{"title":"A cost-sensitive approach to laboratory work for a fourth-semester course in digital modulation","authors":"S. MacPherson, M. McLeod, S. Shi","doi":"10.1109/AFRCON.2007.4401561","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A set of proposed practical laboratory tasks for the final semester technician-level subject Radio Engineering 3 at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) is presented and justified. The tasks involve work with physical instruments as well as design and simulation software. A minimal instrument inventory is proposed and low-cost software options are explored. The use of student projects as a source of functional laboratory modules is described. The potential for using FPGA technology in this area is outlined.","PeriodicalId":112129,"journal":{"name":"AFRICON 2007","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AFRICON 2007","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AFRCON.2007.4401561","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A set of proposed practical laboratory tasks for the final semester technician-level subject Radio Engineering 3 at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) is presented and justified. The tasks involve work with physical instruments as well as design and simulation software. A minimal instrument inventory is proposed and low-cost software options are explored. The use of student projects as a source of functional laboratory modules is described. The potential for using FPGA technology in this area is outlined.