Topic outline

  • General

    Welcome to the Electroacoustics course! 

    On this course, you will learn fundamentals of electroacoustic systems. The lectures will go through electrical, mechanical and acoustical circuits & analogies, transducers, radiation models, loudspeakers, microphones, headphones + additional topics. 

    On the course project, you will learn to design and build a two-way loudspeaker. The project will include box design, simulations, measurements, cross-over design and practical work building the loudspeaker. The focus of the project will be in the acoustical domain. The project work is done in small groups. 

    Lecturers: Aleksi Öyry (aleksi.oyry@aalto.fi) & visitors from the industry

    Teaching assistants: Janani Fernandez (janani.fernandez@aalto.fi) & Madalina Nastasa (madalina.nastasa@aalto.fi

    Lectures:

    29.2.-30.5.2024, Thursdays 3x45 min, starting 9:15

    Place: A Grid, Otakaari 5, E208b Karjalainen (+ some visitor lectures may be remote over Zoom)

    Workshop location: Otakaari 5 E-wing

    Join course Zulip workspace: 

    https://ea2024.zulip.aalto.fi/


    Lecture schedule:

    Date

    Related task

    Topic

    Thu 29.2.

    M

    Course overview, introduction to electroacoustics, circuit analysis

    Thu 7.3.

    M

    Circuit analogies, transducers pt.1

    Thu 14.3.

    M

    Radiation models, Transducers pt.2:Electrodynamic loudspeaker drivers 

    Thu 21.3.

    M

    Loudspeaker enclosures

    Thu 28.3.

    -

    No Lecture (Easter)

    Thu 4.4.

    M

    Multi-way loudspeakers, crossover networks

    Thu 11.4.

    QS

    Javier Gomez Bolanos (Savox): Headphones

    Thu 18.4.

    -

    No lecture (Evaluation week)

    Thu 25.4.

    QS

    Juha Backman (AAC): History of Electroacoustics

    Thu 2.5.

    QS

    Juha Holm (Genelec): Active Loudspeakers

    Thu 9.5

    -

     No Lecture (Ascension day)

    Thu 16.5.

    QS

    Joschka Wohlgemuth (Neumann): Microphones

    Thu 23.5.

    QS

    Ville Sivonen (HUS): Hearing aids

    Thu 30.5.

    -

    Project work presentations


    Project schedule:

    Date

    Todo

    Tue 9.4.

    Instruction to workshop & meas setup, organize with your group, Start design

    Tue 16.4.

    No workshop (Evaluation week)

    Tue 23.4.

    Design, build & measure

    Tue 30.4.

    No workshop session (Wappu)

    Tue 7.5

    Design, build & measure

    Tue 14.5. 

    Design, build & measure

    Tue 21.5.

    Design, build & measure

    Tue 28.5.

    Final measurements of the loudspeakers

    Thu 30.5.

    Project presentations 

    FRI 31.5.

    DL to return the report at 23.59, after every 24h of missed DL -> -1p


    Comsol assignment schedule:

    Tue 26.3.

    Comsol introduction session

    Mon 29.4. at 23.59

    DL to return the assignment