Class News

• Classes will start on Sunday June 7, 2015 (20/8/1436)
• Attendance of all classes is mandatory (see Grading Policy below)
• Extra Tutorial Sessions will be Held on Thursdays 1:00p-2:00p (Rm 108)
• First Major Exam: Tuesday June 30, 2015 (Up to and including Fourier Transform)
• First Major Exam Model Answer    GRADES
• Second Major Exam: Sunday August 2, 2015 (Includes: Sampling + Discrete-Time signals and systems + Matlab programming)
• Homework / Project Grades (Updated After Each Assignment)
• Lab Work Grades (By Eng. Ahmed Basheer)
• Second Major Exam Model Answer    (GRADES)
• Final Exam to be Held on Sunday August 9, 2015 at 1:00p
• Final Exam Model Answer
• Final Course Grades (Including Final Exam)

Administrative Information

• Formal Course Syllabus
• Written Exam Style: Open-Book / Open Notes

Class Primary Textbook

Luis Chapparo, Signals and Systems Using Matlab, 2nd ed., Academic Press, 2015. (ISBN: 978-0-12-394812-0)

(This textbook is legally available in electronic form through KAU Digital Library at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123948120 )

Note: Please check syllabus and handouts for more references

Course Material

1. Course Material Handout
2. Continuous-Time Signals (PDF)
3. Continuous-Time Systems (PDF)
4. The Laplace Transform (PDF)
5. The Fourier Transform  (PDF)
6. Sampling Theory (PDF)
7. Discrete-Time Signals and Systems (PDF)
8. The Z-Transform (PDF)
9. Fourier Analysis of Discrete-Time Signals and Systems (PDF)
10. Introduction to the Design of Discrete Filters (PDF)

Please check this section regularly for updated content (lecture presentations and handouts)

Lecture Handouts

• Lecture #1 Notes (Continuous-Time Signals)
• Matlab Tutorial #1 Notes
• Lecture #2 Notes (Contnuous-Time Systems)
• Matlab Tutorial #2 Notes
• Lecture #4 Notes (Laplace transform)
• Lecture #6 Notes (Fourier transform)
• Lecture #7 Notes (Fourier transform + Sampling)
• Lecture #13 Notes (DFT + Basic Z Transform + Filter Design)
• Filter Design Handout       Sample Filter Code
• Lecture #15 Notes    (Summary of Digital Filter Design)

Matlab Resources

• Textbook Matlab Example Code

• Matlab Primer (Official Mathworks Material)

• Matlab Introduction (University of Dundee)

Problem Assignments

• Problem Set #1         (Solution)
• Problem Set #2         (Solution)
• Problem Set #3         (Solution)
• Problem Set #4         (Solution)
• Problem Set #5         (Solution)
• Problem Set #6         (Solution)
• Extra Practice Problem Set #1  (CT Sig & Sys + Laplace)
• Extra Practice Problem Set #2  (Fourier + Laplace)
• Extra Practice Problem Set #3  (Sampling + Discrete Sig & Sys)
• Extra Practice Problem Set #4  (Z-Transform)
• Extra Practice Problem Set #5  (Digital Filters)

Lab Experiments

• Lab Report Preparation Guide
• Lab #1 Experiment Requirements
• Lab #2 Experiment Requirements
• Lab #3 Experiment Requirements
• Lab #4 Experiment Requirements
• Lab #5 Experiment Requirements
• Hint: Matlab code to read CSV file in Lab #5:  x= csvread('tek0000.csv',0,3)
  Note that first columns will contain time and second column will contain signal samples
  Sample Tektronics output file can be downloaded HERE  (Courtesy of Abdulaziz Alhazmi)

Class Projects (TBA)

• Project #1 Statement

• Project #2 Statement

• Practice Matlab Projects to Prepare for Second Major Exam

• Group Project Statement

• Group Project Resources

Grading Policy