UPC EETAC Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Systems and in Network Engineering EEL

Chapter 3 problems

      - D3.4 -

Designing a pattern detector (μC - C)

Products

D3.3

D3.5

1. Specifications

Our aim is to implement a circuit to detect the binary pattern "0110" received from a radio transmitter bit stream at input T using a microcontroller PIC18F4520, C language and our programming style. Fig. 1 shows the symbol of this pattern_detector circuit.

The same project designed using hardware is stated in D2.4.  

When the sequence "0110" is detected output Z goes high for one CLK period. Two or more adjacent patterns can also be detected as in this bit stream sequence: "01101101101..."

To make it a simple FSM design, we will assume:

- The bitstream incoming frequency is the same of the pattern_detector CLK.

- The bit stream signal is delayed half period with respect the CLK, to be able to sample stable data every CLK rising edge.

-- Transmission is continuous.

Design phase #1 Basic pattern detector circuit.

Symbol

Fig. 1. Symbol.

The best way to start, is to try imagining how the output will be for a given bitstream, as represented in Fig. 2.

timing diagram

Fig. 2. Example of timing diagram. fCLK = 75 Hz.

Some questions to kick off the project and organise it as a FSM in four sections:

Project location:

C: /CSD/P10/Pattern_detector/files)

A) Planning hardware

Copy and adapt a circuit from a convenient tutorial project and name it Pattern_detector.pdsprj. Assign pins to inputs and outputs accordingly to one of the following options (your instructor will tell you which):

Pin assignment option #1:

CLK --> RB1

T --> RB6

Z --> RC7

Pin assignment option #2:

CLK --> RB2

T --> RA2

Z --> RD7

Pin assignment option #3:

CLK --> RB0

T --> RB7

Z --> RC4

Draw the hardware schematic. Buttons and switches, resistors, inputs, outputs, reset circuit MCLR_L and quartz crystal oscillator of 8 MHz. Explain how to configure inputs and outputs in init_system().

How to generate example bit streams in Proteus?

B) Planning software

Draw the flowchart of the general program organisation.

Draw the hardware/software diagram indicating the required RAM variables and how the FSM is solved in software.

Infer the state diagram governing the machine.

Explain how to poll (read) input T in read_inputs() using bitwise operations. Explain how to measure how many times per second this input is read.

Explain how to drive output pins in write_outputs().

Draw the truth tables and their equivalent flowcharts for state_logic() and output_logic() functions.

How the interrupt service routine ISR() is used in this application? Draw its flowchart.

 

Developing & testing (debugging)

Develop and test (debugging) the project capturing the hardware circuit in Proteus and writting the C source code.

Note: Step-by-step tactical approach for developing and testing the project: Read one input at a time and run to check that the voltage value is correctly captured as a valid digital value in RAM memory. Write one output at a time and run to check that your code is correct to light the LED connected at the output pin.

 

Design phase #2: Add an LCD to show messages, such text, for example: "no input data", "pattern detected", etc. A number will indicate the number of times the pattern is detected in the incoming bit stream.

 

Design phase #3: Use the TMR2 to replace external CLK interrupts.