Signal Routing and Scaling

Routing commands

The following controls are provided for configuring the signal control blocks.

Table 7 IO Mapping commands

Command

Type

Args

Definition

SET_IO_MAP

unint8

2
Configures the two input switches and four output switches.
See Destination and Source index table for valid argument options.
arg1 <Destination Index>
arg2 <Source Index>

SET_OUTPUT_SHIFT

int32

2
Sets the gain for each mux block. Select mux block Destination Index followed by shift (+ve is left, -ve is right shift)
arg1 <Destination Index>
arg2 <shift value>

SET_OUTPUT_SHIFT

uint32

8 x 3

Get all IO_MAP and OUTPUT_SHIFT values for all destinations
SET_MIC_SHIFT_SATURATE
GET_MIC_SHIFT_SATURATE

uint32

2
Sets the gain on the raw mic signals before entering the Pipeline
arg1 <shift value (left shift)>
arg2 <saturate, enable if =1 >

Destinations

The Destination channels available to be mapped are referenced as follows:

Table 8 Mapping Destination Indexes

Channel (Destination)

Value

Definition

USB_FROM_DEVICE_0

0

USB channel 0 output from device to host

USB_FROM_DEVICE_1

1

USB channel 1 output from device to host

I2S_FROM_DEVICE_0

2

I2S channel 0 output from device

I2S_FROM_DEVICE_1

3

I2S channel 1 output from device

REF_TO_PIPELINE_0

4

reference channel 0 going into the pipeline

REF_TO_PIPELINE_1

5

reference channel 1 going into the pipeline

MIC_TO_PIPELINE_0

6

microphone channel 0 going into the pipeline

MIC_TO_PIPELINE_1

7

microphone channel 1 going into the pipeline

Sources

Sources available to be mapped to destinations are referenced as follows:

Table 9 I/O Mapping Source Indexes

Channel (Source)

Value

Definition

MUTE

0

Zeros are sent to the destination if this value is selected, which mutes the channel

USB_TO_DEVICE _AVERAGE

1

Average of USB input from host to device.

USB_TO_DEVICE _DIFFERENCE

2

Half of the difference between ch0 and ch1 of USB input from host to device.

I2S_TO_DEVICE AVERAGE

3

Average of I2S input to device.

I2S_TO_DEVICE _DIFFERENCE

4

Half of the difference between ch0 and ch1 of I2S input to device.

PIPELINE_OUT_0

5

Pipeline output channel 0

PIPELINE_OUT_1

6

Pipeline output channel 1

USB_TO_DEVICE_0

7

USB input channel 0 from host to device

USB_TO_DEVICE_1

8

USB input channel 1 from host to device

I2S_TO_DEVICE_0

9

I2S input channel 0 to device

I2S_TO_DEVICE_1

10

I2S input channel 1 to device

MIC_IN_0

11

Ch0 Microphone input seen by the pipeline

MIC_IN_1

12

Ch1 Microphone input seen by the pipeline

PACKED_PIPELINE_OUTPUT

13

pack 16kHz pipeline output on 48kHz output

PACKED_MIC

14

pack 16kHz mic input to pipeline on 48kHz output

PACKED_REF

15

pack 16kHz reference input to pipeline on 48kHz output

PACKED_ALL

16

pack 1 channel of 16kHz mic, reference input and pipeline. When this option is used, the other channel of the same output also gets PACKED_ALL set in its IO map.

PACKED_ALL_INPUT_USB

17

pack 16kHz mic and reference into a 48kHz USB input

PACKED_ALL_INPUT_I2S

18

pack 16kHz mic and reference into a 48kHz I2S input

NOTE: The MIC_IN_0 and MIC_IN_1 signals are at 16kHz. If they are routed to a 48kHz output they will be sample repeated three times. No antialiasing filter is applied.

Further details of the PACKED format are given in the Capturing packed samples page in the reference section.

Example Routing Commands

The following section illustrates how to use the IO mapping and scaling commands.

Using the SET_IO_MAP command, the user can choose the sources that get routed to the following 3 destinations -

  • the USB output from device to host

  • the I2S output from the device

  • the reference going into the device

For instance, to route I2S channel 0 (= 9 as shown in the Source table) input to the device to USB channel 1 output from the device ( = 1 as shown in the destination table), the command is:

vfctrl_usb SET_IO_MAP 1 9

where the first argument “1” refers to USB_FROM_DEVICE_1 as shown in the destination table and the second argument “9” refers to I2S_TO_DEVICE_0 in the source table.

Signal routing is also useful for hardware debugging of microphone or reference signal connection. As an example, the following command routes USB reference channel 0 from host to the USB audio output channel 0 of XVF3610:

vfctrl_usb SET_IO_MAP 0 7

A loopback of reference signal input XVF3610 and its audio output is formed. By playing back signal, e.g. a sine wave as the reference signal output from host, the user can verify if the signal is being received properly by XVF3610 through its audio output. If the audio signal recorded at host is different from the reference output, the user may check if the problem is caused by hardware connection failure or wrong data format.

Signal routing can also be used for debugging microphone signal:

vfctrl_usb SET_IO_MAP 1 12

The above command routes microphone channel 1 as the direct signal to XVF3610’s USB audio output. Microphone signals can the be verified by recording XVF3610’s audio output.

For XVF3610-UA, its I2S master interface can be used for sending out different kind of signal shown in the source channel table while having USB outputs of processed audio. For example, the following command configures to send channels of mic, reference and pipeline outputs in 16kHz sampling frequency packed to 48kHz I2S output:

vfctrl_usb SET_IO_MAP 2 16
 vfctrl_usb SET_IO_MAP 3 16

By using Raspberry Pi with I2S slave interface configured, the user can then capture synchronized signals of mic, reference and pipeline output. Observing these signals can be very useful for debugging. The packed signal can be unpacked to mic, reference and pipeline signal with 2 channels in each of them by using a Python script provided in the Release Package.

The SET_OUTPUT_SHIFT command can be used to specify a bit shift that is applied to all samples of a given target. For example, specifying:

vfctrl_usb SET_OUTPUT_SHIFT 2 4

applies a left shift of 4 bits on all samples output from the device on I2S channel 0 as 24=16x of gain. A negative shift value would imply a right bit shift for attenuation.

The GET_IO_MAP_AND_SHIFT command displays the IO mapping and the shift values for all targets.

Executing a GET_IO_MAP_AND_SHIFT command without having set any mapping or shifts explicitly shows the default mapping that is configured in firmware.

vfctrl_usb GET_IO_MAP_AND_SHIFT

 GET_IO_MAP_AND_SHIFT:
 target: USB_FROM_DEVICE_0, source: PIPELINE_OUT_0 output shift: NONE
 target: USB_FROM_DEVICE_1, source: PIPELINE_OUT_1 output shift: NONE
 target: I2S_FROM_DEVICE_0, source: PIPELINE_OUT_0 output shift: NONE
 target: I2S_FROM_DEVICE_1, source: FAR_END_IN_0 output shift: NONE
 target: REF_TO_PIPELINE_0, source: USB_TO_DEVICE_0 output shift: NONE
 target: REF_TO_PIPELINE_1, source: USB_TO_DEVICE_1 output shift: NONE