This Laboratory accommodates the experimental and project needs of several groups of students in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department. The first group is the students taking the MSc Communications and Signal Processing course, the second being UG students taking the Advanced Machine Learning module. The Control Systems PhD group carry out their crane and pendulum experiments, also during the autumn and spring terms.
Activity in the lab is greatly heightened during this period.
Below are some guidelines which directly concern the MSc students in Communications and Processing:
The Communications, Control and Signal Processing Laboratory in Room 303 has a split of All-in-One networked PCs, running Microsoft Windows 10, which are networked on the College-wide IC domain and 24 large monitors, should you wish to expand your laptop screen. In the side room, 303b, there are 3 PCs specifically for control experiments, you are not permitted to use these.
Some software is mounted on locally on these machines, but the majority is available through the Cloudpaging Player app. Titles include:
The CSP laboratory hosts a number of advanced experiments, mainly software-based (MATLAB or C++), which have been designed to match the fast developments in the area of Communications and Signal Processing (see Lab booklet).
All the autumn experiments are offered only to MSc students.
A control systems experiment, featuring a crane, is situated separately within the side room, 303b. This runs during spring term and is operated on an attendance rota, so there should be only three students per 30 minute session. They will however require access to the equipment at other times. There are also an pendulum and drone experiments in this space, also Control group operated Please do not interfere with any of this equipment.
Due to an ever increasing demand for space within the College as a whole, the room may be allocated to other groups at short notice.
The Department adheres to the College Lone Working Policy. If you are considering working on your own in the lab after working hours, or at weekends, please ensure that you adhere to the College Lone Working Policy.
The benches are not designed to withstand an adult's weight and the windows, although set so they can't be opened fully, offer no protection against a fall, in the unlikely event of the lock failing.
Not all student areas have air management systems, we need to work together to ensure the working conditions are suitable for all users.