Signals Laboratory (SIGNET)

Overview

Description

This laboratory provides instructional facilities for courses in the areas of signal processing and communication networks. This laboratory houses numerous workstations for digital signal processing, image processing, and various real-time applications covering the complete audio frequency spectrum. Equipment includes Linux-based workstations, microphones, DSP boards, speakers, amplifiers and software packages such as MATLAB. The courses served by this laboratory include EC401 (Signals and Systems), EC415 (Communication Systems), EC416 (Intro to Digital Signal Processing), EC 512 (Digital Signal Processing), and some ECE modules in EK130 (Introduction to Engineering). On the communications side, experiments involving data communication links, local-area networks, and wide-area networks are supported. Powerful computer-based simulation and analysis tools are available to compare and evaluate network designs. Facilities are also provided for experimentation with local-area network switching and routing hardware.

Courses Supported

  • EK131/132, EC312, EC401, EC415, EC416, EC441, EC455, EC512, EC515, EC516, EC551, EC566

Hardware

  • 31 Dell Optiplex 755 workstations
    • 2GB ram
    • 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo processors
    • 19″ 1280×1024 Dell monitors
  • 9 Dell Precision 450 workstations
    • 4GB Ram
    • Dual 2.8GHz Xeon processors
    • 19″ 1280×1024 Dell monitors

  • HP 4350DN LaserJet printer

  • HP 5500DN Color LaserJet printer

Lab Software

  • BU Linux 5 (Monde)
  • Matlab
  • Cadence Tools (e.g. IC5141)
  • Synopsys
    • sold, syn, css, tx
  • Mentor Graphics
    • Modelsim
  • Comsol Multiphysics
  • Xilinx ISE
  • Eclipse
  • ddd
  • GNU Tool Chain (e.g. GCC, GDB, DDD)

Faculty

Konrad, Karl, Trachtenberg

Contact Staff

Goebel