Digital Communications Project

This is lab 18 of 18 in the course

by Enable Education

Students will use concepts and skills they developed in previous labs to design and build a digital communication device in a project-based lab. Students will compare the benefits of serial and parallel communication methods. Students will also learn the fundamentals of encryption as they build a device that generates, sends, receives, and displays serial 8-bit messages.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In this lab, students will:

Build a transmitter and/or receiver to create a complete communication system.
Explore the similarities and differences between parallel and serial communication.
Explore how flip-flops can be combined to make shift registers.
Learn how to use a Function Generator to simulate clock pulse.
Have the opportunity to use a standard character-encoding scheme or create their own to send more complicated messages.
Have the opportunity to explore the process of message encryption and decryption.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Introductory Physics
Circuits 1

Requirements

NI ELVIS III

Engineering laboratory solution for project-based learning that combines instrumentation and embedded design with a web-driven experience, delivering a greater understanding of engineering fundamentals and system design. Learn more

Digital Systems Development Board for NI ELVIS III

An application board for NI ELVIS III that provides students with a comprehensive education in digital electronics with hands-on experiments to interactively demonstrate concepts in the digital domain. Learn more

Multisim

Multisim is a circuit simulation tool built for educators to teach analog, digital, and power electronics by connecting simulation to experimentation. Learn more

DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

Required Software

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Multisim 14.0.1 Education or Later - Download
NI LabVIEW FPGA Vivado 2014.4 - Download
Digilent Hardware Driver (note, the installer above automatically downloads the installer below onto your computer)
- Navigate to C:\NIFPGA\programs\Vivado2014_4\data\xicom\cable_drivers\nt64\digilent
- Install install_digilent.exe

Required Hardware

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NI ELVIS III - View User Manual & Specifications
Digilent Digital Electronics Board - View Specifications

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