ECE 2026 - Introduction to Signal Processing

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ECE 2026 is a 3 credit class with a lab requirement. It is a requirement for both electrical engineering and for computer engineering majors who are taking an electrical engineering thread.[1] The course emphasizes discrete-time signal processing and linear, time-invariant systems. MATLAB is used for all labs in order to create examples of linear, time-invariant systems.

Topic List[edit | edit source]

  • Discrete-Time Signals and Systems
  • Sinusoids and Complex Amplitudes
  • The Spectrum
  • The Sampling Process
  • Shannon's Sampling Theorem
  • Aliasing
  • Digital Filters
  • Finite-Impulse-Response (FIR) Filters
  • Linearity and Time-Invariance: Convolution
  • Frequency Response
  • Infinite-Impulse-Response (IIR) Filters
  • Relationship between Continuous-Time and Discrete-Time Frequency Domains
  • Discrete Fourier Analysis
  • DTFT: Discrete-Time Fourier Transform
  • DFT: Discrete Fourier Transform
  • DFS: Discrete Fourier Series
  • Application: Spectrograms for Time-Frequency Analysis
  • The Z-transform
  • Zeros and Poles
  • Three Domains: Relationship among Time, Frequency, and Z domains

Lab Topics may include:

  • Introduction to MATLAB
  • Complex Exponentials and the Spectrum
  • Music or Speech Synthesis with Sinusoids
  • Image Processing: e.g. Edge Detection, De-blurring
  • Bandpass Filtering: Touch-Tone Decoding
  • Biomedical Applications: e.g. Hearing, Cochlear Implants, EKG

This topic list is from spring 2019.[1]

Workload[edit | edit source]

ECE 2026 is often electrical and computer engineering majors' first exposure to a purely ECE course and a heavy engineering workload. Labs should be taken seriously and done ahead of lab time.

Registration[edit | edit source]

ECE 2026 is a linked course.

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