Communications Systems

ENGR 456

Articles

• AM vs FM Modulation (Jodi and Eric)
• Single Side Band (SSB) Modulation (Nick Christman, in progress)

• Double Side Band (DSB) Modulation (Joshua Sarris)

Links

• Phase Locked Loops
  • C++ code for three software PLLs
  • A MATLAB software PLL is down the page here.
• PSK31 Links
  • Peter Martinez's original article from Radio Communications, December 1998
  • The Official PSK31 Homepage
  • ARRL PSK31 Specifications
  • PSK31 Project of Ted, Trent and Travis
  • The professor's PSK31 Modulator on GitHub
  • PSK31 Demodulator Using Digital PLL
    • The design files and code for the PSK31 and RTTY demodulator above
  • NUE-PSK (this article describes an algorithm for encoding and decoding PSK31)
• Jeff McDow's Senior Report on Morse Code Detection
• Matched Filter A Posteriori Detector Paper
• The sauditor program patched for fftw3.
• Audacity file for testing with your CW Decoder Project
• Jack Audio Connection Kit Manual
• Demorse
• Using a Pipe or Fifo
• More on Pipes and other C Functions
• Free Open Textbook on Communications Systems
• Shannon's Papers On Information Theory

• • Communications in the Presence of Noise, Proceedings of the IRE, January, 1949 This paper derives and explains Shannon's most important results. It is very understandable for someone who has taken Signals and Systems.

• • Shannon's Bell Labs Technical Journal Articles 1948. These are more detailed.