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MATLAB Code for Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) and Demodulation


Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) & Demodulation

Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) & Demodulation of an Analog Message Signal

MATLAB Script

clc;
clear all;
close all;
fm = 10; % frequency of the message signal
fc = 100; % frequency of the carrier signal
fs = 1000 * fm; % sampling frequency (100 kHz)
t = 0:1/fs:1;
m = 1 * cos(2 * pi * fm * t);
c = 0.5 * square(2 * pi * fc * t) + 0.5;
s = m .* c;

subplot(4,1,1);
plot(t,m);
title('Message signal');
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');

subplot(4,1,2);
plot(t,c);
title('Carrier signal');
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');

subplot(4,1,3);
plot(t,s);
title('Modulated signal');
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');

% Demodulation
d = s .* c;
filter = fir1(200,fm/fs,'low');
original_t_signal = conv(filter,d);
t1 = 0:1/(length(original_t_signal)-1):1;

subplot(4,1,4);
plot(t1,original_t_signal);
title('Demodulated signal');
xlabel('Time');
ylabel('Amplitude');

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Output

PAM analog modulation MATLAB output

Another Code for Pulse Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation of an Analog Message Signal

MATLAB Script

clc;
clear;
close all;

% Parameters
messageFrequency = 2;
carrierFrequency = 20;
samplingFrequency = 1000;
duration = 1;
A = 1;

% Time vector
t = 0:1/samplingFrequency:duration;

% Message signal
messageSignal = A * sin(2 * pi * messageFrequency * t);

% Carrier signal
carrierSignal = A * square(2 * pi * carrierFrequency * t);

% PAM signal
pamSignal = messageSignal .* (carrierSignal > 0);

% Plotting
figure;
subplot(3,1,1); plot(t, messageSignal); title('Message Signal');
subplot(3,1,2); plot(t, carrierSignal); title('Carrier Signal');
subplot(3,1,3); plot(t, pamSignal); title('PAM Signal');

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Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) & Demodulation for Digital Data

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clc;
clear;
close all;

% Parameters
M = 8;
numSymbols = 100;
Fs = 1000;
T = 1;

% Generate random data
data = randi([0 M-1], 1, numSymbols);

% PAM Modulation
pamLevels = linspace(-M + 1, M - 1, M);
modulatedSignal = pamLevels(data + 1);

% Create time vector
t = 0:1/Fs:T*numSymbols-1/Fs;

% Upsample and create PAM signal
upsampledSignal = zeros(1, length(t));
for i = 1:numSymbols
    upsampledSignal((i-1)*Fs+1:i*Fs) = modulatedSignal(i);
end

% Add noise
snr = 20;
noisySignal = awgn(upsampledSignal, snr, 'measured');

% PAM Demodulation
receivedSymbols = noisySignal(1:Fs:end);
demodulatedData = zeros(1, numSymbols);
for i = 1:numSymbols
    [~, demodulatedData(i)] = min(abs(receivedSymbols(i) - pamLevels));
end

% Plotting
figure;
subplot(4,1,1); stem(data); title('Original Data');
subplot(4,1,2); plot(t, upsampledSignal); title('Transmitted PAM Signal');
subplot(4,1,3); plot(t, noisySignal); title('Received Noisy PAM Signal');
subplot(4,1,4); stem(demodulatedData); title('Demodulated Data');
grid on;

disp('Original Data:'); disp(data);
disp('Demodulated Data:'); disp(demodulatedData);

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Output

PAM digital modulation MATLAB output
Parameter PAM PWM PPM DM PCM
What is varied? Amplitude Width Position Delta (difference) Binary code
Pulse Width Constant Variable Constant Constant Constant
Noise Immunity Low Moderate High Moderate High
Bandwidth Low Medium High Low High
Complexity Simple Moderate Complex Simple Complex
MATLAB Code PAM Script PWM Script PPM Script DM Script PCM Script
Detailed Study PAM PWM PPM DM PCM

Simulation Results for Comparison of PAM, PWM, PPM, DM, and PCM

Message Signal Simulation
PWM Signal Simulation
PPM Signal Simulation
PCM Signal Simulation
PWM | PPM | DM | Quantization | PCM
Explore Signal Processing Simulations

Further Reading

  1. Pulse Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation theory
  2. Is PAM a Digital Modulation Technique ?
  3. Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) and Demodulation
  4. Pulse Position Modulation (PPM) and Demodulation
  5. Delta Modulation and demodulation
  6. Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
  7. Quantization Signal to Noise Ration (Q-SNR)
  8. MATLAB Code for Pulse Width Modulation and Demodulation
  9. MATLAB Code for Pulse Position Modulation (PPM) and Demodulation
  10. MATLAB Code for Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) and demodulation

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