EE341: Discrete-Time Linear Systems

Course Information, Winter 2001

Special Announcements: EE341 Lab 5 Hall of Fame Musical compositions

Course description:
Discrete time signals and systems, impulse response, convolution. Z-transforms, discrete-time Fourier analysis. There are computer lab exercises in MATLAB.

Prerequisites: at least 1.0 in MATH 307 and EE 235
Offered: A,W

Professor: Mari Ostendorf (mo@ee.washington.edu)
Office: New EE Bldg, Rm 215D (inside 215, door by 205)

Teaching Assistants:	John Gibbs	gibbsjc@u.washington.edu
	Ben Thompson	bt314159@u.washington.edu
	Becky Bates	becky@ee.washington.edu
Graders:	Ibrahim Karliga	ikarliga@u.washington.edu
	Lakshmanan Gopishankar	gopi@u.washington.edu

Course Hours:

Lecture:	M,T,W,F 10:30-11:20	EE1 105	Ostendorf
Discussions:
AA:	W 2:30-3:20	MOR 225	Bates
AB:	Th 2:30-3:20	EE1 037	Gibbs
AC:	Th 11:30-12:20	MOR 230	Thompson
AD:	T 2:30-3:20	EE1 025	Thompson
AE:	W 3:30-4:20	EE1 025	Gibbs

Office Hours:

Person	Office	Lab	Electronic
Ostendorf:	Th 9:30-11:20 (EE1 205)		Th 10-11PM
	Th 1:00-2:20 (EE1 205)
Gibbs:	T 3:30-5:20 (EE1 265)	M 1:30-2:20 (EE1 303)	M 10-11PM
		F 9:30-10:20 (EE1 303)
Thompson:	Th 3:30-5:20 (EE1 265)	M 2:30-4:20 (EE1 303)	W 10-11PM
		F 1:30-2:20 (EE1 303)
Bates:	W 1:30-2:20 (EE1 205)		T 10-10:30PM
	W 3:30-4:20 (EE1 205)

Note: EE1 265 is the EE TA Office; EE1 303 is a computer lab. The matlab office hour location may change, depending on which lab is best suited to working with audio files. Electronic office hours are times when people will check EPost and respond to any new queries.

Course materials:
Required Text:
Signals, Systems and Transforms, by C. Phillips and J. Parr, Prentice Hall, 1999 (2nd edition)
(Note: The textbook is on reserve in the Engineering Library.)
Notes: The course notes will be available for purchase at the Suzzalo 5th floor Copy Center, supposedly by the end of the day 11 Jan.

Course syllabus: PS version; PDF version

Course objectives:
This course introduces undergraduate students to discrete-time signals and systems, which is the starting point for work on digital signal processing. Students who complete this course should gain:

• an understanding of basic theory of discrete-time signals and systems, particularly linear time-invariant systems;
• an intuitive understanding of system properties and how to test for these properties;
• the ability to translate between different types of system descriptions, including input-output equations, Z transforms, and Fourier transforms;
• knowledge of the terminology used for describing discrete-time systems problems and their solutions;
• increased familiarity with MATLAB; and
• the ability to design and test simple discrete-time systems.

Grading Policy
Homework: 15%
Labs: 20%
Midterm: 25% (6 Feb 01, in class)
Final: 40% (12 Mar 01, 8:30-10:20)

Other Information

EE341 Handouts

Information on EE Computer Access

Send Prof. Ostendorf anonymous feedback

Contact Information for Prof. Ostendorf

EPost: EE341 Q&A Message Board
(Instructions from UWired for using EPost.)

EE341 Grading, Collaboration and Make-up Policies

EE341 Errata

Interesting links

• Matlab-related
  • UW EE Matlab Workshop - Winter 00
  • Matlab Homepage
  • Student Edition of MATLAB
  • MathWorks Matlab Tutorial
  • Getting Started with MATLAB
  • A UMd MATLAB tutorial
  • A Practical Introduction to Matlab (Updated for Matlab 5) by Mark S. Gockenbach
  • Matlab Primer (postscript format file) by Kermit Sigmon
  • An Intro to Programming textbook that covers includes a matlab intro
• JHU web pages
  • System properties
  • Joy of Convolution page (discrete-time)
  • Discrete-time Fourier Series
  • Discrete-time Fourier Transform properties
• Introduction to Fourier Transforms and the frequency domain