Title : 
Demonstration platform for real-time beamforming
         
        
            Author : 
Morrow, Michael G. ; Welch, Thad B. ; Wright, Cameron H G ; York, George K P
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., US Naval Acad., MD, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
DSP topics such as real-time beamforming are more easily taught to undergraduates if appropriate demonstrations and laboratory experiences are available. This paper describes a real-time DSP beamforming educational platform based around MATLAB and the Texas Instruments C6211 digital signal processing starter kit. Classroom uses of this platform are discussed
         
        
            Keywords : 
array signal processing; educational computing; educational courses; electrical engineering education; real-time systems; software packages; DSP beamforming educational platform; DSP topics; MATLAB; Texas Instruments C6211 DSP starter kit; demonstration platform; digital signal processing; educational course; electrical engineering; real-time beamforming; software package; undergraduates; Array signal processing; Digital signal processing; Education; Hardware; Instruments; MATLAB; Radar antennas; Sensor arrays; Sonar; Spaceborne radar;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 2001. Proceedings. (ICASSP '01). 2001 IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Salt Lake City, UT
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-7041-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICASSP.2001.940201