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DSP Source Code Interface Software


DSP Source Code Interface software provides access to DSP source code for several supported DSP devices, including math and DSP routines, analog I/O drivers, and real-time processing structures used by the Hypersignal software packages. These packages can be used to customize Hypersignal-Macro and Hypersignal-Acoustic operation, or operation of some DirectDSP® high-level operations when a Hypersignal package is used as the DSP Engine. Interface for user-defined C routines to be used in real-time processing algorithms and products is available; debug mode with simultaneous disk waveform file record is included.

DSP Source Code Interface software packages include math and DSP library routines, device drivers for analog resources on supported boards, and real-time, interrrupt-driven structures which allow foreground and background processing in conjunction with analog I/O sample interrupts. Without modification, each DSP Source Code Interface forms the basis for standard Hypersignal-Macro, DirectDSP, and Real-Time Composer™ software operation, including instrumentation displays, continuous transfer to/from disk, and file-based acceleration. In other words, if you were to assemble and link the standard DSP source code for each supported DSP chip, without any changes, you would end up with the executable files sent with real-time software packages. Howerver, should you then modify, add, or otherwise customize the source code, you are creating new executable files that customize your system's operation.

Changes can be simple, such as interfacing to new analog converters or accessing other resources on the board, or extensive, such as simulating and testing complete algorithms or products. Because the mechanism for transferring data continuously and in real-time between high level host software functions and the DSP is transparent, you are free to concentrate on the DSP problem at hand. By simply placing the data you need to see or montior in the correct buffer, at such time or intervals as it becomes ready, you can complete control the content and operation of high level host software instrumentation and disk transfer function. Although not necessary, maintaining the host software infrastructure for transferring data and communicating control parameters offers many advantages throughout the course of your product development. Examples include comparing input data and algorithm output data in real-time, leaving "field-test" capability embedded in your product, and evaluation real-time limits.

For each chip, the Hypersignal®-Macro, DirectDSP®, and DirectDSP software downloaders accept direct linker output from the DSP chip vendor's development tools (e.g C compiler/ linker/asm.). The process of making source code changes and sending those changes into real-time action is essentially: 1) make source code changes using editor
2) compile and/or assemble
3) link (creating new executalbe file)
4) run host software application 5) repeat

This process is fully docemtned for each DSP Source Code Interface, located in the Signalogic DSP Software User's Guide. All source code files are well-commented and clearly document variables, structures, and procedures related to the intrinsic host software high level interface. Below is a partial list of typical source code and utility files included with each DSP Source Code Interface:

DSP Source Code Interface Features

Function Summary

xxxDEF: variable and constant definition (xxx refers to DSP chip)
xxxBEG: DSP chip initialization code, analog I/O and converter initialization code, ISR vector initialization, variable initialization, and initialization of high level interface (xxx refers to DSP chip)
xxxLINK: linker specification and map control file (xxx refers to DSP chip)
ASM: batch file to assemble typical assembly language source code files
LNK: batch file to link typical configuration
ISRn: various ISRs (interrupt service routines) for different analog I/O function; each ISR contains different entry points for specific DSP/Acquisition hardware that isolate hardware-dependent analog I/O code and which converge into common, highly optimized code
ARCTAN: 2-quadrant arctangent approximation
CONVLV: convolution/correlation
DIVIDE: fractional and integer divide for fixed-point DSPs; floating-point divide for floating-points DSPs
EXP2: base 2 exponentiation
FFT: complex input, decimation-in-time FFT/inverse FFT
FIR: FIR filter implementation
IIP2: IIR filter implementation (modified direct form using 2nd-order, or "biquad cascade" sections)
IIR3: IIR filter implementation (balanced pole-zero form using 2nd-ordr, or "biquad cascade" sections)
LOG2: base 2 log approximation
MAG: complex input magnitude
MAX: location of maximum value in buffer
MIN: location of minimum value in buffer
PHASE: complex input 4-quadrant phase approximation
SQRT: squareroot approximation
WINDOW: time domain window application and zero_filling
XFER: complex-ratio transfer function calculation

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