Beginning January 2010.

A course on the analysis and design of discrete-time systems and DSP algorithms, including subband coding (as in MPEG), A/D converters, and the fast Fourier transform algorithm.

Professor Bruce Francis
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I don’t have scheduled office hours, but I encourage you to see me for help. Check my calendar for availability, then email me a suggested time. Or try to catch me after class or in my office, GB340.

To be announced.

The TAs conduct the labs, mark the lab reports, conduct the tutorials, and mark the homework.

Oppenheim and Schafer, 3rd edition

Course notes are provided (see Downloads). They are complete on most topics. They cover the same topics as the text but they use matrix algebra whereas the text does not. You need to learn the methods in the course notes; the text supplements the notes. Also, most homework problems are from the text.

homework 5% (based on your best 5 problem sets), labs 15%, two tests 30%, exam 50%

For tests you may use an aid sheet (8.5 in. x 11 in., two-sided), prepared by you; no calculator. I mark the tests and exam myself.

MATLAB/Simulink are the standard. A very good alternative is Scilab, which is free.

A first course in signals and systems; e.g., ECE216, ECE310, ECE355.