Operational amplifiers. Transducers and measurement systems. Frequency response. Grounding and shielding. Signal and power interfacing techniques. Design project. Lab.

Students are required to find solutions to technological problems in design, fabrication, and testing as posed in industry. Students define the problem, create a schedule and budget, and work on a team to research, design, build, and test the software and hardware needed. Senior standing in the ET program required. This is a two-semester, year-long course: 4 credits per semester, a letter grade is given at the end of each semester. Withdrawal from course results in loss of credit.

This course will deal with the topics of spectral representation of periodic and non-periodic analog signals followed by discrete sampling and aliasing and how it relates to Nyquist sampling theorem. The z-transform will be introduced as the required mathematical tool along with an introduction to MATLAB and its associated DSP tool box. Spectral analysis of digital signal will be accomplished using these tools. Convolution and digital filtering will also be covered. Lab.

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