Introduction to engineering a starter's guide with hands-on digital multimedia and robotics explorations /

• Main Author: Karam, Lina J., 1968-
• Other Authors: Mounsef, Naji.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2008.
• Series: Synthesis lectures on engineering (Online) ; #7.
• Subjects: Electric engineering.; Computer engineering.; Digital electronics.; Computer sound processing.; Robotics.
• Online Access: Abstract with links to full text
• Item Description: Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.; Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on October 14, 2008).; Series from website.
• Physical Description: 1 electronic text (x, 166 p. : ill.) : digital file.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.; System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9781598297638 (electronic bk.); 9781598297621 (pbk.)
• ISSN: 1939-523X
• Access: Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.

This lecture provides a hands-on glimpse of the field of electrical and computer engineering. The broad range of hands-on applications utilize LabVIEW and the NI-SPEEDY-33 hardware to explore concepts such as basic computer input and output, basic robotic principals, and introductory signal processing and communication concepts such as signal generation, modulation, music, speech, and audio and image/video processing. These principals and technologies are introduced in a very practical way and are fundamental to many of the electronic and computerized devices we use today. Some examples include audio level meter and audio effects, music synthesizer, real-time autonomous robot, image and video analysis, and DTMF modulation found in touch-tone telephone systems.