This schedule is tentative; we'll update it throughout the quarter.
Date | Topics | Slides |
4/4 | Introduction, GPS overview | Introduction, GPS |
4/6 | GPS principle of operation, ranging codes and navigatio messages | GPS |
4/11 | GPS satellite orbits, PRN ranging | GPS |
4/13 | GPS receiver architecture, acquisition and tracking, position estimation | GPS |
4/18 | Inertial sensors: accelerometer principle of operation and architecture | IMU |
4/20 | Inertial sensors: gyroscope principle of operation and architecture | IMU |
4/25 | Inertial navigation, dead reckoning | IMU |
4/27 | Ultrasonic sensor (Sonar) principle of operation and architecture | Sonar |
5/2 | Sonar ranging and bearing angle estimation | Sonar |
5/4 | Radar principle of operation and architectures (pulsed, FMCW, PMCW) | Radar - Part I |
5/9 | Radar antenna designs and characteristics | Radar - Part I |
5/11 | Radar range and velocity estimation, performance tradeoffs | Radar - Part I |
5/16 | MIMO imaging radar, direction of arrival estimation, target detection | Radar - Part II |
5/18 | Waveform orthogonality in MIMO radar, radar noise and interference | Radar - Part II |
5/23 | Lidar principle of operation, laser physics | Lidar |
5/25 | Gaussian beams, beam scanning techniques | Lidar |
5/30 | Photodetection principles (direct vs. coherent), lidar system architecture | Lidar |
6/1 | Lidar range and direction of arrival estimation | Lidar |
6/6 | Camera principle of operation and architectures, image formation | Vision sensors |
6/8 | Lenses, image sensors, image signal processing | Vision sensors
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