ABSTRACT

Signal processing concepts are often presented in a very mathematical and

abstract format. This can discourage students from further exploration because
of the apparent irrelevance to real world problems. A common solution is to
provide a hands-on laboratory to illustrate applications of abstract concepts.
However, hardware-based digital signal processing (DSP) laboratories-which are
typically incorporated into senior-level signal processing courses – usually
emphasize programming the DSP chip rather than exploring algorithms and
applications. This paper is an report on the familiarization process of the
TMS320C6713 and the implementation of digital signal processing projects. The
Texas Instruments C6713 DSK platform, which can be programmed using
SIMULINK (The Mathworks, Inc.). This gives us added advantage of easily
writing codes on Code Composer Studio and implementing it on the DSP
Processors. DSP has become a key component, in many of the consumer,
communications, medical and industrial products which implement the signal
processing using microprocessors, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs),
Custom ICs etc. Due to increasing popularity of the above mentioned
applications, the variety of the DSP-capable processors has expanded greatly.
DSPs are processors or microcomputers whose hardware,software and instruction
sets are optimized for high-speed numeric processing applications, an essential
for processing digital data, representing analog signals in real time. The DSP
processors have gained increased popularity because of the various advantages
like reprogram ability in the field, cost-effectiveness, speed, energy efficiency
etc.