X Window Computer Laboratory for Communication and Control Engineering

该项目将促进插图，解释， 综合通信、信号、 处理和控制系统，通过使用现代 计算机实验室 本科生将接触到 最先进的网络计算系统，X- 窗口环境，以及一些高级计算工具。 介绍性实验室中的动手实验 课程将培养大二学生的能力， 模拟波形、噪声、简单滤波器和基本线性 系统. 加强信号与系统关键课程的教学 理论，初级学生将实验与 各种信号和系统的数值模拟。 在与高级水平相关的实验室课程 课程，学生将实验模拟和 现实的通信、控制和信号设计 处理系统. 此外，该实验室将是一个 高级设计项目的重要资源。 这个实验室 将使学生更好地了解 沟通和控制的概念。 同时也 将更好地为学生准备现代工业和 研究生院 拟采购的设备包括：26台X- 窗口终端、附加处理器、内存和磁盘驱动器 用于现有的Sparc类服务器和网络硬件。 本科生使用这种设备的方便性 将通过开发优化的X-Window图形 用户界面，课程材料，课堂项目，电子 问题和解决方案库，并通过提供 向学生介绍现代计算和 第一个实验室课程中的模拟软件。

This project will foster illustration, interpretation, and integration of theoretical concepts in communication, signal processing, and control systems through the use of a modern computer laboratory. Undergraduate students will be exposed early to a state-of-the-art networked computing system, the X- Window environment, and several high-level computational tools. The hands-on laboratory experiments in an introductory lab course will develop in the sophomore students the ability to simulate waveforms, noise, simple filters, and basic linear systems. To enhance the pivotal course in signal and system theory, the junior level students will experiment with the numerical simulation of a broad variety of signals and systems. In the laboratory courses associated with the senior level courses, students will experiment with the simulation and design of realistic communication, control, and signal processing systems. In addition, the laboratory will be an important resource for senior design projects. This laboratory will provide students with better insight into the fundamental concepts of communication and control. At the same time, it will better prepare students for both modern industry and graduate school. Equipment to be purchased includes: 26 X- Window terminals, additional processors, memory and disk drive for the existing Sparc-class server, and networking hardware. The ease of use of this equipment by undergraduate students will be achieved by developing an optimized X-Window graphical user interface, course materials, class projects, an electronic library of problems and solutions, and by providing the students with an introduction to modern computing and simulation software within the first laboratory course.