Signal Processing Onramp Overview

We live in a world of signals. Think of all the signals used just in your car. To play music, you can use the FM or AM signals picked up by your radio or the Bluetooth signal from your phone. Your GPS uses satellite signals to pinpoint your location. And throughout your car, sensors generate signals to tell it when it's time to turn on your headlights, light a symbol on your dashboard, or deploy an airbag to save your life.

In order for each of these signals to accomplish its task, it needs to be processed. At a high level, signal processing is a set of techniques which preprocess, analyze, and extract information from signals. In this course, you'll use MATLAB and Signal Processing Tool Box to compare vibration signals from three seismic stations in Alaska. You'll identify the signal from an earthquake on the other side of the Earth and separate it from local earthquakes near the seismic station.

To get started, all you need is a web browser. You'll interact with the web-based version of MATLAB, where you'll receive step-by-step instructions and instant feedback. You can also experiment and try things out on your own. You don't need to learn a lot of theory to start signal processing, but it will help if you know a little bit of MATLAB-- just the basics.

If you've never used MATLAB before, it's easy to get started. And we recommend you first take MATLAB Onramp to get you up to speed quickly. This course should take about two hours to complete, but you can leave anytime and come back later. And when you're done, you can download a shareable certificate of completion. Click the Launch button to get started today.