Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Design Projects in an Undergraduate DSP Course and Laboratory

Abstract- The undergraduate DSP course offered as a senior technical elective to electrical and computer engineering students at Cal Poly State University employs design/build projects as a vehicles for learning. In parallel with theory and experiments, teams of two or three students propose, design and implement a DSP project and demonstrate the product. The effort and time that is required to complete a project is comparable to three or four experiments. Interested students pursue further DSP work as a senior project, which is a two quarter activity equivalent to 5 quarter units. More DSP design may be carried out under the category of individual-study. The present paper analyzes the experience with undergraduate DSP projects, describes some examples, and draws conclusions. Some projects are innovative, sophisticated, and worthy of industrial consideration. Laboratory facilities and students ’ facility with the hardware and programming and advanced use of computers are discussed.The overall conclusion is that the project is an important component of a comprehensive learning experience in DSP