A Cost-effective and User-friendly Spectrum Analyzer for Educational Environment
- Conference
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San Antonio, Texas
- Publication Date
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June 10, 2012
- Start Date
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June 10, 2012
- End Date
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June 13, 2012
- ISSN
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2153-5965
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International
- Page Count
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8
- Page Numbers
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25.32.1 - 25.32.8
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--20792
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https://peer.asee.org/20792
- Download Count
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444
Paper Authors
Alireza Rahrooh Daytona State College
Alireza Rahrooh is an Associate Professor of electrical engineering technology at Daytona State College. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Akron, in 1979, 1986, and 1990, respectively. His research interests include digital simulation, nonlinear dynamics, chaos, control theory, system identification, and adaptive control. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi.
Walter W. Buchanan Texas A&M University
Walter W. Buchanan is professor and Head of the Engineering Technology and Industrial. Distribution Department at Texas A&M University. He received his B.S.E. and M.S..E from Purdue University, and his Ph.D. and J.D. from Indiana University. Buchanan is a P.E. in six states.
Faramarz Mossayebi Youngstown State University
Faramarz Mossayebi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Youngstown State University. He received his B.E. and M.S. degrees from Youngstown State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Akron. His teaching and research interests includes modeling and simulation of nonlinear dynamical systems, digital signal processing, embedded systems, and control.
Abstract
A Cost Effective and User Friendly Spectrum Analyzer for Educational EnvironmentAbstractThis paper presents the design of an inexpensive and user friendly spectrum analyzer. This isaccomplished by utilizing a variable switched capacitive filtering system in conjunction withsome commonly used integrated circuits. The resulting system exhibits twelve spectral bandswith constant gain and constant quality factor through the entire spectrum. Although the designconsiders only twelve spectral bands, with simple modifications the proposed technique can beexpanded to any desired bands. The primary intention of this paper is to provide a simple methodto build and utilize such an instrument in educational laboratories. Commercially availablespectrum analyzers are very expensive and not feasible for underdeveloped courtiers with limitedresources to obtain such expensive instruments.
Rahrooh, A., & Buchanan, W. W., & Mossayebi, F. (2012, June), A Cost-effective and User-friendly Spectrum Analyzer for Educational Environment Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--20792
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