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Interfacing MegaWizard NCO with DA converter

Altera_Forum
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‎11-07-2008 07:58 PM
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Dear all 

 

 

I'm trying to connect MegaWizard NCO output to Digital-to-Analog converter. Since NCO output is two's complement and DAC does not accept two's complement, I need to convert two's complement to standard number system. Is there a simple way of converting in VHDL? Which library do I have to use? 

 

Thank you and I'm look forward to hearing from you.
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Altera_Forum
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‎11-07-2008 08:45 PM
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Hi, 

 

What is your DAC's number system. If it is not 2's complement then it is likely to be offset binary and then conversion is easy, just invert the sign bit. 

 

Kaz
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Altera_Forum
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‎11-08-2008 12:05 AM
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Kaz, 

 

I changed my code and now I can see correct and clean spectrum. Thank you very much! 

 

ziwukim
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