Analog reconstruction of asynchronously sampled signals from a digital

Abstract

A sample reconstruction device and method extracts digital values from a DSP that are digital samples of a signal of interest and reconstructs the digital samples into an equivalent analog signal. A context detector monitors the context of the DSP's operation and determines when a digital value being processed by the DSP is a digital sample of a signal of interest. The context detector may be implemented using a logic analyzer, DSP emulator system, or the DSP itself. A digital probe or input extracts the digital values selected by the context detector for reconstruction into an analog signal. A sample buffering system having a FIFO buffer memory and control loop is employed to ensure that the analog sample interval is substantially constant, even if there is a great deal of variation between the digital sample intervals. The analog samples are reconstructed into an analog signal that accurately represents the digital signal found within the DSP. This signal may then be sent to specialized test equipment suited for analysis of analog signals.