S.No	Course Levels	Chapters	Chapters  Covered
1.	LEVEL I	Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals   A Tour of Matlab	Why DSP? Analog and Digital Signals Time & Frequency domain Introduction to Matlab Plotting & Visualization Graphical User Interface (GUI) Mathematical Algorithms Programming & interface With External Devices Examples
2.	LEVEL II	Frequency Domain analysis & Filtering Transformations     Digital Image Processing fundamentals	FFT, DFT, DTFT Relationship of DFT to DTFT Periodic and Aperiodic signals Z transform, Laplace transforms Analog & Digital Filters Recursive & Non Recursive Delay Operators   Image Processing Overview Image Processing Applications Components Frequency components Working with images Video and Audio Processing Image Processing Techniques
3.	LEVEL III	Image Processing Algorithms   Mini Project Project	Image Enhancement Techniques Image Restoration Image Compression Image Segmentation Edge Detection Abstract Preparation Power point Preparation Simulation Project using Matlab
4.	LEVEL IV	Need for Hardware DSP fundamentals   DSP hardware’s & Software’s   Software’s Tools   Simulation Projects Examples	Real time Projects Features of General DSP Floating & Fixed Point Processors Difference B/W Processors & Controllers Various Methods of Processor s& IDE’s   Project Development Compiler Environment   Code development Tools Debugging options Memory, Cross Compilers   Simulator Flashing Led’s/UART
5.	LEVEL V	A Tour of DSP Hardware      (ADSP BF532/533/537 )      UCLinux         Hardware Interface	Introduction about Processor Operating Modes and DAG’s Memory and Dynamic Power Management Peripherals System Design Hands on Demo   Introduction to blackfin.uclinux.org Development Host Das U-Boot Boot loader Linux on the Blackfin Processor Quick Start Guide for STAMP Board Projects LED / UART Interface RTC Programming/ Interrupt EBIU interface/ Memory Interface Video & Audio Processing
6.	LEVEL VI	Real Time Demos (Practical’s Session) Projects	Interfacing With Blackfin audio Development Board ( Speakers & Headphones, Mobiles )   Interfacing With Blackfin Video Development Board ( DVD Players & Cameras ) Interfacing With Evaluation board Wireless Devices ( RF & Zigbee ) First Step Abstract Creation Project Ideas Circuit Design Board Design PCB Design Final Project Simulation Project Hardware Project

Introduction to Digital Signal Processing

• Analog and digital signals.
• Signal processing.
• Applications of DSP.
• Time and Frequency Domains.

A tour of Matlab

• Introduction
  • Starting and Quitting
  • What is MATLAB?
  • Standard MATLAB Windows.
  • Command Line Help
  • Basic Commands Usage
  • Operations with variables
  • Array Operators and Matrix Operators
• Data Types
  • What is a data type?
  • Data types in MATLAB
  • Converting types
  • Cell Array
  • Numeric Classes              
  • Logical Classes
  • Characters and Strings
• Plotting and Visualization
  • Plotting Overview
  • Axis Labels and Titles
  • Ways to Use Plotting Tools
  • Figures and subplots
  • Annotating graphics
  • Grids
  • Line Styles and Colors
  • Plot types
  • Working with axes
  • Multiple datasets in one graph
  • Mesh and Surface Plots
  • Visualizing  functions  of  Two variables
  • Examples in Plotting
• M files
  • The MATLAB Editor
  • Script M-files
  • The MATLAB path
  • Cells and cell mode
  • Publishing M-files
  • Function M-files
  • Sub functions and nested functions
  • Debugging
• Programming
  • Keywords and constructions
  • Program structure
  • Handling user input
  • Improving code performance
  • Function handles
  • Graphics programming  
• Communication with external devices
  • Serial port
  •  Parallel port
  •  Sound card
  •  Video input
  • Processors and Microcontrollers
  • Wireless
• Building Graphical User Interfaces
  • What is a GUI?
  • Handles Predefined dialogues
  • Handle Graphics
  • GUI design.
  • Using GUIDE.
  • Writing callbacks.
  • Menus.
  • Modifying GUIs
  • Examples

• Mathematics
  • About Matrices
  • Entering Matrices
  • Sum, Transpose
  • Colon Operator
  • Working with Matrices
  • Polynomials and Interpolations
  • Mathematics formulas

Frequency and Time Analysis

• Periodic, aperiodic and random signals.
• Discrete Fourier Transform.
• Relationship of DFT to DTFT.
• Simple short-time spectral estimation.
• Fast computation of DFT.
• Z-domain representation and transforms.
• Tutorials.

Digital Filtering

• Analog and digital filters.
• Digital filter coefficients.
• Recursive and non-recursive filters.
• Order of a recursive (IIR) digital filter.
• Coefficients of recursive (IIR) digital filters.
• The transfer functions of a digital filter.
• The unit delay operator.
• Tutorials.

Digital image Processing

What Can You Do With Image Processing

• What is image processing
• Image processing overview
• Examples of fields that use Digital Image Processing
• Fundamental steps in Digital Image Processing
• Components of an Image Processing System

Working with Images

• Exploring image types
• Supported MATLAB data types for representing images
• Binary image
• Intensity Images
• Indexed image
• RGB image
• Importing and exporting images in MATLAB
• Viewing the image
• Single image
• Multiple image frames
• Finding image pixel values: IMPIXVALINFO
• Converting image formats
• Color Space Transformation
• Examples

Image Processing Techniques

• Image enhancement
• Image Restoration.
• Image segmentation.
• Image Filtering.
• Edge Detection.
• Recognition
• Cryptography

Image Enhancement Techniques

• Adjusting image intensity
• Histogram
• Histogram equalization
• Histogram adjustment
• Using arithmetic functions to enhance images
• Addition – increase brightness
• Multiplication – increase sharpness
• Subtraction – detect change
• Division – detect change
• Correcting image alignment: rotating
• Cropping and resizing images
• Examples

Filtering Images

• Processing an image as blocks
• Block processing definition
• Sliding neighborhood operations
• Performing image convolution and correlation
• Designing and implementing spatial domain filters
• Averaging filter
• Designing and implementing frequency domain filters
• High pass
• Low pass
• Band pass
• Processing the region of interest

Image Restoration Techniques

• What is Image Restoration          
• Reducing noise from images
• Modeling noise
• Filtering noise
• Deblurring images
• Correcting background illumination

Feature Extraction Using Segmentation and Edge Detection

• Isolating image features using Thresholding
• Detecting edges in an image
• Edge detection functions
• Performing morphological segmentation
• Creation of structuring elements
• Dilation and erosion
• Region based Segmentation
• Applying color-based image segmentation
• Isolating objects using watershed segmentation

Image and Video Compression Methods

• What is image Compression?
• Compression Techniques.
• Levels of Transform.
• Encoding algorithms.
• Examples.

Projects

• Mini Project
• Abstract Preparation
• PPT Preparation
• Ideas about Main Project
• Main Project
• Real time projects
• Biomedical Project

           

DSP Hardware and Software’s :

• DSP fundamentals
  • What is DSP
  • Features of general DSP
  • Differences between DSP and Other Technologies
  • Fixed Point DSP and Floating Point DSP
  • Application Areas of DSP

Introductions to Software Tools

• Introduction to Development Tools                       
  •  Software Tools
    • Introduction to IDE’s (VisualDSP++)
      • IDE Features
      • Code Development Tools
      • Debugging Features
    • Project Development
    • Project Development Stages
    • Targets
    • Program Development Steps
    • Targets(Simulator ,Emulation, Hardware )
    • Code Development Tools
    • Compiler, Run Time lib, Assembler
    •  Linker, Loader Files
    • Compiler Environment
    • User Interface
    • Ide Windows
    • Debugging Windows
    • Debugging Options
    • Debug Sessions
    • Code Analysis Tools
    • Program Execution operations
    • Simulation Tools
    • Flash Programmer
    • Cross-Compiler
    • Language Extensions,
    • Memory Models, Memory Type specifies.
    • Optimization, Mixing C and Assembly.
    • Differences from ANSI C, Limitations of Compiler
    • Simulator
    • Demo

ADSP Processor Overview (BF532/537) 

• Introduction about Processor
• Processor Core Architecture
• Peripherals
• Memory Architecture
• Difference B/W  Processors  and Controllers
• Operating Modes and DAG’s
•  User mode, Supervisor mode, Emulation mode.
• Idle& Reset state, Boot modes
•  Adderssing with DAG’s , DAG Instruction
• Registers
• Memory and Dynamic Power Management
• Memory Architecture, L1 Instruction memory
•  External Memory, Dataset Register
• Clocking ,Controller
• Registers
• Peripherals
• SPI/SCI/Programmable Flags
• Sport/UART controllers/Timers
• SPORT  for Audio
• PPI for Video
• Registers     
• System Design
•  Pin Descriptions
• Booting Modes
• Hands on Demo
• Circuit Design
• Demos

UCLinux   

• Introduction
  • Introduction to blackfin.uclinux.org
  • Why use uClinux?
  • Introduction to Embedded Systems
  • Blackfin Basics
  • Hardware Platform
  • Operating Systems
  • Editors
• Development Host
  • Installing / Configuring Linux
  • Using Co Linux in Windows
  • Terminal Programs
  • tool chain
  • Simulators
  • make
  • Debuggers
  • flashing
  • Version Control Systems
  • An introduction to quilt tool
  • Developing with Blackfin Live Sources
• Das U-Boot Boot loader
  • Features
  • Supported Platforms and Processors
  • booting _methods
  • compiling
  • loading
  • Setting up a TFTP Server
  • Setting up a DHCP Server
  • Loading Files via the Serial Port
  • Loading/Upgrading/Compiling U Boot
• Linux on the Blackfin Processor
  • Features
  • Target Selection
  • Porting to your Board
  • Driver Development
  • drivers
  • The Frame buffer Console
  • Simple Hello World Application Example
  • Simple Hello World Application Example (in assembly)
  • Application Development
  • Porting Applications
  • Libraries
  • Memory Allocation/Management (User and Kernel)
  • port_program_to_linux
  • Load driver module into L1 memory
• Quick Start Guide for STAMP Board
  • Bf533-stamp-quick-start
• Projects
  • Abstract Preparation
  • Arbitrary Waveform Generator
  • Tutorial Project

Hardware Interfacing 

• Session -I
  • LED Interface and Switches ( I/O configuration)
  • UART (Serial Communication)
  • Interrupt Study
  • RTC Programming
• Session - II               
  • Introduction to Basic Memory Types
• Serial and Parallel memories
  • EBIU Interface
  • Asynchronous Memory Controller
  • SDRAM controller
  • SPI Interface
• Session - III Video Processing       
  • Interfacing Video encoders, Video decoders and High speed ADC’s
  • Analog video and Digital video
  • ITU-656/601 modes
• Session - IV Audio Processing       
  • SPORT Interface
  • Digital Audio interface(I2S, TDM)
  • Interfacing to audio codec’s

Practical Session:

 Interfacing With Blackfin Audio Development Board

• Audio Input devices
• DVD player
• Mobile Phone
• Personal Computer
• Micro Phone
  • Audio Output Devices
• Speakers (Surrounding , Home theatre )
• Headphones

Interfacing With Blackfin Video Development Board

• Video Input Devices
• DVD Player
• Camera
• Mobile
• Video Output Devices
• Personal Computer
• Display

Interfacing With Blackfin Evaluation Board

• Image Processing Applications
• Biomedical
• Real-time Image Processing Demos
• Cryptography ( Data & Image  Hiding Techniques)

Wireless

• RF Module
• ZigBee