B.E. Electronics & Comm. Engg:DSP Processors

First Year: Semester I

Mathematics I
Engineering graphics
Computer Programming
Physics
Solid Mechanics
Communication Skills

First year: Semester II

Mathematics II
Manufacturing Process
Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Science
Thermodynamics
Organizational Behavior


Second year: Semester I

Numerical and Statistical Methods
Measurement Science and Techniques
Electromagnetic Fields
Semiconductor Devices
Signals and Systems
Digital Electronic Circuits
Human Values, Ethics and IPR


Second year: Semester II

Optimization Techniques
Analog Electronic Circuits
Networks and Transmission Lines
Electrical Engineering Materials
Analog Communication Systems
Data Structure and Information Technology
Environmental Studies


Third year: Semester I

Digital Signal Processing for Communications
Microprocessors
VLSI Circuit Design
Digital Communication Systems
Microelectronics Technology
Linear Integrated Circuits and Applications
Summer Training(6 weeks)

Third year: Semester II

Project Semester
Project
Industrial Training(6 weeks)

Fourth year: Semester I

Antenna and Wave Propagation
Modern Control Engineering
Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems
Microwave Engineering
Engineering Economics


Fourth year: Semester II

Optical Communication Systems
Advanced Communication Systems
HDL Based Digital Design
Total Quality Management
Minor Project

DSP Processors

An Introduction to DSP Processors: Advantages of DSP, characteristics of DSP systems, classes of DSP applications, DSP processor embodiment and alternatives, Fixed Vs Floating point processors, fixed point and Floating point Data Paths.

DSP Architecture: An introduction to Harvard Architecture, Differentiation between Von-Neumann and Harvard Architecture, Quantization and finite word length effects, Bus Structure, Central Processing Unit � ALU, Accumulators, Barrel Shifters, MAC unit, compare, select, and store unit (CSSU), data addressing and program memory addressing.

Memory Architecture: Memory structures, features for reducing memory access required, wait states, external memory interfaces, memory mapping � data memory, program memory and I/O memory, memory mapped registers.

Addressing: Various addressing modes - implied addressing, immediate data addressing, memory direct addressing, register direct and indirect addressing, and short addressing modes.

Instruction Set: Instruction types, various types registers, orthogonality, assembly language and application development.

Execution Control and Pipelining: Hardware looping, interrupts, stacks, pipelining and performance, pipelining depth, interlocking, branching effects, interrupt effects, instruction pipelining.

Peripherals: Serial ports, timers, parallel ports, bit I/O port, host ports, communication ports, on-chip A/D and D/A converters, external interrupts, on chip debugging facilities, power consumption and management.

Processors: Architecture and instruction set of TMS320C3X, TMS320C5X, TMS320C6X, ADSP 21XX DSP Chips, some example programs.

Recent Trends in DSP System Design: FPGA-Based DSP System Design, advanced development tools for FPGA, Development tools for Programmable DSPs � an introduction to Code Composer Studio.