Adaptive Delta Modulation

Objectives:
1- Study of adaptive delta modulation.
2- Study the elimination of the slope overloading by “Auto” adaptive companding.

Procedure:
1- Connect the panel DL2542 to the ±15v power supply using three cables of suitable colors.
2- Switch on the power supply.
3- Feed sinusoidal signal from the panel’s signal generator to the transmitter’s input TPA.
Adjust the amplitude to 1Vp-p.
4- Set the duel channel oscilloscope with CH1 to TpB and CH2 to TpC. Trigger to CH1.
Display both signals.
5- Make the system operate with “MANUAL” control of the integration step amplitude.
6- Set the clock frequency amplitude to mid-position.
7- Observe and evaluate the influence on the quality of the scale approximated signal using of
different amplitudes of the integration step level (min, mid, max). Plot the waveforms.
8- Repeat step 7 by keeping the step amplitude to an intermediate fixed value. Observe the
influence of the sampling frequency (steps of min, mid, max) on the quality of the
approximated signal. Plot the waveforms.

Adaptive Coding:
1- First we will examine the manual operation of the step amplitude controller, by setting the
CRO CH1 to TpM and CH2 to TpI.
2- Keep the system operates with “Manual” control of the integration step amplitude.
3- Change the setting of the step size potentiometer and record your observation in table -1-.
Table (1)
Pot. Position TpM TpI
Stepsize (v) (v)
Min

Mid

Max

4- Connect external sinusoidal generator to the input circuit of the transmitter (modulator)
TpA.
5- Move CH1 of the CRO to TpB and CH2 to TpC, trigger on CH1. Display both signals on
the screen.
6- Set the integration step amplitude potentiometer to max (clockwise), that is the minimum
step size.
7- Adjust the sinusoidal input signal level to 2Vp-p.

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8- While monitoring the two signals on the screen increase the input signal frequency slowly
and note that at a certain frequency the approximated step signal at the integrator output
TpC, no longer approximate the analog input singal, but is triangular (censes to follow the
message signal). This is the first condition of slope overloading.
9- Move the level deviator switch from “MAN” to “AUTO”, now the adaptive companding is
included and effective.
10- Observe the step approximated signal at the integrator’s output (TpC), noting that the
slope overloading problem has been eliminated and the integrator’s output once again
follows the analog input signal. Tabulate your observation on table (2).
Table (2)
Deviator switch i/p signal TpM step TpL (v)
MAN/AUTO frequency (HZ) amplitude (v)

11- Reset the level deviator switch to “MANUAL”.

12- Adjust and fix the input signal frequency to 1KHz.
13- As in step 8, increase the input signal level gradually and monitor the waveforms till the
occurrence of the slope, overloading of the approximated signal at TpC. This is the second
condition of the slope overloading.
14- Move the level deviator switch from “MAN” to “AUTO”. Starting the auto adaptive
companding.
15- Observe the step approximated signal, noting that the slope overloading has been
eliminated. Tabulate your observation on table (3).

Table (3)
Deviator switch i/p signal TpM step TpL (v)
MAN/AUTO frequency (HZ) amplitude (v)