ECE 210/211 – Analog Signal Processing

Announcements

• The Exam3 solution has been posted. You can check the answers on the "exams" page.

• The HW11 has been posted. Please note that the deadline for HW11 is Thursday at 11:59 a.m on August 6th.

• The Exam2 solution has been posted. You can check the answers on the "exams" page.

• The final exam is scheduled for Friday, August 7, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm. The conflict exam will be on the same day from 3:30 pm-5:30 pm. If you have a time conflict with the schedule, please contact Prof. Chen as soon as possible to discuss the conflict arrangements.

• The last two problems in HW7 will be shifted to HW8. The Fourier Transform will not be covered in Exam2.

• The Exam1 solution has been posted. You can check the answers on the "exams" page.

• The last two problems in HW6 have been removed and an updated HW has been posted.

• Welcome to Summer 2020 offering of ECE 210/211! For this semester, the course is online-only and it is optional to attend live lectures.

• We will be using Gradescope for HW and exam submissions.

• IMPORTANT: Exams will be proctored online by CBTF using two-device proctoring. This means you are required to have:

  • A computer for viewing the exam

  • A mobile device/tablet/second computer with camera for live video feed of your desk/workspace

  • Sufficient Internet connection to stream your live video feed

• Unless otherwise noted, all dates/times for this course refer to local time in Champaign, IL.

• The regular and conflict exam schedules are posted under the "exams" link. Please check the exam times and email Prof. Xu by this Friday if you can't make any of those exams.

• There is a typo in the solution of the HW1 problem 5(b), and an updated solution has been posted.

About

ECE 210 is the first mathematically oriented course in the electrical and computer engineering curricula. The course begins by building on the circuit analysis concepts you learned in ECE 110 and then progresses into the more abstract world of Fourier and Laplace transforms. Much of what we will do will rely on your background in calculus. Our goal will be to apply mathematical tools to the analysis and design of signal processing systems, culminating in a thorough understanding of an AM radio receiver and the ability to design simple filters. ECE 210 deals with the processing of continuous-time, or analog signals. The follow-on course, ECE 310, covers the processing of sampled, or digital signals.

ECE 211 is the first half of ECE 210. (Chapters 1 through 6 in the course textbook).

Instructor

Teaching Assistants

Lectures

Attendance of live lectures is optional. Recordings of every lecture will be provided on Compass2G.

Discussion Forum

You can get online help using Course Discussion Forum link on Compass2G.

Prerequisites

ECE 110 and PHYS 212, credit or concurrent registration in MATH 285 or MATH 286

Topics: Calculus, concurrent registration in DiffEQ, physics-based treatment of electricity and magnetism, introductory exposure to circuit analysis

Textbook

E. Kudeki and D.C. Munson, Analog Signals and Systems, Prentice Hall, 2009. Corrections to the textbook (errata) [Amazon]

Useful Tables

Additional Notes

• An instructive applet on convolution

• Output termination

• Historical paper on Thevenin eqv.

• Historical paper on Norton eqv.

• Getting the angle of a complex number analytically, using MATLAB and Python

Grading Policy

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to abide by the University of Illinois Student Code.

Any academic integrity violations will result in a FAIR report. Furthermore, the penalty will be as follows:

• A score of 0 (zero) on the assignment or exam where the academic integrity violation occurred.

• A second offense results in a grade of F for the course.

• Note that the standard of proof for a finding of infraction is “more likely than not”. This means I only need to show with 51% certainty that you committed the offense for the allegations to go on your record.

The following is a partial list of academic integrity violations for this course:

• Copying homework or lab solutions from other students (working together and discussing is acceptable)

• Copying homework or lab solutions from past solutions

• Using websites such as Chegg or Course Hero while completing any course assignments or exams

• Using unauthorized materials during exams

• Violating CBTF proctoring policies

• Communicating with any person during exams

• Discussing the exam with any person within 24 hours of exam completion

• Not an academic integrity violation: Distributing any course material without authorization. This includes uploading homeworks/solutions and exam solutions to web sites, or sharing these documents with people not enrolled in the course.

  • Although not an academic integrity violation, it is a violation of the law and I will refer you to U.S. Attorney's Office for prosecution under The Digital Millennium Copyright Act.