DSP System Design Using Labview and Simulink: A Comparative Evaluation

Author

Kehtarnavaz, N. ; Gope, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas Univ., Dallas, TX

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

14-19 May 2006

Abstract

LabVIEW and Simulink are two most widely used graphical programming environments for designing digital signal processing (DSP) systems. Unlike conventional text-based programming languages, such as C and MATLAB, graphical programming involves block-based code development, allowing a more efficient mechanism to build and analyze DSP systems. This paper presents a comparative evaluation between LabVIEW and Simulink in terms of a number of ease-of-use and functionality criteria. Twenty students taking a senior undergraduate DSP lab course were asked to perform the evaluation. The students´ responses indicate that these two graphical environments provide more or less the same design features with LabVIEW having an edge over Simulink as far as graphical display/visualization and DSP hardware integration tools are concerned

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer science education; digital signal processing chips; educational courses; electronic engineering education; visual languages; DSP system design; LabView; Simulink; block-based code development; digital signal processing; graphical programming; senior undergraduate DSP lab course; Computer languages; Digital signal processing; Displays; Hardware; MATLAB; Performance evaluation; Process design; Programming environments; Signal design; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 2006. ICASSP 2006 Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Toulouse

ISSN

1520-6149

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0469-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICASSP.2006.1660510

Filename

1660510