Duren, Russell Walker.Thompson, Michael Wayne.Stevenson, Jeremy C.Baylor University. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering.2006-07-292017-04-072006-07-292017-04-072006-052006-07-29http://hdl.handle.net/2104/4186Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).The Field Programmable Gate Array's (FPGA) constant growth in computing power has given embedded system developers a choice to replace their current processors with a FPGA. However, most systems continue to use the original processor due to familiarity and design speed. Design tools, such as Simulink for MATLAB, have created a potential for significantly reducing FPGA development time. This potential was explored by developing an acoustic array processing system on both a FPGA and a DSP (Digital Signal Processor). The system includes a filtering stage, a correlation stage, and a trigonometric math stage. All of these stages are computationally intensive which provide an accurate portrayal of the chips' capabilities. The paper documents the comparison of the FPGA and the DSP implementations in regards to the performance of each implementation, the design time of each implementation and the capability of the design tools used in each implementation.vii, 48 p. : ill.1046799 bytes1205194 bytesapplication/pdfapplication/pdfen-USBaylor University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact librarywebmaster@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.Field programmable gate arrays.Computer engineering.Signal processing.ThesisWorldwide access