Monday, 1 February 2016

CONSTRUCTION OF A USB AUDIO FM TRANSMITTER.



ABSTRACT
This project is actually based upon the designing of a Short range wireless USB-FM Audio Transmitter which can transmit data contained in the USB flash drive over short distance using ROHMR BU9458kv Semiconductor chip. The chip is designed in a new packaging called VQFP- 64(Very-fine-pitch Quad Flat Pack). The project has actually been done in two parts, designing & analysing. The designing part has been explained with the help of schematics & circuit diagrams. The first section is FM Transmission and the second is USB-mp3 module. The FM Transmitter is designed by using two BC-547 transistors. The USB mp3- Module is designed by using ROHMR BU9458kv Semiconductor chip. The mp3 songs can be played directly from the USB flash drive by using MODE- 1(default mode) of the semiconductor chip without programming it. Successful Transmission of audio signal through the designed FM Transmitter is a proof of the correctness of the design. The experimental results on FM transmitter ensure that design is capable to transmit USB data if it is implemented completely on commercial basis. USB Audio FM Transmitter is an Electronic device which, with the aid of an antenna, produces radio waves. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna radiates radio waves.










CHAPTER ONE
1.0            INTRODUCTION
1.1     BACKROUND OF STUDY
A stereo FM Audio Transmitter with transmitter chip or microprocessor chip support based on an all digital is presented. It has to be designed as a fully integrated single – chip transmitter in a 3v – 10v/ a 90nm Cmos technology to be compatible with digital deep – sub micrometer processes of audio receivers and analogue audios.
Nowadays mobile phones have a lot of multimedia compatibilities e.g. an integrated MP3 player. The proposed transmitter enables a mobile device to stream audio data to a FM receiver which is popular and existing in most households, schools etc worldwide. As mobile applications are the main target for the transmitter great attention has been attached to saving power and area.
Therefore, the presented transmitter work on a 3v supply and is aimed for using 80 MHZ and above reference Crystal, Oscillator while still providing wide band frequency modulation capability by varying its voltage using variable resistor, transistor if need to be choose any of the both above.
Due to the extensive research that I have done for actually implementing a design to address the problem of eliminating wires and creating a wireless network in which music files can be played I have come up with the following report. In this report I have documented everything that we have done to create this USB audio FM transmitter. This report provides an outline to the steps that I have taken over the last year to create a working audio transmitter. Following this report will allow anyone to recreate as well as understand primarily why and how I went through the engineering process, ultimately creating my project.
1.2     STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This project is a technical project which required the knowledge of electrical component, to be able to meet up the trick is to behaviour of electrical components either by variation of current across the individual terminal or mismatch of components. The following tools and components are required for this construction to be successful, which includes tools like, “Soldering Iron, Soldering Lead, Scrapper, Lead Sucker, Carbon Paper (white sheet), Pen, Pencil, Eraser, Razor Blade, Compas (pin), Wires, Generating Plants (generator), Picker, Scissors, Minifying Lens, Case, Masking (paper) Tape, Table and Stole, A Set of Tool Box. Soldering Paste etc”. “Electrical  Components includes, Transistors, Vero board, Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Light emitting, Diodes, ICs, Jumper Wires, USB Port, Casey (cover), Schematics etc”.  


Market and Background Survey
USB Audio FM Transmitters have started to develop over the last two years. The largest breakthrough with audio output fm transmitters has been by companies such as Griffin, Belkin, and Monster; all who have developed audio fm transmitters that can be incorporated with Apple Computer’s iPods. These audio transmitters are plugged into the iPod and use the iPod’s battery power to transmit the audio signal from the iPod.

CONCEPT OF MODULATION AND DEMODULATION    

Modulation is technically the process of combining an audio frequency signal (low frequency signal) with a high frequency oscillator. However the audio frequency signal which is being transmitted super imposes on the carrier wave that transports it to the output of the radio frequency amplifier into the antenna this audio frequency signal otherwise known as modulating signal is being amplifier by the radio frequency amplifier in order to overcome air impendence as it travel from the transmitter to the receiver.
Demodulation in the other hand is the process of separating or recovering the signal (modulating signal) from the modulated earlier wave it is the opposite of modulation and it is performed at the receiving end (radio receiver.)

 

TYPES OF MODULATION     

There are three types of modulation namely amplitude modulation (AM) frequency modulation (FM) and phase modulation (PM)
1.                 Amplitude modulation (AM) is the types of modulation in which the information signal (audio frequency signal) varies the amplitude of the earlier wave without changing it’s frequency. As the name implies it is only the amplitude of the earlier wave without changing it’s frequency. As the name implies it is only the amplitude that is being varied while the frequency is kept constant as the wave travels
2.                 Frequency modulation (FM) is the type of modulation is which the modulating signal varies the frequency of the carrier wave here it is only the frequency of the signal in frequency modulation carrier information (intelligence) is carried    is variations in its frequency.
3.                 Phase modulation (PM) is the type of modulation that varies the phase of the radiated wave at the modulating frequency and by an angle, which is proportional to the amplitude of the modulating wave from.

1.3     OBJECTIVE OF STUDY
The objective of this project is to construct an electronically operated system known as FM transmitter capable of transmitting a frequency modulated signal with a little or no distortion into the atmosphere for dissemination secondly to aid the gradating student into a season research activities that will carry them along during the professional practice as a scientist
USB audio FM transmitters are “a new way of allowing people the capability of taking advantage of MP3 files stored on the computer, and I do believe there's a market for it. People have this whole library on their computer and they want to listen to it in another room,2" said Connie Wong, an analyst at Semico Research in Phoenix, Ariz. According to Semico Research, the MP3 portable player market will see an annual compound growth rate of 30.4% between 2002 and 2007.
When the Aurius came out, towards the end of 2003, "a lot of online Internet connected audio products, which are capable of moving the audio portion signal across the house, haven't really caught on yet," In-Stat/MDR's Mike Paxton said. "It's not to say they aren't coming, but they might be a little bit ahead of the power curve."
Now that it is 2005, and iTunes as well as iPods are dominating the market, the power curve is here. The need for USB audio radio transmitters is greater than ever.
Functional Requirements
This device is compatible with personal computers using Windows XP. The device is powered from a single USB port and is installed by the computer as an audio device as soon as it is plugged in. When opened, audio files are automatically sent to the hub and then the radio transmitting device. A graphical user interface (GUI), allows the user to input a desired FM frequency from a drop drown menu. When the frequency is selected from the GUI it is sent to the USB Audio device where the music is modulated with the frequency for transmission. The 18F2550 microchip microcontroller will control the output signal modulation and send the finished signal to the transmitter. The transmitter will begin transmitting automatically through an attached quarter wave antenna, so that high quality audio output can be immediately listened to with the use of any FM radio within a limited radius.
I am powering the design solely on a 5V, USB, power supply. The amount of hardware that am running from one 5V (100 mA) power supply is a large amount. We have decided to relinquish some range in order to give more functionality to one power supply.
Technical Survey
I purchased all of my demo boards and components from the Internet. I acquired the PIC from Microchip.com. I purchased another development kit that we thought would help me further understand how to interface a USB component with a computer, however, it helped very little. I acquired a USB hub device from Texas instruments as a free sample for 180 days. I had originally planned on using a design like this one but now I have modified the design. I am using a hub similar to the TUSB2036EVM however; our main modification is the elimination of the external power source jack. I plan on powering the device from the sole USB power supply. I will be using the BH1415F Wireless Audio link IC which is a very cost effective chip to modulate the signal with the sound file. I have also used the Aurous USB Audio transmitter, as well as the FM-25B Ramsey Development Kit in order to further our understanding of USB Audio integration.
Whereas this previous design included other components to create a larger transmission range, my final design incorporates a less power consumption approach; giving up transmission range for the need for only one power source. The microcontroller (18F2550) sends the desired frequency (at which the audio files are to be modulated) to the Wireless Audio Link IC and the wireless audio link actually modulates the frequency, sending the modulated signal to the transmission antenna.
The main sales appeal of this project is the reduction of wires and the use of just one power supply. Throughout the design process I constantly analyzed power consumption as well as the rest of the circuit. By being willing to sacrifice a larger transmission range I was able to compensate by using just one power supply. Originally I had intended on using a boost circuit but after a complete analysis of the circuit, I have decided not to use a boost and drive our circuit solely from a 5V power supply through the USB port.
At this point I believe that I have engineered this product to meet my technical desires, as stated in previous statements.
1.4     SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The project signifies a lot in the electronic communication system which telecommunication is the vital aspect which is usually demonstrated through and radio communication system the frequency modulation transmitter is applied in a lot of instance frequency modulation is unavoidable used in FM radio stations scattered all over the country whose advantage is paramount compared to its counterpart AM modulation frequency modulation transmitted is equally used in a miniaturized from as wireless morpheme.    
Different modulation techniques have evolved during the last decade to transmit & receive the wireless signals over short & long distances, completely & effectively. This project is utilizing Frequency modulation technique to design Short range wireless USB-FM Transmitter using ROHMR BU9458kv Semiconductor chip. The chip is fabricated in VQFP-64 Packaging (Very-fine-pitch Quad Flat Pack). This is the key point of the research paper. Because, designing a Short range wireless USB-FM Transmitter on such a small integrated scale can lead to decrement in size of many audio-visual devices.
The designed circuit cannot be implemented on breadboard due to its ultra-small size. Therefore the PCB design is directly made after testing it on software ProteusR version 6.9 to observe the accurateness of the design. The testing has successfully done in the laboratory to assemble the semiconductor chip on PCB. The main focus of the thesis has throughout remained on the working with semiconductor chip of such a small level as VQFP-64(Very Thin Quad Flat Package).












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