
7
Biquads
in
Series
Bass
and
Treble
DRC
Bass and Treble
Bypass
Bass
and
Treble
Inline
Pre-
Volume
Post-
Volume
DRC
Bypass
DRC
Inline
B0016-02
From Input Mixer To Output Mixer
Loudness
Channel Volume
Master
Volume
Max
Volume
TAS5518C
8-ChannelDigitalAudioPWMProcessor
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SLES238A–SEPTEMBER2008–REVISEDJULY2009
AlloftheTAS5518CdefaultvaluesforDRCcanbeusedexceptfortheDRC1decayandDRC2decay.
Table2-8showstherecommendedtimeconstantsandtheirhexvalues.Iftheuserwantstoimplement
otherDRCfunctions,TexasInstrumentsrecommendsusingtheautomaticloudspeakerequalization(ALE)
toolavailablefromTexasInstruments.TheALEtoolallowstheusertoselecttheDRCtransferfunction
graphically.ItthenoutputstheTAS5518ChexcoefficientsfordownloadtotheTAS5518C.
Table2-8.DRCRecommendedChangesFromTAS5518CDefaults
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2
CRECOMMENDEDTIMERECOMMENDED
REGISTERFIELDSDEFAULTHEX
SUBADDRESSCONSTANT(ms)HEXVALUE
0x98DRC1energy50000883F0000883F
DRC1(1–energy)007F77C0007F77C0
0x9CDRC1attack50000883F0000883F
DRC1(1–attack)007F77C0007F77C0
DRC1decay20001538F000000AE
DRC1(1–decay)007EAC70007FFF51
0x9DDRC2energy50000883F0000883F
DRC2(1–energy)007F77C0007F77C0
0xA1DRC2attack50000883F0000883F
DRC2(1–attack)007F77C0007F77C0
DRC2decay20001538F00000056
DRC2(1–decay)007EAC70003FFFA8
RecommendedDRCsetupflowifthedefaultsareused:
•Afterpowerup,loadtherecommendedhexvalueforDRC1andDRC2decayand(1–decay).See
Table2-8.
•Enableeitherthepre-volumeorpost-volumeDRCusingI
2
Cregisters0x96and0x97.Notethatto
avoidapotentialtimingproblem,thereshouldbea10-msdelaybetweenawriteto0x96andawriteto
0x97.
RecommendedDRCsetupflowiftheDRCdesignusesvaluesdifferentfromthedefaults:
•Afterpowerup,loadallDRCcoefficientspertheDRCdesign.
•Enableeitherthepre-volumeorpost-volumeDRC.Notethattoavoidapotentialtimingproblem,there
shouldbea10-msdelaybetweenawriteto0x96andawriteto0x97.
Figure2-16showsthepositioningoftheDRCblockintheTAS5518Cprocessingflow.Asseen,theDRC
inputcancomeeitherbeforeoraftersoftvolumecontrolandloudnessprocessing.
Figure2-16.DRCPositioninginTAS5518CProcessingFlow
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