adat receiver

Description

This is a feed forward receiver for an ADAT lightpipe optical datastream. This type of multichannel audio connection is widely used in professional digital recording studios. It consists of eight 24 bit wide audio words, at a sample rate (wordclock) of 32kHz, 44,1kHz or 48kHz. It can double the sample rate at the cost of half the number of channels, this is called S-MUX (not supported yet). There are 4 user bits to carry extra data (MIDI, S-MUX indicator, timecode and spare). ADAT streams are encoded with NRZI coding, meaning a change in the ADAT stream is a "1", with no change a "0" is sent.

The receiver needs one extra input besides the ADAT stream: Any stable clock (m_clk) between 80MHz and 160MHz should work.

One instance is used: a 12x8 multiplier with the 12 MSB's output. Compiled for an Altera Cyclone II the design uses 682LE's and 2 embedded 9 bit multipliers.

I'm glad to announce that I finally had the opportunity to test and optimize this design, and it's now FPGA proven. I also slimmed down the design to 682LE's. If you are using this design in a larger project, and have no use for a bus-like interface, the registers can be implemented in M4K blocks in the Altera Cyclone II, and it uses even less LE's (I think in the 250-300 range).

Features

- feed forward: other than a non-related clock signal, only the ADAT data stream is required.
- outputs the 8 audio words on a databus.
- regenerates the wordclock from the received stream.
- outputs the user bits as seperate pins.
- adapts to speed changes.
- should (!) lock on to the stream in a matter of seconds.

Status

- VHDL code written
- testbench completed
- simulation of design
- Tried the design in an FPGA.

Todo:
- comment the code.

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DESCRIPTION: Some ADAT frames in simulation

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