Unit information: Digital Signal Processing Systems in 2022/23

Unit name	Digital Signal Processing Systems
Unit code	EENGM4100
Credit points	10
Level of study	M/7
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Professor. Dahnoun
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	None
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	None
Units you may not take alongside this one
School/department	School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering

Unit Information

This unit will familiarise the student with the range of tools and technologies available for the implementation of DSP algorithms for digital communication systems. The criteria which determine a choice of implementation technology will be examined. The student will be exposed to state-of-the-art Digital Signal Processors.

• ASIC/VLSI technology: full and semi-custom approaches, field programmable structures, DSP functions in silicon: multiplier-accumulators, FIR filters, correlators, growth of IP trading and design re-use.

• DSP microprocessors: need for DSP processors, DSP market, parameters for choosing a DSP device, introduction to DSP processors (architectures, performance and limitations) and architecture of the TMS320C320C6000 DSPs (CPU, program/data memory, buses, peripherals, timers, serial ports, DMA and external memory interface)

• Development tools: compiler, assembler and linear assembler, linker, code composer studio, real-time operating systems (SYS/BIOS)

• Arithmetic for DSP: fixed and floating point; Finite word length effects: conversion, coefficient and signal quantisation.

• Design and modelling tools and DSP platforms: Matlab, code composer studio, TMS320C6000 and the TMS320C5000 platforms.

• Design study: real-time applications with the TMS320 series.

Your learning on this unit

Having completed this unit, students will be able to:

1. Develop DSP programs
2. Implement real-time DSP algorithms for mainly communications applications,
3. Describe DSP device architectures and interface to DSP microprocessors.
4. Evaluate general purpose processors compare them with Digital Signal processors.

How you will learn

Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, including lectures, practical activities supported by drop-in sessions, problem sheets and self-directed exercises.

How you will be assessed

ILOs will be assessed via coursework

Resources

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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.