Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Stephen Hanly
Contact via stephen.hanly@mq.edu.au
E6B 104
Head tutor
Boyd Murray
Contact via boyd.murray@mq.edu.au
Lecturer
Greg Hellbourg
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp including (MATH136(P) or MATH133)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The aim of this unit is to give students a comprehensive introduction to the theory of signal processing and analysis that is used in many areas of electronic and telecommunications engineering including: circuit analysis; amplifiers and electronic systems; analogue and digital communications; audio and image processing; and control systems. The unit covers time and frequency analysis for both continuous-time and discrete-time signals. Topics covered in the unit include: linear time-invariant systems; convolution; Fourier series; Fourier transforms; Discrete Fourier transforms; and Z transforms.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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End-of-semester examination | 50% | Final exam period |
Practical work | 20% | Throughout semester |
Assignment 1 | 3% | 10/08/15 |
Assignment 2 | 3% | 24/8/15 |
Assignment 3 | 3% | 7/9/15 |
Assignment 4 | 3% | 28/9/15 |
Assignment 5 | 4% | 12/10/15 |
Assignment 6 | 4% | 16/10/15 |
Midsemester Test | 10% | 11/9/15 |
Due: Final exam period
Weighting: 50%
Exam will test learning outcomes 3,4,5, and 6.
Due: Throughout semester
Weighting: 20%
Weekly practical sessions that consist of Matlab exercises and/or tutorial style problems. Each week there will be two test questions set that will test particular learning outcomes. All 7 learning outcomes will be tested over the 12 practical sessions. Each test question will be marked, and there will be a mark for the quality of the work done during the entire prac.
Due: 10/08/15
Weighting: 3%
Assignment to test learning outcomes 2 and 7
Due: 24/8/15
Weighting: 3%
Assignment to test learning outcome 3
Due: 7/9/15
Weighting: 3%
Assignment to test learning outcome 4
Due: 28/9/15
Weighting: 3%
Assignment to test learning outcome 5
Due: 12/10/15
Weighting: 4%
Assignment to test learning outcome 6
Due: 16/10/15
Weighting: 4%
Assignment to test learning outcome 5
Due: 11/9/15
Weighting: 10%
Test in Friday lecture slot testing learning outcomes 3 and 4. There will be 5 minutes reading time, and then 40 minutes to work on test in class.
The textbook used is “Signals, Systems and Transforms” 4th ed, by Phillips, Parr and Riskin. Pearson publishers. 2008.
Matlab & Simulink Student Version Software by the MathWorks is highly recommended.
There are many other books in signal processing in the library. Books which cover similar material to ELEC240 include:
“Signals and systems”, M. J. Roberts, McGraw-Hill.2004.
“An Introduction to Signals and Systems”, J. A. Stuller, Thomson publishers, 2008.
“Linear Systems and Signals”, 2nd ed, B. P. Lathi, Oxford University Press, 2005.
“Digital Signal Processing. Principles, Algorithms and Applications”, 4th ed, J. G. Proakis and D. G. Manolakis, Pearson publishers, 2007.
“Signals and systems”, S. Haykin and B. Van Veen, John Wiley &b Sons. 1999.
More advanced books include:
“Discrete-time signal processing”, A. V. Oppenheim and R. W. Schafer with J. R. Buck, Prentice-Hall, 1999.
“Signals & Systems”, A. V. Oppenheim and A. S. Willsky with S. H. Nawab, Prentice-Hall, 1997.
Unit lecture notes, resources, assignments and other information about the unit can be accessed through iLearn.
Library and internet search engines, word processing software. The primary software tool used in practicals is Matlab.
Laboratory Sessions
Attendance at laboratory sessions is compulsory. Any student who is absent from more than two sessions may not be permitted to sit the examinations.
Experimental work and reports are to be written during the laboratory sessions with reports submitted at the end of sessions for marking. It is prohibited to use the computers in the laboratory for any purpose other than as directed.
No student will be permitted to enter the laboratory without proper footwear. THONGS OR SANDALS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. NO FOOD OR DRINK may be taken into the laboratory.
Week | Topics |
1 | Continuous time signals |
2 | Special signals, systems |
3 | Differential equations |
4 | Laplace transforms, Impulse response, convolution |
5 | LTI systems, Fourier series |
6 | Fourier transforms |
7 | Sampling |
8 | Discrete time signals |
9 | Discrete time LTI systems |
10 | Discrete time Fourier transforms (DTFT) and Discrete Fourier transform (DFT) |
11 | z-transforms |
12 | Digital filters |
13 | Digital filter design |
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