KD6026 - Digital Signal Processing Systems

In this module, you will learn via a number of activities:

• Weekly lectures, where main concepts are introduced.
• Weekly seminars, where the main concepts are applied.
• Workshops (every 2 weeks), where the design of filters are implemented.
• Independent learning via directed scripts, where the software and hardware are introduced.

All the notes, seminar sheets, workshop scripts and directed learning are available at all times via eLP.

In addition, there will be a fixed weekly slot where you can drop in to see the lecturers.

Problem solutions will be provided after the tutorials and past-year examination papers are made available to all students via eLP.

Feedback on your learning will take the form of verbal feedback during the tutorials and laboratory sessions. Examination feedback will be provided following the normal processes.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
1. Demonstrate the understanding of key DSP principles in the design of DSP systems application for real world problems. (UK-Spec 3rd Ed. SM1m, SM2m, EA1m, D4m)

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
2. Mathematically model DSP system to characterise and critically evaluate its theoretical and practical performance. (UK-Spec 3rd Ed. EA2m, EA4m, EP2m, EP3m, EP7m)
3. Simulate test signals and DSP systems using simulation tool and practical lab equipment (UK-Spec 3rd Ed. EP3m, EP1m)

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
4. Critically evaluate the practical limitations of hardware in filter designs and appreciate the need for low cost practical implementation. (UK-Spec 3rd Ed. ET5m, EP1m, EP6m)

Formative Assessment:
Each of the 6 workshop sessions will contain a script with a series of tasks in line with the module LO2, LO3 and LO4. The two-hour workshop session will be supervised by a tutor and you will have two weeks to complete the script. At the start of the next workshop session, the answers to the tasks will be uploaded to blackboard.

Summative Assessment:
The summative assessment of this module is made up of 100% examination. This will cover LO1, LO2 and LO4
This is a 3-hour examination with 10-minutes reading time.
The examination paper will contain 2 sections; Section A and Section B. Each section is worth 50% of the module mark.
Each section will be made up of 3 questions.
You are required to answer 2 questions from each section, i.e. two question from Section A and two questions from Section B.

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Digital signal processing is essential in all electrical and electronics devices, and more pertinently in smartphones and tablets. In this module you will learn the fundamental of digital signals and how they are processed to result in a clear video or voice call in your smartphone.

You will develop analytic skills to design key components of a modern digital signal processing systems and implement it in software and hardware platforms.

In this module, you will attend lectures, seminars and workshops. During the workshops, you will be guided through a series of hands-on practices.

The workshop assessed formatively and feedback will be given to you to improve your skills. The laboratory is available for you to do independent learning based on the feedback you received.

This module is assessed via one examination at the end of the semester. You will receive feedback on your examination at the beginning of the next semester.