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In this experiment you will learn about a commercial instrument called a bit-error rate tester, which is commonly used to evaluate the performance of digital communication systems. First, you will be introduced to the EIA RS232C interface protocol, which is a very common method for serially transmitting digital data between nearby devices. Then you will connect a commercial bit-error rate tester to the EVM, use the TMS320C30 to add noise to the serial bit stream, run a bit-error rate test, and compare measured and theoretical results. See the last section of this experiment for additional references on the theory of optimum signal detection and bit-error probability.
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Tretter, S.A. (1995). Introduction to the RS-232C Protocol and a Bit-Error Rate Tester. In: Communication System Design Using DSP Algorithms. Applications of Communications Theory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9763-3_10
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