Noise effects in amplitude, angle, pulse-code and delta modulations. Baseband and passband pulse transmissions. This course provides the principles and practice of network engineering. The ISO-OSI reference model is introduced and used as a framework for examining internetwork communication issues. Microcontroller use in variety of real-time data transduction and control applications.
Students build hardware interfaced to computer using programs they write.
Two hours lecture and two 3 hour lab sessions per week. Design of microprocessor systems using VLSI building blocks. Several microprocessors and peripheral ICs studied. Laboratory experiments with microprocessor systems using logic analyzers. Three hours lecture and one laboratory session per week.