Visualizing 5 kHz sine wave by Pmod DA3

[Ahmed Alfadhel]

Hi ,

I am using DDS IP core to visualize a 5 kHz sine wave signal. 

At first I simulated the IP core using Vivado simulator . I used 25 MHz clock signal. I got a sine wave signal as shown in the first attached picture. 

When I changed the Radix from "signed data type" to "unsigned data type" the sine wave will be like in the second attached picture.

And when I implemented my design on my ARTY 7 , and connected the output of Pmod DA3 to the oscilloscope , I got a signal similar to that in the second attached picture ! As shown in the third attached picture . 

I changed all the intended data types in my program from u16 to s16 but the no thing is changed ! 

Pls , I am looking forward your help. How to visualize a DDS sine wave properly using Pmod DA3 ?

Thanks.

Edited April 17, 2019 by Ahmed Alfadhel

[D@n]

@Ahmed Alfadhel

To understand what's going on, check out table 8 of the datasheet on page 15.  Basically, the DAC provides outputs between 0 and max, where 0 is mapped to zero and all ones is mapped to the max.  In other words, you should be plotting your data as unsigned.

To convert from your current twos complement representation to an unsigned representation where zero or idle is in the middle of the range, rather than on the far end, just toggle the MSB.

Dan

[Ahmed Alfadhel]

Hi @D@n

Thank you for your perfect analyzing and solution to my issue .

I just toggled the MSB in each written Byte and I got the sinewave finally.

However, I wondered , since in the data sheets (AD5541A , AD7303) is mentioned I have to use operation amplifier in order to get a bipolar signal ! 

Thanks again. 

  

 

 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2019 by Ahmed Alfadhel

[xc6lx45]

well, by default your signal is between 0 V and Vref. The opamp circuit has a gain of 2 (range 0.. 2 VRef) but subtracts a constant VRef (range now -VRef..Vref).

It'll just shift the waveform on the scope, and double its AC magnitude.

 

[kwilber]

@Ahmed Alfadhel,

One other thing to note is your scope was AC coupled in your pictures so you were "seeing" a bipolar waveform of -1.28v to +1.28v.

If you had DC coupled, the waveform on the scope would have shifted up and you would have observed the 0v to 2.5v the DA was outputting.

To get an actual bipolar output, you need the opamp level shifter/scaler.

[ebatman]

fixed

 

Edited February 14, 2020 by ebatman

[user3416]

On 4/18/2019 at 12:14 AM, Ahmed Alfadhel said:

Hi ,

I am using DDS IP core to visualize a 5 kHz sine wave signal. 

At first I simulated the IP core using Vivado simulator . I used 25 MHz clock signal. I got a sine wave signal as shown in the first attached picture. 

When I changed the Radix from "signed data type" to "unsigned data type" the sine wave will be like in the second attached picture.

And when I implemented my design on my ARTY 7 , and connected the output of Pmod DA3 to the oscilloscope , I got a signal similar to that in the second attached picture ! As shown in the third attached picture . 

I changed all the intended data types in my program from u16 to s16 but the no thing is changed ! 

Pls , I am looking forward your help. How to visualize a DDS sine wave properly using Pmod DA3 ?

Thanks.

Hi, I'm new to FPGA programming and I need to send out a sine signal using the Xlinix DDS IP core to the Pmod DA3, similarly to how you have done it above. Could you please provide the code to operate the DDS core and Pmod or provide some guidance on how I can achieve my goal. Any help will be much appreciated.

[Ahmed Alfadhel]

On 5/25/2021 at 8:45 PM, user3416 said:

Could you please provide the code to operate the DDS core and Pmod or provide some guidance on how I can achieve my goal.

@user3416 Hi,

You need to create your block diagram (DDS IP, PmodDA3 IP, GPIO IP, Microblaze,....) , then you have to embed C code using XSDK (the C code for instructing the IPs how to interact with each other).

Yon can benefit from my project resources here:

https://www.hackster.io/ahmed-alfadhel/frequency-hopping-spread-spectrum-fhss-system-c72dde