Topics and Notes Summary (updated 4/30/2009):

Friday, May 1

  Course wrap-up and discussion.

 

Wednesday, Apr. 29

Data compression topics.

 

Monday, Apr. 27

Course project papers due at the start of class

2-D signal processing overview.

Friday, Apr. 24

Adaptive signal processing (cont.), and start 2-D signal processing

Reminder:  course project papers are due on Monday, April 27.

Wednesday, Apr. 22

MIDTERM EXAM #2 in class

 

Monday, Apr. 20

No class (instructor out of town)

 

Friday, Apr. 17

Adaptive signal processing (cont.)

 

Wednesday, Apr. 15

Adaptive signal processing concepts.

Monday, Apr. 13

Short time Fourier transform applications.

 

Friday, Apr. 10

University Day (no MSU classes)

 

Wednesday, Apr. 8

FFT algorithms (cont.)

Monday, Apr. 6

Discrete Cosine Transform; FFT algorithms (start Chapter 8)

Note:  the second midterm exam is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, 2009, during class time.

Friday, Apr. 3

DFT (cont.)

 

Wednesday, Apr. 1

DFT (cont.);  Course Projects assigned:  Due Monday, April 27, 2009.

 

Monday, Mar. 30

Discrete Fourier Transform (Chapter 7)

 

Friday, Mar. 27

More on Matlab design:  separation of second-order sections and pole-zero grouping to minimize peak gain, etc.

 

Wednesday, Mar. 25

MATLAB and filter design examples.

 

Monday, Mar. 23

No class (instructor out of town)

Monday, Mar. 16
Wednesday, Mar. 18
Friday, Mar. 20

Spring Break (no classes)

Friday, Mar. 13

Guest Lecture by Steven Norsworthy on sigma-delta converters

 

Wednesday, Mar. 11

Filter implementation; DSP microprocessor concepts

 

Monday, Mar. 9

Filter specifications (cont.)

 

Friday, Mar. 6

Filter specifications

 

Wednesday, Mar. 4

Roundoff and overflow in digital filters (cont.)

 

Monday, Mar. 2

Return mid term exams (average 37/50)

Filter structures and coefficient quantization; effects of roundoff

Friday, Feb. 27

No class this day (instructor out of town)

 

Wednesday, Feb. 25

Guest lecture on DSP applications (David Hoffman)

 

Monday, Feb. 23

MIDTERM EXAM #1 in class

 

Friday, Feb. 20

Filter structures and filter design (cont.)

 

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Filter structures and filter design (chapter 9 of the textbook)

 

Monday, Feb. 16

NO CLASS THIS DAY (Presidents' Day Holiday)

Friday, Feb. 13

NO CLASS THIS DAY (instructor out of town)

Wednesday, Feb. 11

Effects of oversampling on SQNR models; noise shaping concepts.

 

Monday, Feb. 9

Quantization error and SQNR.

 

Friday, Feb. 6

Finish sampling rate conversion discussion with polyphase filter example.

Begin examination of models for uniform quantizer and quantization noise.

 

Friday, Feb. 6

Finish sampling rate conversion discussion with polyphase filter example.

Begin examination of models for uniform quantizer and quantization noise.

 

Wednesday, Feb. 4

Homework due at the start of class.

Continue discussion of sampling rate conversion.

ASSIGNMENT:  read sections 6.3 - 6.6 from the textbook.

 

Monday, Feb. 2

Discussion of homework problems and interpretation of direct form I and direct form II filter structures.

Friday, Jan. 30

Sampling rate conversion (sections from Chapter 11)

ASSIGNMENT:  Homework problems from the text:  2.50, 2.67, 3.36, 3.51 . DUE at the start of class on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

 

Wednesday, Jan. 28

Z-transforms, partial fractions, and frequency characteristics.  
 

Monday, Jan. 26

Complete review of discrete-time signals and systems (Fourier transforms and frequency domain viewpoint).  Start z-transform review (Chapter 3 of the textbook). 

ASSIGNMENT:  Review chapter 4.

Friday, Jan. 23

Complete review of discrete-time signals and systems (Fourier transforms and frequency domain viewpoint).  Start z-transform review (Chapter 3 of the textbook). 

ASSIGNMENT:  Review chapter 3.

Wednesday, Jan. 21

Chapter 2 of the textbook:  discrete-time systems, system properties, and block diagrams. 

ASSIGNMENT:  Review the rest of chapter 2 and start chapter 3.

Monday, Jan. 19

No class this day (MSU official holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

 

Friday, Jan. 16

Chapter 2 of the textbook:  discrete-time signals, notation, and terminology. 

ASSIGNMENT:  Review sections 1.4 and 2.1-2.3.

Wednesday, Jan. 14

First class meeting, 11AM, Cobleigh 632

ASSIGNMENT:  Review chapter 1, sections 1.1-1.3.