Abstract
The rapid increase in digital signal processing (DSP) applications has generated a strong demand for electrical engineers with DSP backgrounds; however, the gap between industry needs and university curricula still exists. To answer this challenge, a sequence of innovative DSP courses that emphasize hands-on experiments and practical applications were developed for continuing education in electrical and computer engineering. These courses are taught in the evening for night-school students having at least three years of work experience. These courses enable students to experiment with sophisticated DSP applications to augment the theoretical, conceptual, and analytical materials provided in traditional DSP courses. The inclusion of both software and hardware developments allows students to undertake a wide range of DSP projects for real-world applications. Assessment data concludes that the digital signal processor fundamentals course can increase learning interest and overcome the prerequisite problem of DSP laboratory experiments. This paper also briefly introduces representative examples of some challenging DSP applications.
Highlights
digital signal processing (DSP) technology is used in many electronic products from household equipment, industrial machinery, medical instruments, and computer peripherals to communication systems and devices
This paper presents DSP courses that are designed for practicing engineers at night schools in Taiwan
This paper describes the integration of DSP technology, applications, and laboratory experiments into the undergraduate courses offered at the night-school programs
Summary
DSP technology is used in many electronic products from household equipment, industrial machinery, medical instruments, and computer peripherals to communication systems and devices. The DSP semiconductor industry is training engineers through workshops and seminars, it focuses on the software and hardware development of processors only It may disrupt the engineer’s daily work schedule with additional travel costs. Many universities have already developed very good courses in DSP theory, implementation, and applications [4,5,6,7,8], but they are designed for regular full-time students. In addition to understanding the theory of DSP, it is very important for night-school students to design projects based on digital signal processors to learn both hardware interface and software programming techniques. This paper describes the integration of DSP technology, applications, and laboratory experiments into the undergraduate courses offered at the night-school programs.
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