Weekly schedule
| Week | | | Topic | | | Notes | | | Lab |
| Sep 7-11 | | | Introduction to discrete-time systems | | | No lab this week | | | |
| Sep 14-18 | | | Review of the Fourier transform | | | | | Lab 1 | |
| Sep 21-25 | | | Sampling theorem | | | Quiz 1 in the lab | | | |
| Sep 28-Oct 2 | | | Quantization and Reconstruction | | | | | Lab 2 | |
| Oct 5-9 | | | Discrete-time Fourier transform and Z transform | | | Midterm 1: Oct 6 | | | |
| Oct 12-16 | | | The Z transform and systems | | | | | Lab 3 | |
| Oct 19-23 | | | Filters in discrete time | | | Quiz 2 in the lab | | | |
| Oct 26-30 | | | Filters in discrete time | | | No class/lab Oct 29* | | | |
| Nov 2-6 | | | Signal space and the Discrete Fourier transform | | | | | Lab 4 | |
| Nov 9-13 | | | Signal space and the Discrete Fourier transform | | | Midterm 2: Nov 10 | | | |
| Nov 16-20 | | | Discrete-time random processes | | | | | ||
| Nov 23-27 | | | Filtering random processes | | | Quiz 3 in the lab | | | Lab 5 |
| Nov 30-Dec 4 | | | Filtering random processes | | | | |
*See Sessional Dates for details.
Quizzes
Quizzes will take place in the lab and will last 30 minutes. Each quiz will feature one question, taken verbatim from the problem set.
For quiz 1: Problem set is questions 2-6 in Chapter 3 from the online course notes.
For quiz 2: Problem set is from the textbook: 11.4(a) (for 11.3(ii)(iii)(iv)), 13.1, 13.2, 14.5, 14.7.
For quiz 3: problem set is questions 1-5 from the problem set at the end of the random process notes.
Midterm Exams
Midterms will take place in the lecture period and will last 80 minutes. Midterms are closed book, however, you are allowed one 8.5 x 11 inch sheet (both sides) of handwritten notes, and a calculator.
Sample problems for Midterm 1 (from the textbook): 4.9, 4.10, 4.11(i), 4.15, 5.1, 5.2, 5.13, 9.1, 9.5, 9.6, 9.16, 9.19, 9.20.
Sample problems for Midterm 2 (from the textbook): 11.12, 11.13, 13.13, 13.17, 14.1 (don't worry about linear phase), 14.6, 14.11, 14.16, 14.17, 15.6 (for N=3), 15.7 (for N=3).
Disclaimer: These problems will help you practice; problems on the midterm may not necessarily resemble these problems.
Instructor
Prof. Andrew Eckford Contact information
Lectures
Tuesday/Thursday
1:00 - 2:30 PM
PSE 321
Labs
Lab 01
Thursday
3:00 - 6:00 PM
LAS 3057