Digital Signal Processing Implementation (algorithms to optimisation)

A one-day supplement to the Digital Signal Processing course that takes the theory and translates it into practice.

This course can also be taken on its own.

• The course will include a mixed lecture and demonstration format and has been written to be independent of target processor architecture.
• The course will show how to take common DSP algorithms and map them onto common processor architectures. It will also give a guide line for how to choose a DSP device, in particular how to choose and use the correct data word length for any application.
• In addition to the algorithmic coding issues, the course will also cover the use of hardware specific functionality such as the use of internal or external memory and how to use DMA engines to optimise the use of both.

Issues covered in the module include the DSP specific aspects of:

• C vs. assembly coding techniques.
• Fixed point effects and wordlength issues.
• Optimising DSP code.
• Debugging DSP code.
• Independent of processor architecture.
• Mixed format of lectures and demonstrations.