• Honeywell Radiation Tolerant General Purpose Processor 

      Jiménez Cubero, Adan (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      When designing electronic systems for space applications, engineers must take into consideration the extreme operating conditions of space environment. Electronics devices operating outside the Earth atmosphere are ...
    • Impact of Digital Signal Processing Systems on Coverage of Free Over the Air Digital Television 

      Torres Pérez, Osvaldo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract - Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Systems are playing an important Role in today’s communications systems. In June 12, 2009 all analog television Broadcasting stations were turned off in the United States, to ...
    • Little Fe Configuration and GalaxSee Detection Code for Simulation the Planets with Pixels and Color Skin 

      Figueroa Rosado, Gerardo L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      In this project we implemented a step by step procedure, of how to configure the portable cluster LittleFe, how to install the UNIX-LINUX operating system to the LittleFe (Server) and modifications to the GalaxSee Code. ...
    • LittleFe: GalaxSee Image Processing at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico 

      Negrón Fontanez, Ricardo J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      The purpose of this project is to manage images in the current LittleFe project in the GalaxSee program. This program is installed in a Linux base Bootable Cluster CD version 3.3.1. This Linux version doesn’t contain ...
    • Open Speech Command Translator System for Executing Positive, Negative, and Neutral Decisions 

      García Bruckman, Oscar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract - This research proposes a system that uses an open speech command and translates it into a Positive, Negative, or Neutral decision. An ordinary voice command targeted to an object is generally composed of two ...
    • Parallel DFT Implementation and Benchmarking in Cluster Architecture 

      Vélez Rodríguez, William (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      For the execution of very large DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform), where the implementation size is limited by the memory available in a single processor, it is still convenient to use the larger memory afforded by the ...
    • Power Disturbance Classifier 

      Rivera Rivera, Pedro L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract - In this document we will analyze the voltage disturbance swells, sags and surge or spikes. Those are the most common power disturbances capable to cause malfunction or permanent damage in some equipment. The ...
    • Serial to Parallel Matrix Inverse Algorithm using Gauss – Jordan Method 

      Fabery, Ramón O. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract — In the past decade computers have become faster and more efficient, utilizing the technology available to put more transistors inside the same space; but when they can’t shrink the transistor any more is time ...
    • Time Confinement Simulation of a Charged Particle in a Mirror Magnetic Field 

      Ávila O’Neill, Sara R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      Plasma is a state of matter formed of electrically charged particles. Those particles are greatly influenced by electromagnetic interactions, which have been abundantly studied since the 19 century. The Lorentz equation ...
    • A Wavelet-Based Approach for Pitch Classifiers 

      Ovalles Torres, José R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      A pitch is a human classification method which allows ordering sounds in discrete harmonics frequencies. Although many of the practical pitch detection methods uses the autocorrelation and cepstrum techniques to ...
    • Xilinx FIR Coefficient Configuration Implemented in ROACH Architecture 

      Salado Martínez, Zoriel M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      Dynamically run time reconfigurable FIR Filter with a control logic architecture for Coefficient reload is designed and tested on a Xilinx Virtex 5 FPGA ROACH board for signal recording at the Arecibo Observatory. A ...