Experiences in offering a DSP-based communication laboratory

Most courses that include a hardware laboratory component are constrained by the need for realism without making the individual exercises insurmountable. This paper discusses a number of analog signal processing components that make possible the interfacing of analog systems to a variety of input/output boards specifically designed for use with Texas Instruments' TMS320C6x DSKs. These components and boards have been used in a number of undergraduate and graduate courses to facilitate the laboratory exercises and the design projects that routinely come from these laboratory-based courses.