Digital Signal Processing
Theory and Application15-17 June 2010
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What people say about this course
| "Very good refresher on what I learnt at university and expanded
my practical knowledge. Very good presenters, materials and labs." Phil Bromley, Engineer, Selenia Communications |
| "Provided very good overview of DSP issues with detail where required. Practical exercises helped with understanding." Mike Archer, Engineer, RAF |
Note that there is a one-day optional supplement to this course - DSP Implementation
About the course
'Hands-on' laboratory sessions are interspersed with the lectures to illustrate the taught material and allow you to pursue your own areas of interest in DSP. The hands-on sessions use specially written software running on PCs. In the first session you will simulate signals and systems in both the time and frequency domains and work through illustrations of basic DSP functions. This will be followed by practical experiments with audio inputs and outputs and you will conduct experiments with external equipment to explore the real time capability of DSP.
Who is it for?
Graduate level engineers and computer scientists who have limited experience with, and/or limited knowledge of DSP. Although a reasonable competence in mathematics will be helpful it is not essential and all the basic theory will be covered from scratch. This course is an ideal "refresher course" for those who have previously studied DSP.
Benefits
- A comprehensive grounding in DSP concepts and algorithms plus practical information on the design and implementation of DSP systems.
- Gives a good understanding of DSP principles and their implementation and equips the delegate to put the ideas into practice and/or to tackle more advanced aspects of DSP
- The theoretical knowledge is illustrated by application examples, by demonstrations and by work in the laboratory.
- Limited numbers of delegates to ensure full advantage of laboratory practice.
- There are three 'hands-on' laboratory sessions interspersed with the lectures which are designed to illustrate the taught material and allow you to pursue your own areas of interest in DSP.
All delegates will receive a free copy of Digital Signal Processing: Concepts and Applications (Mulgrew, Grant, Thompson - Palgrave Macmillan).
Course presenters
Dr Will Moore, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
John Edwards, Senior Field Applications Engineer, picoChip Designs Ltd
Course content
Introduction
Signal Processing; What is DSP?; Advantages and disadvantages; Quantisation and sampling; Aliasing; Anti-aliasing and reconstruction filters
Theoretical Foundations
Difference equations and z transforms; Finite and infinite impulse response filters (FIRs and IIRs); Poles, zeros and frequency response; Correlation
Design of Digital Filters
FIRs and IIRs; Butterworth, Chebyshev and Elliptical filters; Linear-phase, windowing, bilinear transform & frequency warping; Direct synthesis by CAD; Hardware & software implementations; Wordlength, precision and stability
Frequency Domain Processing
Continuous and discrete Fourier transforms; The fast Fourier transform (FFT); Applications; Convolution; Correlation
DPS Hardware
A/Ds, D/As and over-sampling; Microprocessors; DSP processors; Fixed and floating point comparisons; Programming and debugging techniques
ASIC Implementation
Technologies; Architectures for high performance; Pipelining and bit-slices; Carry-save and carry-look-ahead; Array multipliers
Some Typical DSP Applications
Speech recognition; Control; Image recognition; Radar; Room response analysis; Demonstrations
Discussion and Feedback
Future trends
Test and measurement equipment for this course is supplied by:
Venue
Department for Continuing Education, Rewley House, Oxford
First day registration from 8.30am when course materials will be distributed.
Refreshments from 8.30am on the first day plus two 30 minute breaks during the day and a one-hour lunch break.
The course will begin at 9.00am and end at approximately 5.00pm on each day.
Certification
Delegates will receive a University of Oxford Certificate of Attendance.
Fee options
£1250 - standard course fee.
Fees include course materials, tuition, refreshments and lunches. The price does not include accommodation. Delegates will receive a University of Oxford Certificate of Attendance and a copy of Digital Signal Processing: Concepts and Applications (Mulgrew, Grant, Thompson - Palgrave Macmillan).
All courses are VAT exempt.
How to apply
If you would like to discuss your application or any part of the application
process before applying, please contact:
Emma Haslam (Course Administrator) - Tel: +44 (0)1865 286958 - Email: electronics@conted.ox.ac.uk
If you would like to pay using a company purchase order / bank transfer, please see the guidance notes below.
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