EE345S Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Laboratory - Related Courses

Taking any of the following courses will greatly improve your understanding of the design and implementation of embedded signal processing and digital communication systems:

EE345L Microprocessor Applications and Organization
computer architecture and real-time control
EE345M Embedded and Real-Time Systems Laboratory
computer architecture, interfacing to operating systems, and programming for real-time performance
EE322C Data Structures
arrays and circular buffers
EE360C Algorithms
algorithm analysis
EE360R Computer-Aided IC Design
synthesis of IC designs

EE345M Embedded and Real-Time Systems Laboratory is an excellent complement to this course as many embedded systems, such as disk drives, speaker phones, cellular phones, and DVD players, include a microcontroller to implement control functions and a digital signal processor to process the data.

Taking any of the following courses will greatly improve your understanding of the theory and algorithms for signal processing and digital communications:

EE351M Digital Signal Processing
digital filtering
EE360K Digital Communications
digital modulation and demodulation
EE371M Communication Systems
analog and digital communication systems

EE 351M and EE 360K cover complementary aspects of communication systems to the coverage in EE 345S. Below, X represents that the design and/or analysis of that topic is covered:

Transmitter Subsystem	EE345S	EE351M	EE360K
Encoding	X		X
Error Coding			X
QAM/PAM	X		X
Fast Fourier Trans.	X	X
Multiplexing			X
Pseudo-Noise Sequence	X		X
Pulse Shaping	X		X
Phase Shifting	X	X	X
Transmit Filter	X	X
Echo Canceller		X

Receiver Subsystem	EE345S	EE351M	EE360K
Phase Locked Loop	X
Timing Recovery	X		X
Receive Filter	X	X
Channel Equalizer	X	X
Phase Shifting	X	X	X
Demultiplexing			X
Pseudo-Noise Sequence	X		X
Fast Fourier Trans.	X	X
PAM/QAM Demodulation	X		X
Error Correction			X
Decoding	X		X

EE 351M also covers the basics of speech and audio signal processing. EE 360K covers standards for wireline and wireless communication systems.

So, both EE 351M and EE 360K have complementary material to EE 345S, and both would be beneficial to take if you would like a more in-depth understanding of the theory and algorithms behind communication systems.

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