Name Balao, Vincent N.

ID # 18-0541-179

ModCoTech
Modulation and Coding Techniques Laboratory

ACTIVITY #4
PCM Systems

I. Objectives
At the end of this laboratory experiment, the students should be able to:
a. Differentiate the reconstructed signals of a PCM System with Analog Companding given
different amount of compression.
b. Compare the reconstructed signals of a Basic PCM System with PCM with companding.

II. Simulator
Scilab 6 and up

III. Procedure

LABORATORY WORK:

Familiarization with SCILAB functions used for the simulation of source coding.
(a) Open the SCILAB file digital_compression_functions.sce and familiarize with the SCILAB
functions declared in the file. Understand their operation and the syntax for calling them.

Given three PCM systems:

System A: Basic PCM

ADC parameters: Fs=8000 Hz, Vlsb=16 mV, 8-bit folded binary
DAC parameters: Fs’=8000 Hz, Vlsb’=16 mV, 8-bit folded binary

System B: PCM with analog companding

ADC parameters: Fs=8000 Hz, Vlsb=16 mV, 8-bit folded binary
DAC parameters: Fs’=8000 Hz, Vlsb’=16 mV, 8-bit folded binary
µ=255

System C: PCM with digital companding

ADC parameters: Fs=8000 Hz, Vlsb=1 mV, 12-bit folded binary
DAC parameters: Fs’=8000 Hz, Vlsb’=1 mV, 12-bit folded binary
12-bit to 8-bit compression
8-bit to 12-bit expansion

(a) Using System B, plot one cycle of the reconstructed signal if the input analog signal is
x (t)=0.1sin (2 πt) volts for µ=31, µ=63, µ=127, and µ=255.

(insert image of the reconstructed signal using µ=31)

 Name Balao, Vincent N.
ID # 18-0541-179

ModCoTech
Modulation and Coding Techniques Laboratory

ACTIVITY #4
PCM Systems

(insert image of the reconstructed signal using µ=63)

(insert image of the reconstructed signal using µ=127)

 Name Balao, Vincent N.
ID # 18-0541-179

ModCoTech
Modulation and Coding Techniques Laboratory

ACTIVITY #4
PCM Systems

(insert image of the reconstructed signal using µ=255)

Which µ results to the best reconstructed signal? Explain why this is the best reconstructed signal.
 Name Balao, Vincent N.
ID # 18-0541-179

ModCoTech
Modulation and Coding Techniques Laboratory

ACTIVITY #4
PCM Systems
For this part of the activity, all of them have the same graph which means that there is no difference
between all the values of µ.
 Name Balao, Vincent N.
ID # 18-0541-179

ModCoTech
Modulation and Coding Techniques Laboratory

ACTIVITY #4
PCM Systems
(b) Plot one cycle of the reconstructed signal for each system if the input analog signal is
x (t)=0.1sin (2 πt) volts.

(insert image of the reconstructed signal using System A)

(insert image of the reconstructed signal using System B)

 Name Balao, Vincent N.
ID # 18-0541-179

ModCoTech
Modulation and Coding Techniques Laboratory

ACTIVITY #4
PCM Systems

(insert image of the reconstructed signal using System C)

Which system is the best reconstructed signal? Explain why this is the best reconstructed signal.
 Name Balao, Vincent N.
ID # 18-0541-179

ModCoTech
Modulation and Coding Techniques Laboratory

ACTIVITY #4
PCM Systems
For this part of the activity, the best reconstructed signal given is the System B, in which you can
observe that it has smaller values of the number of coordinates and it is easier to locate the coordinates
compared to the other 2 systems, it is harder to identify the values of the coordinates.