EE 451
Lab 2: Sampling and Aliasing in Real Time with the Motorola DSP56002 EVM

For experimentation in real-time signal processing, we will use the following equipment:

• Motorola DSP56002 EVM, with a sampling rate of 48 kHz.

• An oscilloscope.

• A function generator.

• A source of audio (e.g., a CD player with headphones).

1. Use the 56000 assembly-language program play.asm. To assemble this, first copy the files ada_init.asm and txrx_isr.asm from the C:\EVM directory to your directory. The codec is a complicated chip, and these pre-written routines do the work necessary to sample the input signal. This will be discussed further in lab.

   Assemble the program using the following command:
   ASM56000 -a -b -l lab2.asm

2. Set the function generator to give a 2-volt peak-to-peak, 5 kHz sine wave. Connect the output with the mono cable to the input of the A/D converter. Connect the outputs of the D/A converter to two channels of an oscilloscope. Run the program EVM56K on the PC. Give the command load lab2, which will load the attached program into the 56002. The command disassemble $40 should show you the instructions as loaded into the 56002. go $40 will run the program. The two outputs should look the same. Be sure to sketch the signals in your lab book.

3. Vary the frequency of the function generator, and observe the response of the D/A converter.

4. Connect your audio source to the input of the A/D. Listen to the output through headphones. Note the quality of the sound.

5. Stop the 56002. Modify the program to put out the left channel every sample interval, but put out the right channel only every 12th sample interval. This output of the right channel will then have a sampling rate of 4 kHz. The easiest way to do this is with a DO instruction. Set up the DO instruction to read execute the sampling code 11 times without putting the input value into Accumulator B, then add sampling code to put the input value into both A and B, and finally loop back to the DO instruction. Be sure to sketch the signals in your lab book.

   Connect the function generator back to the A/D, and run this modified program. Vary the frequency of the function generator, and compare the two outputs of the D/A converter. Observe aliasing for high frequencies. At what frequency does aliasing begin? Be sure to document what the aliasing does at high frequencies.

6. Modify the above program so both channels put out every 48th sample, giving a sampling frequency of 1 kHz. Connect your audio source to the input of the A/D. Listen to the output through headphones. Note the quality of the sound.