Catalog Course Description
Mathematical representation of signals and systems; spectrum representation; representation of signals by sample values; discrete-time filter characterization and response; the z-transform; continuous-time signals and linear, time-invariant systems; frequency response; continuous-time Fourier transform and application to system analysis. MATLAB basics with application to signals and systems. Includes lectures, demonstrations, and laboratory assignments.
Prerequisite: MATH 136 and ECE 1021.
Offered: Fall and Spring
Course Syllabus as of 12:32 PM on Tuesday, December 28, 2010.
Chapter 1 as of 01:52 PM on Wednesday, January 19, 2011.
Chapter 2 as of 10:47 AM on Monday, January 24, 2011.
Chapter 3 as of 04:26 PM on Monday, February 14, 2011.
Chapter 4 as of 11:24 AM on Thursday, February 25, 2010.
Chapter 5 as of 11:56 AM on Monday, March 07, 2011.
Chapter 6 as of 01:12 PM on Monday, April 13, 2009.
Chapter 7 as of 01:12 PM on Monday, April 13, 2009.
Chapter 8 as of 11:45 AM on Monday, April 19, 2010.
Chapter 9 as of 10:46 PM on Sunday, May 11, 2008.
Chapter 10 as of 10:20 AM on Monday, May 11, 2009.
MATLAB Appendix as of 01:09 PM on Thursday, August 24, 2006.
Lecture Notes
Files in this directory listing of interest are the course notes which are in files of the form ece2610_chap#.pdf. Corrections to the course notes will be made on an ongoing basis. Watch the time/date codes on the files to see if a file is newer than the one you last downloaded
Spring 2011 Lectures as Streaming QuickTime Movies
You will need to have the free QuickTime player installed on your PC or Mac (get it). If clicking the link below does not start your QuickTime player you can manually start QuickTime, then the 'Choose File -> Open URL' menu item and enter the URL pointed to by the below links. The .mov file is in a high resolution 1024 x 768 format at 8 frames per second. The typical file size per lecture is about 160 MB. For a direct download see the link below the list.
The following are from the Spring 2011 offering of the course and at later lactures from the Spring 2010 offering. New lectures replace older lectures as they occur.
- Lecture 1 (sp11)
- Lecture 2 (sp11)
- Lecture 3 (sp11)
- Lecture 4 (sp11)
- Lecture 5 (sp10 snowday sp11)
- Lecture 6 (sp11)
- Lecture 7 (sp11)
- Lecture 8 (sp11)
- Lecture 9 (sp11)
- Lecture 10 (sp11)
- Lecture 11 (sp11)
- Lecture 12 (sp11)
- Lecture 13 (sp11)
- Lecture 14 (sp11)
- Lecture 15 (sp11)
- Lecture 16 (sp11)
- Lecture 17 (sp11)
- Lecture 18 (sp11)
- Lecture 19 (sp11)
- Lecture 20 (sp11)
- Lecture 21 (sp11)
- Lecture 22 (sp11)
- Lecture 23 (sp11)
- Lecture 24 (sp11)
- Lecture 25 (sp11)
- Lecture 26 (sp11)
- Lecture 27 (sp11)
- Lecture 28 (sp11)
- Lecture 29 (sp11)
- Lecture 30 (sp11)
To directly download the lectures for playback at a later time, go to the lectures folder, right click, and download
- Set 1 as of 09:52 AM on Wednesday, January 19, 2011.
- Complex math as of 10:25 AM on Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Solved as of 11:34 AM on Monday, January 24, 2011.
- Phasor addition as of 11:05 AM on Monday, January 31, 2011. Solved as of 03:04 PM on Wednesday, February 02, 2011.
- Line spectra as of 11:41 AM on Monday, February 07, 2011. Solved as of 08:50 AM on Wednesday, February 09, 2011.
- Fourier series as of 12:30 PM on Monday, February 14, 2011. Solved as of 08:43 AM on Thursday, February 17, 2011.
- Sampling Theory as of 01:16 PM on Monday, February 21, 2011. Solved as of 08:52 AM on Thursday, February 24, 2011.
- FIR filters and convolution as of 01:07 PM on Monday, February 28, 2011. Solved as of 01:53 PM on Thursday, March 03, 2011.
- LTI system properties as of 11:21 AM on Monday, March 07, 2011. Solved as of 09:18 PM on Thursday, March 10, 2011.
- Frequency response as of 12:47 PM on Monday, March 14, 2011. Solved as of 01:16 PM on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
- Filter a sampled analog signal as of 12:42 PM on Wednesday, April 06, 2011. Solved as of 09:34 PM on Thursday, April 07, 2011.
- FIR system function with pole-zero plot as of 11:24 AM on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Solved as of 09:55 AM on Monday, April 18, 2011.
- Partial fraction expansion for inverse z-transform. as of 12:48 PM on Monday, April 18, 2011. Solved as of 03:20 PM on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.
- TBD
- TBD
Lab Schedule as of 04:36 PM on Wednesday, January 12, 2011.
The lab portion of the course is supported by Mr. Kyle Webb. Documents related to the operation of the lab portion of the course are ECE_2610lab_syllabus and Lab Report Format. A sample lab report, for Lab 1 which we will not work, in PDF or Word format.