Development of a Personal Computer Based Engineering Communications Teaching Aid.
Abstract
A simplified digital communications computer simulator is developed on the AMIGA Desktop Computer using the C programming language. Known as the Engineering Communications Teaching Aid (ECTA), its strongest features include ease of use, quick operation, and expandable design. ECTA was developed uising the Top-Down Structured desgin method and pseudo-code is presented for the most important ECTA program modules. The features of the IQ Tutor, a commercial product, formed the design baseline for the ECTA effort. Extensive use of color graphics, resizeable and repositionable windows, and mouse-based menu structure enables a user to operate ECTA with ease. ECTA demonstrates the basic principles of the fourier transform, digital waveform sampling, digital signal modulation, and digital filtering in a benign environment. The validation chapter contains specific programming guidelines and C language tips for the expansion of the ECTA program. Keywords: theses; fast fourier transforms; digital communications; personal computers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 10, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA179203
Entities
People
- Donald F. Mikneus
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology