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FIRDecimatorFract32

Overview

Decimator combining an FIR filter and a downsampler

Discussion

The FIR decimator module implements an FIR filter followed by a downsampler. An efficient polyphase algorithm is used which reduces the processing load. The module operates on multiple channels with all channels sharing the same set of filter coefficients. The filter coefficients are stored in the array coeffs in normal order. Each channel uses a circular buffer of length N+D-1, where D is the decimation factor.

The block size of the input pin must be divisible by the decimation factor D. This condition is checked in the prebuild function. The output block size equals the input block size divided by D. The output sample rate equals the input sample rate divided by D.

Module Pack

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ClassID

classID = 1271

Type Definition

typedef struct _ModuleFIRDecimatorFract32
{
ModuleInstanceDescriptor instance;            // Common Audio Weaver module instance structure
INT32 D;                                      // Downsampling factor
INT32 N;                                      // Length of the filter
INT32 stateIndex;                             // Index of the oldest state variable in the array of state variables
INT32 stateLen;                               // Length of the circular buffer used by each channel
INT32 postShift;                              // Number of bits to shift
FLOAT32* coeffs;                              // Filter coefficient array in normal order
fract32* coeffsFract32;                       // Filter Fract32 coefficient array in normal order
fract32* state;                               // State variable array.  The size of the array equals stateLen * numChannels
} ModuleFIRDecimatorFract32Class;

Variables

Properties

Name Type Usage isHidden Default Value Range Units
D int const 0 2 1:1:512
N int const 0 32 1:1:5000 samples
stateIndex int state 1 0 Unrestricted
stateLen int const 1 33 Unrestricted
postShift int derived 1 -1 Unrestricted
coeffs float* parameter 0 [32 x 1] Unrestricted
coeffsFract32 fract32* derived 0 [33 x 1] Unrestricted
state fract32* state 1 [33 x 1] Unrestricted

Pins

Input Pins

Name in
Description audio input
Data type fract32
Channel range Unrestricted
Block size range Unrestricted
Sample rate range Unrestricted
Complex support Real

Output Pins

Name out
Description audio output
Data Type fract32

Matlab Usage

File Name: fir_decimator_fract32_module.m 
 M=fir_decimator_fract32_module(NAME, D, N) 
 Implements a Fract32 decimator module which combines an FIR filter and 
 a downsampler.  An efficient polyphase algorithm is used to  
 reduce the required computation.  The module has a multichannel 
 input and a multichannel output pin.  Arguments: 
    NAME - name of the module. 
    D - decimation factor. 
    N - length of the filter (number of taps). 

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