ECE 2026

ECE 2026 is a 3 credit class with a lab requirement. It is a requirement for both electrical engineering and computer engineering majors. 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

• 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 2021.

Workload

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

ECE 2026 is a linked course.

Resources

• Course website