg (uint8) and passes it to the VDAC8.

Project includes several custom Community components, which are used to make internal sine generator with tunable parameters. Those components can be omitted if external function generator is available:

      WaveGen8 (RAM-DMA-VDAC8 wave generator, included in the project)

     QuadDecoder_SW: https://community.cypress.com/thread/30654

     DDS32: https://community.cypress.com/message/158566 (included in the project) 

     Annotation Library: https://community.cypress.com/thread/48049

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Figure 1. DelSig_ADC to Filter data streaming using DMA

ADC-Filter-VDAC_01b_A.png

Figure 2. Filter to VDAC data streaming using DMA with two TDs. A signed output value (int8) is converted to the unsigned (uint8) using PLD logic in a single DMA pass.

ADC-Filter-VDAC_01b_B.png

Figure 3. Function Generator using DDS32, and WaveGen8 custom components

ADC-Filter-VDAC_01b_C.png

Figure 4. Project annotation diagram using PSoC Annotation Library.

ADC-Filter-VDAC_01b_Annotation.png

Figure 5. Original demo project by Cypress showing Filter performance at 1 kHz and full swing. Blue trace - ADC input signal, Yellow trace: VDAC_1 output, Fuchsia - WaveGen reference.

ADC-Filter-VDAC_01b_1kHz_original.png

Figure 6. Corrected Filter performance at 1 kHz. Blue trace - ADC input signal, Yellow trace: VDAC_1 output, Fuchsia - WaveGen reference. The steps are due to 48kHz ADC sampling rate. Filter LPF cut-off is set to 6kHz.

ADC-Filter-VDSC_01b_1kHz.png

Figure 7. Filter performance at 6 kHz. Blue trace - ADC input signal, Yellow trace: VDAC_1 output, Fuchsia - WaveGen reference.

ADC-Filter-VDSC_01b_6kHz.png

Figure 8. Filter performance at 7 kHz. Blue trace - ADC input signal, Yellow trace: VDAC_1 output, Fuchsia - WaveGen reference.

ADC-Filter-VDSC_01b_7kHz.png

Added Figure 5 - Original project performance at full amplitude swing, showing issue when data is transferred from Filter to VDAC8 directly. Updated project archive  now also includes an old DMA_1 configuration to show the issue.

Added a screenshot demonstrating issue with original project, when data was transferred by DMA from Filter to VDAC8 directly. Updated project archive includes old DMA_1 configuration to demo this issue.

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Vasanth
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Hi Odissey,

Thanks for your contribution to community.

Best Regards,
Vasanth

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