Expt2 PAM
Expt2 PAM
The MODICOM 1 Board Blocks The board can be considered as five separate blocks as shown in Figure 2.1: Power Input Sampling Control Logic Sampling Circuits 2nd Order Low Pass Filter 4th Order Low Pass Filter
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Fig 2.1 Modicom 1 Board blocks Power input The figure 2.2 shows the electrical input connections necessary to power the module. The LJ Technical Systems' "I.C. Power 60" or "System Power 90" are the recommended power supplies.
Fig 2.2 Power input Sampling control logic This circuitry as shown in Figure 2.3 generates the timing and control signals that sample the input waveform, and also creates a sinusoidal 1kHz signal for use during the
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It is recommended that this signal is used for most of the experiments, as you will find that it is difficult to synchronize more than one oscilloscope trace when the input comes from an external source. Sampling circuits The signal at the ANALOG INPUT socket is sampled at a rate, and for duration, which depends on the applied sampling control signal as shown in the Figure 2.4.
Second order and Fourth order low pass filter This is a filter having a 3.4kHz bandwidth as shown in the Figure 2.5. Similar to the Second Order Low Pass Filter, Fourth order has a steeper cut off gradient represented by the graph on the board.
Figure 2.5 Second order and Fourth order low pass filter
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Procedure 1. Observe how a signal can be sampled. 2. Obtain a variety of sampling frequencies from the MODICOM 1 board. 3. Demonstrate that the pulse duration of the sampling control signal can be varied. 4. Calculate the frequency spectrum of a pulse amplitude modulated signal. 5. Investigate the minimum sampling frequency of an ideal system. 6. Record the effects of changing the sampling rate in a PAM system. 7. Observe the effects of changing the width of the samples. 8. Recognize the differences between second order and fourth order filters. 9. Compares the performance of sample amplifiers and sample & hold amplifiers.
Discussions 1) Draw all of the waveforms at various stages with your interpretation. 2) Draw the frequency spectrum of a sine wave (~1kHz) with sampling frequency 4kHz before and after the sampling process. 3) What is the relationship between the duty cycle and the reconstructed signal? 4) Describe the required characteristics of the low pass filter, and the sampling frequency to reconstruct the intelligence signal.
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Prepared by Farhadur Arifin