Test 1 -- Wednesday, September 29 -
Chapters 1 and 2, Appendix A
Test 2 -- Wednesday, November 3 -
Chapters 3 and 4
Final Exam -- Wednesday, December 15,
1:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - Chapters 5 and 6
Last day to drop classes without Dean's
permission -- Friday, October 1.
No Class Monday October 11 due to Columbus Day Recess!!
(Monday labs meet on Wednesday that week)
Chapter 1 -- Introduction, overview and
outline of the course, signals and systems -- their
definitions and mathematical representations - 1 class
period.
Chapter 2 -- Complex numbers and
complex arithmetic, sinusoidal signals, relationships between
the time and frequency domains, graphical representations of
signals - 5 class periods. (Material from Appendix A and
Appendix B will also be presented during this time for 2
additional class periods.)
Chapter 3 -- Frequency spectrum of a
signal, graphical methods for representing the spectrum,
combinations of sinusoids, creating non-sinusoidal signals
from sinusoids, the Fourier series - 4 class periods.
Chapter 4 -- Converting continuous-time
signals to discrete-time, the sampling process, the effect of
sampling too slowly, fundamental limitations on sampling, the
frequency spectrum of a sampled signal, converting
discrete-time signals back to continuous-time, ideal
interpolation - 4 class periods.
Chapter 5 -- Systems that operate in
discrete time, the Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter, an
example of FIR filtering, building blocks for implementing
FIR filters, linear time-invariant (LTI) systems - 5 class
periods.
Chapter 6 -- FIR filters in the
frequency domain, properties of the frequency response,
plotting the frequency response, series connections of LTI
systems - 5 class periods.
Labs -- All Lab sections will meet in
Sci & Tech II, Room 203. The Lab experiments are designed
and intended to complement the material presented in class in
order to strengthen the students' understanding of the
material. Students are expected to be well prepared when they
come to the Lab in order to make the most efficient use of
their time.
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