Embedding low-cost, portable experiments into a lecture-based signals and systems course

This paper discusses the inclusion of low-cost, portable experiments into a lecture-based introductory Signals and Systems course. Most of the experiments can be completed in a regular lecture room during a lecture period by students working at their desks, while an acoustic-based experiment is completed in a large room by students using only their computers. The experiments are embedded into what is at most institutions a highly theoretical course, thereby giving students the integration of theory and experiments without the use of high cost, centralized laboratory facilities.