KR100273851B1 - Signal generation, analysis and data processing for hardware and software - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus for generating/analyzing/processing a signal for a hardware and a software is provided to easily test a microprocessor and DSP function in a digital logic. CONSTITUTION: A GUI(graphic user interface) software generates a signal and a waveform proper to an input condition, and codes and processes the same. Interface card is mounted into PC. A card is mounted to an extension port of HBE-DTK series which interfaces a card for PC interface with an external device. A signal input/output device is provided to the apparatus for generating/analyzing/processing a signal for a hardware and a software. Thereby, the apparatus easily tests a microprocessor and DSP function in a digital logic, and is easily applicable to a signal processing field.

Description

Signal generation, analysis and processing for hardware and software

The present invention relates to the generation of signals for hardware and software that make it easier to understand and utilize the analysis and processing of signals in beginners, research institutes, general companies, universities, etc., who want to apply this field to analysis and processing waveforms and signals. An analysis and processing apparatus.

Due to the remarkable development of electronic information communication, research on related technologies is being developed in parallel, and various theories are realized, and these theories are applied to the real life by hardware or software.

At the time of encountering cutting-edge technology for various signal analysis and processing, many attempts and efforts are being made to understand, experiment, and verify it.

In the rapidly changing era, domestic technology should be accumulated through the understanding and application of new technologies. Still, foreigners have developed their own integrated integrated circuit chips. As it depends on imports, there is an urgent need for countermeasures.

In other words, verification and measurement equipment for various signal analysis and signal processing in research institutes, industries, and universities are urgently needed, so it is urgent to localize these technologies and infrastructure.

The present invention is not limited to the assumptions or drafts of various signal analysis and processing techniques, but actually designed such signal analysis and processing techniques so that they can be applied to actual hardware or other devices. User Interface) consists of software, an interface card mounted inside the PC, a card mounted in the expansion port of the HBE-DTK series, and a device for inputting and outputting signals.

Where the GUI software is the block that generates the input waveform,

A block for generating a waveform of an input by a waveform generation language,

Block for outputting or setting the screen for external input waveforms and signals,

Blocks that can handle various sampling of signals and waveforms,

Blocks that set conditions for various input devices,

Blocks that set up filters, mathematical expressions, microprocessors, DSPs, drivers, controller libraries,

Blocks of various algorithms,

Various filter libraries,

Blocks that design filters, mathematical equations, microprocessors, DSPs, drivers, controller libraries,

A block that outputs the result calculated through the library block,

A block that compares and analyzes the signals and waveforms at the input and the signals and waveforms at the output,

A block that sends signals and waveforms from an input to an external hardware device,

A block that receives the result value processed through hardware and displays it on the screen,

It will contain blocks that compare and analyze virtual software designs with real hardware results.

The interface card is a switching block that operates by adjusting the number of channels for input and output,

A block that stores signals and waveforms of the input and transmits them by the control specified in the external hardware,

A block that accepts the results produced by an external device and temporarily stores them, and transmits signals and waveforms by following a control routine to software.

Calculation processor and DSP block that handles calculation in hardware among libraries processed in software,

A control block that handles the control of waveforms on inputs and outputs,

Buffered FIFO block for buffering input and output,

Blocks that can handle various algorithms,

Blocks that control the waveforms and signals of the hardware to transmit other signals to the PC and external hardware,

It will contain blocks for interfacing with external devices,

The optional card installed in the expansion port of HBE-DTK series is a block for interfacing the card and external device for PC interface.

Blocks with built-in hardware operations,

Block for external switching,

Contains blocks for buffering I / O

Inside the HBE-DTK series, a card for interfacing a PC and a block that can interface the HBE-DTK series

Blocks with built-in hardware operations,

Block for external switching,

Contains blocks for buffering I / O

Devices for input and output of signals

Interface device that can input external audio equipment, camcorder, VTR, waveform generator, etc.

Interface device configured to process the output of the software processing or hardware output to other devices such as CRT, camcorder, VTR, etc.,

Device that handles the implementation and operation of hardware through the input / output device interface block to the expansion port of HBE-DTK series,

As a general hardware device, if there is an expansion port and a test pin, a device capable of operating input / output processing thereof.

1 is a block diagram of the present invention

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Block 1: Graphical User Interface (GUI) Software Running on a PC

Block 2: Interface card mounted inside the PC

Block 3: Card installed in expansion port of HBE-DTK series

Block 4: Devices for Inputting and Outputting Signals

Block 5: external hardware devices

The present invention is based on the operation of the equipment by mounting a card (block 2) for the interface to the PC, it is configured to drive the entire equipment by software (block 1) for controlling the hardware.

Software (Block 1) is based on Windows 95 or higher OS, and is configured to process analog or digital waveforms and signals by code (binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal code). .

The software (Block 1) allows you to generate signals and waveforms that meet the input requirements and processes them (FILTERING, arithmetic, DRIVING, mathematical) using a DSP or a processor built into your library or interface card in your PC. Output) can be displayed on the screen.

In addition, it compares and analyzes the result of the signal and waveform of the output to the input, and is configured to sample and re-analyze and verify at any time.

The software (Block 1) allows you to perform various analysis using the provided library, and you can design the filter yourself and provide an editor to design the filter.

The software can analyze various signals through various edits to the input signal, and by verifying the results, it is possible to learn and develop various equations or signal processing techniques required by the designer.

In addition, an external hardware device (block 5) may be received and processed as an input device, and includes a setting function for interfacing with these devices.

It is also configured to output signals, images, and sound received from external devices on the screen and to signal them.It can also be reconstructed and synthesized through the library to generate new signals, sounds, and images. -It can be output through DTK series (Block 3) or through other devices, and it is configured to receive the output from these devices back to PC and output it to the screen.

The library is designed to be operated and processed through the microprocessor of the PC. The library is designed using a general technical language such as C, C ++, Visual C ++, Visual BASIC, etc., and registered as a library. It is designed to be designed and made.

In addition, the hardware description language, not software, can be used to design and analyze microprocessor functions, DSP functions, drivers and controllers using the HBE-DTK series or other hardware.

In addition, the designed cores can be implemented in hardware to configure other devices.

Each signal of the input and output by the software (block 1) can be transmitted or received by an external device (block 5) through an interface card (block 2) mounted on a PC, and various control experiments can be performed.

The interface card (block 2) has the functions of arithmetic and microprocessors and DSP processing, and includes a switching block that can control many channels of input and output to facilitate the operation of software.

Through this interface card (block 2), it is possible to verify the flow and the waveform of the signal that the external device operates.

The software can therefore function as a simple oscilloscope or a logic analyzer.

External devices (block 5), audio devices, video signal generators (VTRs, camcorders, etc.), signal generators, etc. are received as input conditions and processed using various techniques to monitor PCs or external devices such as audio devices and video. Transmission to a signal generator (VTR, camcorder, etc.), a signal generator, or the like.

A simple approach is to test and verify the functions of the microprocessor and DSP in digital logic design experiments.

In addition, it is possible to extend and analyze the operation of many devices used in real life or methods to analyze and process the signals operated by these devices, through which theories and basic technologies and applications in research institutes and industrial universities can be analyzed. The techniques can be used to test and verify and develop new techniques.

The present invention can test and verify the functions of microprocessors and DSPs in signal analysis and processing, digital logic design experiments, and analyze and process the operation of many devices used in real life or the signals in which these devices operate. Application analysis can be extended to existing methods.

In addition, the software can analyze various signals through various edits to the input signal, and by verifying the results, it is possible to learn and develop various equations or signal processing techniques required by the designer.

In addition, the present invention can induce the localization of foreign measurement and analysis equipment, improve the level of the basic technology of research institutes, general enterprises and universities, and analyze various signals of various hardware and software that are newly designed and designed. And the application method for processing, processor control, DSP utilization, and technology improvement in domestic research field, and through this, test and verification can be conducted by utilizing the theory and basic technology and applied technologies in research institutes and industrial universities. This allows new techniques to be developed.

Claims (7)

GUI software that generates, codes, and processes signals and waveforms that match input conditions, It is equipped with an expansion card of HBE-DTK series that interfacing card and external device for PC interface and interface card including switching block that controls many input / output channels with its own operation and macro processor function and PSP processing function. Apparatus for generating, analyzing, and processing signals for hardware and software, comprising devices for inputting and outputting signals that perform signal input and output from external devices of cards, audio, and video. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface (GUI) software operating on the PC comprises: a block for generating an input waveform; A block for generating a waveform of an input by a waveform generation language, Block for outputting or setting the screen for external input waveforms and signals, Blocks that can handle various sampling of signals and waveforms, Convex to set the conditions of various input devices, Blocks that set up filters, mathematical expressions, microprocessors, DSPs, drivers, controller libraries, Blocks of various algorithms, Various filter libraries, Blocks that design filters, mathematical equations, microprocessors, DSPs, drivers, controller libraries, A block that outputs the result calculated through the library block, A block that compares and analyzes the signals and waveforms at the input and the signals and waveforms at the output, A block that sends signals and waveforms from an input to an external hardware device, A block that receives the result value processed through hardware and displays it on the screen, Signal generation, analysis, and processing for hardware and software, consisting of blocks that compare and analyze virtual software designs with actual hardware results. The switching block of claim 1, wherein the switching block operates by adjusting the number of channels for the interface card input and output mounted inside the PC, A block that stores signals and waveforms of the input and transmits them by the control specified in the external hardware, A block that accepts the results produced by an external device and temporarily stores them and sends signals and waveforms to the software according to control routines, Calculation processor and DSP block that handles calculation in hardware among libraries processed in software, A control block that handles the control of waveforms on inputs and outputs, Buffered FIFO block for buffering input and output, Blocks that can handle various algorithms, Blocks that control the waveforms and signals of the hardware to transmit other signals to the PC and external hardware, Block for interface of external devices, A device for generating, analyzing and processing signals for hardware and software that consists of a cryptographic device function. According to claim 1, Block for interfacing the external device of the card for the interface of the option card PC mounted on the expansion port of the HBE-DTK series, Blocks with built-in hardware operations, Block for external switching, Signal generation, analysis, and processing device for hardware and software consisting of blocks for buffering input and output. The method of claim 4, wherein the inside of the HBE-DTK series is a block for interfacing the HBE-DTK series with the card for the interface of the PC, Blocks with built-in hardware operations, Block for external switching, Apparatus for generating, analyzing and processing signals for hardware and software including blocks for buffering input and output. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus for inputting and outputting a signal is an apparatus capable of processing an input condition, and an interface apparatus for receiving an external audio device, a camcorder, a VTR, a waveform generator, External module consisting of an interface unit configured to process the output of camcorder software or hardware output to CRT, camcorder, VTR and other devices, and I / O device to expansion port of HBE-DTK series. An apparatus for processing the implementation and operation of hardware through an interface block, Generation and analysis and processing of signals for hardware and software consisting of general hardware devices outside HBE-DTK series consisting of devices that can operate input / output processing for expansion ports and test pins if there are general hardware devices. Device. The library embedded in the library (FIR FILTER, FFT, IIR FILTER, 8051 Microprocessor, Driver Controller) software or interface card is used for FIR FILTER, IIR FILTER, FFT, DFT, Z conversion library, audio signal processing. Signal generation, analysis and processing for hardware and software consisting of a library, a library for image signal processing, a signal processing library using DSP, speech recognition, character recognition, fingerprint recognition, waveform reconstruction filter, digital logic library, and library of mathematical equations Device.