Signals and Systems I

EE360 Spring 2024


Overview

Professor

Dr. Brendan Morris,
Office: SEB 3216
OH: TBD.

Lecture

Lecture: TuTh 14:30-15:45, SEB 1245
Discussion: Fr 15:00-16:00, TBE B-348
Final: Th May 9, 15:10-17:10
Look up your final exam schedule now to determine conflicts.

Discussion

Teaching Assistant: TBA
The Discussion section will be used to present computational tools for describing and analyzing signals and systems. The course will be taught using Matlab which is available in the Engineering Labs. A student copy of Matlab is available for $99 and can be a very helpful tool in many of your engineering courses. There are other free tools that are similar to Matlab including Octave, Scilab and/or SciPy.

Tutoring:

Engineering Tutoring Lab, TBE-A 309

You are highly encouraged to take advantage of the tutoring services. 1) You are paying for them and 2) students find the services helpful since the tutors have recently finished the course and are quite knowledgeable.

Material

Textbook: Signals and Systems, A.V. Oppenheim, A.S. Willsky, and S.H. Nawab, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 9780138147570
Recommended Text: Schaum's Outlines: Signals and Systems, H. Hsu, 4rd Edition, ISBN: 9781260454246 [4e online] [3e online]
Linear Systems and Signals, B.P. Lathi, 3rd Edition ISBN: 9780190200176 or 2nd Edition ISBN: 9780195158335

Be sure to either use the UNLV VPN or go through the UNLV library access using your ACE account to access online book links.
Online References:
Signals and Systems, Freeman, MIT 6.003, 2011 [link]
Introduction to Communication, Control, and Signal Processing, Oppenheim and Verghese, MIT 6.011, 2010 [link]

Virtual Resources

This section will be updated with useful items during the course. Please email anything you think is useful for the class.

Catalog Description:

Deterministic signals and linear systems. Time domain description and analysis of analog and discrete linear systems. Analysis of linear systems using the Laplace transform and the z-transform. Block diagram and flow graph representation of signals and linear systems. Introduction to state space representation and analysis.
Prerequisites: EE 221 or EE 292 and MATH 431
Corequisites: EE 360 and either MATH 459 or MATH 432

Course Syllabus: [pdf]

Grading

Grading Scale

ComponentPercentageDate
Midterms (2): 40% 3/02, 4/13
Final: 20% 5/11 15:10
Homework: 20% Weekly
Computer: 10% Bi-Weekly
Participation: 10% Weekly

Gradebook

The gradebook is available through UNLV Webcampus [link].
Note that the calculated % is not necessarily reflective of your final grade. The gradebook should be used mainly to ensure that I have correctly recorded your scores. You can get a sense of how you are doing in the class by comparing yourself with the mean grade which generally is around a C+/B-.

Course Organization

Schedule (Tentative)

WeekDateLecture TopicReadingAssignmentDiscussion
1 01/16 Tu class01: Introduction [Zoom] [Ch1.0-1.2] Intro [pdf]
OW Ch 1 [pdf]
HW01 [pdf]
Due Su 01/28
Solutions [pdf]
No meeting
Comp01 [pdf]
Due Su 02/04
01/18 Th class02: Signals and Systems [Ch1.3-1.4]
2 01/23 Tu class03: Systems and Properties [Zoom] [Ch1.5-1.6] HW02 [pdf]
Due Su 02/04
Solutions [pdf]
Matlab Intro [Zoom]
01/25 Th class04: Linear Time-Invariant Systems [Zoom] [Ch2.0-2.1]
3 01/30 Tu class05: DT Convolution [Zoom] [Ch2.0-2.1] OW Ch 2 (no 2.5) [pdf] HW03 [pdf]
Due Su 02/18
Solutions [pdf]
Comp02 [pdf][Zoom]
Due Su 02/11
02/01 Th class06: CT Convolution [Zoom] [Ch2.2-2.3]
4 02/06 Tu class07: LTI Differential Equations [Zoom] [Ch2.4] Diff Eq/Conv [Zoom]
02/08 Th class08: LTI Difference Equations [Zoom]
5 02/13 Tu class09: Fourier Series - CTFS [Zoom] [Ch3.1-3.2] [Ch3.3-3.4] OW Ch 3 (no 3.4) [pdf] HW04 [pdf]
Due Su 02/25
Solutions [pdf]
Comp03 [pdf][Zoom]
Due Su 02/25
02/15 Th class10: Fourier Series - DTFS [Zoom] [Ch3.5-3.7]
6 02/20 Tu class11: Fourier Series - Properties [Zoom] [Ch3.8-3.9] Conv + Filtering [Zoom]
02/22 Th class12: Convolution Recap [Zoom]
7 02/27 Tu class13: Review [Zoom] OW Ch 1-3 No meeting
02/29 Th class14: Midterm01
8 03/05 Tu class15: Laplace Transform [Zoom] [Ch9.0-9.2] OW 9 (no 9.4) [pdf] HW05 [pdf]
Due Su 03/24
Solutions [pdf]
No meeting
03/07 Th class16: Laplace Transform [Zoom] [Ch9.3-9.7]
9 03/12 Tu Spring Break OW Appendix PFE [pdf]
03/14 Th Spring Break
10 03/19 Tu class17: Laplace Transform [Zoom] [Ch9.8-9.10] HW06 [pdf]
Due Su 03/31
Solutions [pdf]
Comp04 [pdf][Zoom]
Due Su 03/24
03/21 Th class18: Laplace Transform [Zoom]
11 03/26 Tu class19: Z-Transform [Zoom] [Appendix A] OW 10 (no 10.4) [pdf] HW07 [pdf]
Due Su 4/07
Solutions [pdf]
Partial Fraction Expansion [Zoom]
03/28 Th class20: Z Transform [Zoom] [Ch10.0-10.2]
12 04/02 Tu class21: Z Transform [Zoom] [Ch10.3-10.7] Comp05 [pdf][Zoom]
Due Su 04/07
04/04 Th class22: Z Transform [Zoom] [Ch10.8-10.9]
13 04/09 Tu class23: Review [Zoom] OW Ch 9-10
04/11 Th class24: Midterm02
14 04/16 Tu class25: State Space Analysis - DT [Ch7.0-7.3,7.5] Schaum Ch 7 HW08 [pdf]
Due Su 04/28
Comp06 [pdf]
Due su 05/05
04/18 Th class26: State Space Analysis - DT
15 04/23 Tu class27: State Space Analysis - CT [Ch7.4,7.6] HW09 [pdf]
Due Su 05/05
State Space
04/25 Th class28: State Space Analysis - CT
16 04/30 Tu class29: State Space Review Review
05/02 Th class30: Final Review
17 05/07 Tu Final Review
05/09 Th Final