Signals and Systems I

EE360 Spring 2020

Description

Professor

Dr. Brendan Morris,
Office: SEB 3216
OH: MW 09:00-10:00

Lecture

Lecture: MoWe 10:00-11:15, TBE B-170
Discussion: Fr 17:30-18:30, TBE B-311
Final: Mo May 11, 10:10-12:10
Look up your final exam schedule now to determine conflicts.

Discussion

Teaching Assistant: Joanna Dai <daij2@unlv.nevada.edu>

The Discussion section will be used to present computational tools to describe and analyze 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 or SciPy.

Tutoring

Engineering Tutoring Lab: TBE A-207
Hours: M-F 10:00-17:00 [full listing]

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, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 9780071829465 [online][library access with ACE account]
Linear Systems and Signals, B.P. Lathi, 3rd Edition ISBN: 9780190200176 or 2nd Edition ISBN: 9780195158335

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]

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

ComponentPercentageDate
Midterms: 40% 3/02, 4/22
Final: 30% 5/11 10:10
Homework: 20% Weekly
Computer: 10% Bi-Weekly

Homework will include Matlab programming problems (Computer). Students may work together in study groups but all assignments must be completed individually. Homework will be due in class on the designated date. No late homework will be accepted unless prior notification and arrangements are made. Instruction of computational programming language (Matlab) and its application to signals and systems takes place in EE360D.

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.

Announcements

DateNote
05/10/20 Finals Week Update: We will have normal office hours from 10:00-11:00. Final will be available through Webcampus Mon-Wed. Final will be available after office hours staring at 11:30.
04/28/20 Complete State Space slides are posted [v1 pdf]. Full voice-over lecture to come soon.

Note: HW8 and HW9 have been delayed and are now due on Friday night.
04/27/20 Schaum's Signals and Systems is not accessible off campus using the direct online link. You will need to access it through the UNLV Library using your ACE account [library link]

First upload of State Space notes is available [v0 pdf]. Keep checking the website for updates.
04/17/20 I was not able to fully type out my solutions for HW7. It is posted in two parts where the first problem is solved either directly from the Z-transform summation or using Z properties and transform tables.
04/05/20 First version of Z-Transform slides posted Z Transform [v0 pdf][v0 vid]
03/22/20 Laplace Transform slides posted [pptx].
03/21/20 Final Fourier Series notes have been posted [pdf]. Please keep checking back regularly for new material. Chapter 9 - Laplace Transform to be posted soon.

Be aware, we plan on having a WebEx during our normally scheduled time to discuss material. You will be expected to have read the notes beforehand and be ready with questions.
03/19/20 As we move to online instruction, please check this page often for updates. For now, we will continue to post lecture slides on this site. Webcanvas will be use for online submission of assignments and to participate in class discussions through WebEx.
02/06/20 Assignment dates have been adjusted. Note: HW02 now due on Wed 2/12 instead of 2/10 and Comp02 due Fri 2/21 instead of 2/14.
01/29/20 The Engineering Tutoring Lab is now open. The full listing of course availability is online [link]
01/23/20 New class again. We will be meeting in TBE B-170.
01/21/20 Welcome to Spring 2020. Please note the class has been changed from MPE to TBE B-309.

Schedule (Tentative)

WeekDateLecture TopicReadingAssignmentDiscussion
1 01/20 Mo MLK Holiday
 OW Ch 1 HW01 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due We 01/29
01/22 We Signals and Systems
2 01/27 Mo Systems and Properties HW02 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due Mo 02/10
Due We 02/12		 Comp01 [pdf]
Due Fri 02/07
01/29 We Linear Time-Invariant Systems
3 02/03 Mo Convolution OW Ch 2 HW03 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due Mo 02/24
02/05 We Convolution
4 02/10 Mo LTI Differential Equations
 Comp02 [pdf]
Due Fri 02/21
02/12 We LTI Difference Equations
5 02/17 Mo President Day Holiday
02/19 We Convolution Recap
6 02/24 Mo Fourier Series
 OW 1-2
02/26 We Review
7 03/02 Mo Miderm01 FS Motivation [pptx]
OW Ch 3.1-3.9 (no 3.4)		 HW04 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due W 03/11		 Comp03 [pdf]
Due Fri 03/13
03/04 We Fourier Series
8 03/09 Mo Fourier Series [pdf][v2 pdf] OW Ch 9 HW05 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due W 03/25		 Comp04 [pdf]
Due Fri 03/27 04/10
03/11 We Laplace Transform
9 03/16 Mo Spring Break
03/18 We Spring Break
10 03/23 Mo Laplace Transform [pptx] HW06 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due W 04/01
03/25 We Laplace Transform
Partial Fraction Expansion [pdf]
11 03/30 Mo Laplace Transform OW Ch 10 HW07 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf] [p1]
Due W 4/08
04/01 We Z Transform
12 04/06 Mo Z Transform [v0 pdf][v0 vid] Comp05 [pdf]
Due Fri 04/10 04/17
04/08 We Z Transform
13 04/13 Mo State Space Analysis
04/15 We Review
14 04/20 Mo Midterm02 Review
 Schaum Ch 7
[library link]		 HW08 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due W 04/29 F 05/01
04/22 We Midterm02
15 04/27 Mo State Space Analysis [v0 pdf][v1 pdf] HW09 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due We 05/06 F 05/08		 Comp06 [pdf]
Due F 05/08
04/29 We State Space Analysis
16 05/04 Mo State Space Analysis
05/06 We Final Review
17 05/11 Mo Final -