[ECE420] Embedded DSP Laboratory
formerly known as Digital Signal Processing Lab

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Course Description: (ECE 420) Development of real-time digital signal processing (DSP) systems using a DSP microprocessor. Several structured laboratory exercises, such as sampling and digital filtering, followed by an extensive DSP project of the student's choice. Students are encouraged to pursue final projects with embedded systems, for example, programming a cell phone with an ARM processor. Prerequisite: ECE 310.

Lectures

updated 2011-09-22 by rds
Lectures are once a week on Mondays from 2-2:50pm in 241 Everitt Laboratory.
Week of Lecture Topic Lab Due (In Lab)
8/22 DSP Assembly Programming Lab 0: Hardware Introduction None
8/29 FIR Filters Lab 1: FIR Nothing Due
9/5 NO LECTURE: LABOR DAY Lab 1: FIR Prelab 1
9/12 Multirate Lab 2: Multi-rate Prelab 2, Quiz 1
9/19 IIR Filters, Poles and Zeros Lab 3: IIR Prelab 3, Quiz 2
9/26 Spectral Analysis Lab 4: Spectrum Analysis Prelab 4, Quiz 3
10/3 Optimization Lab 5: BPSK Optimization Quiz 4
10/10 Chris Alix - Embedded DSP systems . Quiz 5
Final Project Proposal due in Lecture (and by email).
10/17 Steve Levinson - Speech Signal Processing Project Feedback .
10/24 Bill O'Brien - The Hilbert Transform and Ultrasound . .
10/31 Lippold Haken - DSP for electronic music Design Review Presentations
11/7 Paris Smaragdis - DSP for pattern recognition . .
11/14 Steve Levinson - Intellectual Property Law . .
11/21 THANKSGIVING BREAK - Lab swipe access disabled. Request permission to use lab.
11/28 Sign-up for demo . .
12/5 Final Project Demos: 2:00pm-2:50pm
12/6 Final Project Demos: 2:30pm-4:20pm
12/7 Final Project Demos: 2:00pm-3:50pm

Labs

updated 2011-08-21 by rds
Labs are held in Room 251 Everitt Laboratory.
Section AB1 meets Tuesday, 2:30-4:20 PM.
Section AB2 meets Wednesday, 2:00-3:50 PM

The lab exercises may be found on Connexions at: http://cnx.org/content/col10397/latest/
Working code is due the same day as the quiz.

The lab is available at all times except University holiday weekends and ECE 420 class times.

You are welcome to come in and work while another lab session is in progress. However, priority will be given to students enrolled in that section.

Grades can be found on Compass at: https://compass.illinois.edu/

Handouts

updated 2011-08-21 by rds

Manuals

updated 2011-08-26 by rds

Office Hours

updated 2011-09-19 by rds
Mondays - 3:00-3:50pm in 251 EL.
Thursdays - 2:00-3:50pm in 251 EL.
Prof. Levinson - by appointment

Project

updated 2011-08-21 by rds
Project Details can be found here: Project Details
Project Suggestions can be found here: Project Suggestions

Project Demonstration Schedule:

Monday 12/5

Tuesday 12/6 Wednesday 12/7

Instructor Contact Information

updated 2011-08-21 by rds
Professor: TA: TA:
Stephen Levinson
selevins@
Roger Serwy
serwy@
Yi Chen
yichen1@

Archive

updated 2011-08-21 by rds
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