Implementation and analysis of a FPGA-Programmable SoC interface towards mixed-signal educational platforms

Author

Somanathan, Avinash ; Bhan, Dushyant ; Salunkhe, N. ; Joshi, Jyoti ; Tambe, Abhay

Author_Institution

Vivekanand Educ. Soc.´s Inst. of Technol., Mumbai, India

fYear

2014

fDate

4-5 April 2014

Firstpage

99

Lastpage

104

Abstract

This paper discusses a FPGA-PSOC interface to be used as a lab platform in engineering education. We selected the Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) and Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) in the Programmable System on Chip (PSoC) device to externally interface with a Spartan 3E FPGA. Implementation on the FPGA was done using VHDL while analysis and experiments were performed to test for accuracy and speed. Results show that there was promise in using the interface and combination of the two devices for future teaching platforms with errors found to be sub 8% in both the ADC and DAC interfaces.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; digital-analogue conversion; electronic engineering education; field programmable gate arrays; logic testing; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; system-on-chip; ADC interfaces; DAC; DAC interfaces; FPGA-PSOC interface; FPGA-programmable SoC interface; Spartan 3E FPGA; VHDL; analog to digital converter; digital to analog converter; engineering education; laboratory platform; mixed-signal educational platforms; programmable system on chip device; teaching platforms; Accuracy; Field programmable gate arrays; Frequency conversion; Information technology; Microcontrollers; Oscilloscopes; System-on-chip; ADC; DAC; FPGA; PSoC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits, Systems, Communication and Information Technology Applications (CSCITA), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mumbai

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCITA.2014.6839242

Filename

6839242