Teaching ΔΣ modulators with PyDSM and scientific Python

This paper reports on the introduction in circuits and systems education of a software toolbox named PyDSM, dedicated to the experimentation on ΔΣ modulators with particular emphasis on their noise shaping features, digital implementations and simulation. The toolbox has been tried on field for a half day tutorial at the ICECS 2014 conference, and is being gently proposed to students of the Master Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Bologna. In addition to the value that the toolbox has in itself, it is also the premise to test, on a restricted topic, the potential of scientific Python in circuits and systems education.