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Cross-listed one-credit laboratory

MA 34990 / ECE 39595: Signals and Systems

Students connect Fourier analysis and signals to sound, hardware, frequency analysis, and data processing.

Prerequisite: MA 16290, MA 26190, or prior Python experience
Corequisite: ECE 301, AAE 301, MA 428, or MA 34900
Format: Weekly face-to-face computer laboratory

Electronic theremin circuit labeled with Raspberry Pi Pico, audio amplifier, speaker, tuner, and ultrasonic sensor — A student-built theremin turns distance measurements into sound, connecting sensors, frequencies, and Fourier analysis.

What students do

Play and synthesize sound with sinusoidal functions.
Build a theremin and voice changer.
Implement and use the discrete Fourier transform.
Denoise signals, build a pedometer, and tune an instrument.

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