Master's in Science and Digital Technologies for Health

Signal Acquisition and Processing (3 ECTS)

Overview

Description:
The central theme of this course is the message—its generation, transmission, reception (detection), and processing. Primarily through project-based lab sessions, the course covers the concepts of analog and digital signals and the instrumentation chain.

Objectives:

  • Be able to understand the concepts of signals and messages,
  • To be able to orient oneself in the realms of time and frequency,
  • Be able to master the basics of signal processing,
  • Understanding analog-to-digital conversion and vice versa,
  • Understanding Programming:
    • algorithm development,
    • mini-project management,
    • Understanding Sensor/Actuator Interfacing Using LabVIEW.

Hourly volumes:

Lectures: 7.5 hours
Tutorials: 0 hours
Lab Sessions: 33 hours
Fieldwork: 0 hours

Required prerequisites:

A bachelor's degree in science or health sciences.

Recommended prerequisites:

All is well

More information

Knowledge Assessment:

Continuous Integral Control (CCI).

Course Outline:

  • Analog message:
    • The Concept of an Informative Message
      • Properties of an Analog Signal
      • Temporal fluctuations
      • Associated frequency domain (Fourier transform, Laplace transform)
      • Transfer function of a system
      • Signal and Noise
    • Processing a message:
      • Amplifier
      • Filters: high-pass, low-pass, band-pass
      • Comparator
      • Multiplier
      • Oscillator
      • Modulator – Transmission Components
  • Digital message:
    • Transition from an analog message to a digital message
      • Sampling: Rules to Follow (Shannon's Theorem)
      • Quantification
      • Examples of Analog-to-Digital Converters
      • Conversion from a digital signal to an analog signal
      • Reconstruction of a message
    • The Concept of Digital Filtering
    • The Concept of Digital Modulation
  • An Introduction to LabVIEW Graphical Programming Software, with a Focus on Instrument Interfacing and Control
  • Practical Exercises:
    • Sampling/Reconstruction
    • Analog-to-Digital Conversion
    • LabVIEW project

Contacts

Director: Gilles Despaux
Administrative contact(s): Claudie Fabry