EECS 452: Digital Signal Processing Design Laboratory

Homework, Labs and Project related information can be found under Homework/Projects.

Lecture notes

• Lecture 1: Class introduction, DSP review. pdf. (Lyons book: Chapter 1,2,3)
• Lecture 2: DSP review, filters, DDS. pdf. (Lyons book: Chapters 2, 3, 5 & 6.)
• Lecture 3: Number representation; fixed point arithmetic. pdf.
• Lecture 4: Gate level arithmetic. pdf. Texas Instruments presentation by A. Rao (.pptx) .
• Lecture 5: PPI, team formation meeting pdf. FPGAs and Verilog pdf..
• Lecture 6: ADC, rounding and quantization pdf.
• Lecture 6b: Project hardware possibilities (Dr. Metzger's presentation) pdf.
• Lecture 7: ADC/DAC, anti-image filtering and equalization pdf.
• Lecture 8: FIR and IIR filter design, quantization. pdf. (Lyons book: Chapters 5 & 6.)
• Lecture 9: FIR and IIR filter design continued, roundoff and overflow. pdf.
• Lecture 10: DFT, FFT and leakage. pdf. (Lyons book: Chapters 3& 4.)
• Lecture 11: More on DFT, leakage, windowing. pdf. (Lyons book: Chapters 3& 4.)
• Lecture 12: Real-Time DSP (Wakefield) pdf. Matlab demo code zip.

TI support documents

C5515_algebra_ISRef.pdf -- C55x v3.x CPU Algebraic Instruction Set Reference Guide.
C5515_Mnuemonic_ISRef.pdf -- C55x v3.x CPU Mnemonic Instruction Set Reference Guide.
C55x_Assmbly_Lang_guide.pdf -- TMS320C55x Assembly Language Tools User's Guide.
C55x_Compiler_Opt_guide.pdf -- TMS320C55x Optimizing C/C++ Compiler User's Guide.
AIC3204.pdf -- Ultra Low Power Stereo Audio Codec, TLV320AIC3204.
LCD_Data_Sheet.pdf -- SSD1306 Advance Information.
C5515_FDK_Windows_guide.pdf -- TMS320C5515 Fingerprint Development Kit (FDK) Windows Program User's Guide.
TMS320C5515_FDK_Software_guide.pdf -- TMS320C5515 Fingerprint Development Kit (FDK) Software Guide User's Guide.
C5515_DSP_CPU_guide.pdf -- C55x v3.x CPU Reference Guide.
C5515_DSP_Lib_guide.pdf -- TMS320C55x DSP Library Programmers Reference.
C5515_DSP_System_guide.pdf -- C5515 DSP System User's Guide.
tms320c5515.pdf -- C5515 Fixed-Point Digital Signal Processor.
usbstk5515_TechRef_RevA.pdf -- C5515 eZdspTM USB Stick Technical Reference.
usbstk5515_emif_guide.pdf -- C5515/14/05/04 DSP External Memory Interface (EMIF) User's Guide.
usbstk5515_i2s_guide.pdf -- C5515/14/05/04 DSP Inter-IC Sound (I2S) Bus User's Guide.
usbstk5515_rtc_guide.pdf -- C5515/14/05/04 DSP Real-Time Clock (RTC) User's Guide.
usbstk5515_sar_guide.pdf -- C5515/05/VC05 DSP Successive Approximation Register (SAR) Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) User's Guide.
C5515_gpio_guide.pdf -- C5515/14/05/04/VC05/VC04 DSP General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO).
C5515_i2c_guide.pdf -- C5515/14/05/04/VC05/VC04 DSP Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) Peripheral User's Guide.
C5515_MMC_SD_guide.pdf -- C5515/14/05/04/VC05/VC04 DSP Multimedia Card (MMC)/Secure Digital (SD) Card Controller Reference Guide.
usbstk5515_Schematics_RevA.pdf -- C5515 EZDSP MODULE.
usbstk5515_spi_guide.pdf -- C5515/14/05/04/VC05/VC04 DSP Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) User's Guide
usbstk5515_timer_watchdog_guide.pdf -- TMS320C5515/14/05/04/VC05/VC04 DSP Timer/Watchdog Timer User's Guide.
usbstk5515_uart_guide.pdf -- C5515/14/05/04/VC05/VC04 DSP Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) User's Guide.
usbstk5515_usb_guide.pdf -- C5515/14/05/04 DSP Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB) Controller User's Guide.
STK_LCD_user_guide.pdf -- C5515/05/VC05 DSP Liquid Crystal Display Controller (LCDC) User's Guide.
C5515_DMA_Controller_guide.pdf -- C5515/14/05/04 DSP Direct Memory Access (DMA) Controller.

Project proposal and final report template

Written project proposal template doc file.

Final project report template doc file

Self assessment report template doc file

Other handouts

• Bandwidth limited sampling handout
• C for C++ programmers
• Number systems (hex, 2's complement, etc.)
• Operators in C and C++

Note: many of the handouts below are dated and/or refer to older labs and lab set-ups. But certain groups will still find them useful for their projects.

• Assembly programming guide
• Electret microphone slides
• C5510 assembly instructions
• Key questions handout

Online references

• Tutorials on digital logic
  • "Play hookey.com" (.html) .
  • "Lecture notes for digital electronics," R. Frey (.pdf)
• Walt Kester's Tutorials
  • "ADC Architectures II: Sigma-Delta ADC advanced concepts and applications," W. Kester[ (.pdf)
  • "ADC Architectures III: Sigma-Delta ADC advanced concepts and applications," W. Kester[ (.pdf)
  • "ADC Architectures IV: Sigma-Delta ADC advanced concepts and applications," W. Kester[ (.pdf)

Application Notes

• "ADC Definitions and specifications," Freescale Semiconductor AN2438/D application notes, 2003. (.pdf)
• "Equalizing Techniques Flatten DAC Frequency Response," MAXIM, Application Note 3853, 2006. (.html)

Papers (New F 2014)

• An ultra-high-speed direct digital frequency synthesizer implemented in GaAs HBT technology, Chen et al, J. Semiconductors, Vol. 31, No. 6, June 2010.

• Five top causes of nasty embedded software bugs, Michael Barr, EE Times - embedded systems design, April 2010.

• Five more top causes of nasty embedded software bugs, Michael Barr, EE Times - embedded systems design, Nov. 2010.

Other resources

• Doug Jones, Digital Signal Processing: A Users Guide (.html)
• Univ. of Illinois ECE420, Embedded DSP Laboratory (.html)