Module Descriptors
SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
ELEC50166
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Abdel-Hamid Soliman
Email: A.Soliman@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • CLASS-TEST weighted at 50%
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
2 hours class test (50%) Learning Outcome 1
Practical assignment based on laboratory work (50%) Learning Outcomes 2 and 3
Module Indicative Content
1. Time domain representation of signals
2. Frequency domain representation of signals (Fourier analysis, DFT, FFT)
3. Analogue signal processing (Oscillators and wave form generators, Differentiators, Integrators, Clipping circuits, Schmidt trigger)
4. Sampling theory, Analogue to digital converters and Digital to analogue converters
5. Digital signal processing (DSP)( DSP processor architecture and families, Principles of digital filters)
6. Introduction to Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)
Module Learning Strategies
One lecture session will support two lab sessions. The lab sessions will cover a range of experiments to demonstrate and verify the theory covered in the lectures.

12 hours lectures (1:n)1
24 hours laboratory work (1:20)2
Module Resources
Electronics laboratory
Computers with Matlab and Multi-sim software installed
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Texts
Practical Digital Signal Processing by Edmund Lai(2003), Newnes, ISBN: 0750657987

Digital Signal Processing with Examples in MATLAB by Samuel Stearns, (August 28, 2002),1st
edition, ISBN: 0849310911