Lecture 1
Lecture 1
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Course Information
› Course material
– Textbook
– Reference books
– Handouts/slides (will be uploaded on LMS)
– Class notes
› Class attendance
– Class attendance will close in first 10 min of every lecture
› Class discipline
– Academic conduct
– No noise in the class, please!
– During lectures, please raise hand if you have any question!
– Use of mobile phone in class is strictly not allowed!
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How to manage?
› Course workload
– In a 3 credit hour course, students should expect (on average) 6
additional hours of outside work per week.
› Organize yourself
– Avoid distractions!
› Revise
– Revise the last lecture before coming to class
– Keep in mind the next topic too!
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NUST Code of Conduct
– use/sale/facilitation/possession/distribution of drugs, narcotics, intoxicants,
etc., on the campus directly or indirectly
– indulgence in political/ethnic/racial/sectarian activities or taking
membership of any banned organization and participation in such like
organization for furthering the case of a political party/group
– use of unfair means in examinations
– Use/facilitation/possession of hazardous materials (biological /chemical)
and any type of weapons, firearms, explosives, crackers, etc.
– NUST Code of Conduct issued to the students will form part of these
regulations
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Some Useful Notes
› The course will equip you with tools that you will need for future
courses
› The course involves
the modeling of physical signals by mathematical functions
the modeling of physical systems by mathematical equation
› Quizzes and Exams are mostly towards concepts
› The mathematical concepts and tools will be provided ahead of time.
› The course will be loaded with math!
› Keep your handouts and calculators with you!
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Motivation by Applications
› IEEE Comsoc
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Course Learning Outcome
Speech and Audio Voice mail, speaker verification, synthetic speech, audio compression (e.g.,
mp3)
Automotive Engine control, antilock braking systems, active suspension, airbag
control, system diagnosis
Medical Hearing aids, remote monitoring, ultrasound imaging, magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI)
Image Processing 3D animation, image enhancement, image compression (JPEG), video
compression (MPEG), high-definition TV
Control Systems Head positioning in disk drives, laser control (e.g., printers, CD/DVD drives),
engine & motor control, robots
Military & Aerospace Radar & sonar, navigation systems (e.g., GPS), secure communications,
missile guidance, battlefield sensors
In each of these areas you can’t build the electronics until your math
models tell you what you need to build 3/5
Continuous-Time & Discrete-Time
• Modern systems generally…
– get a continuous-time signal from a sensor
– a cont.-time system modifies the signal
– an “analog-to-digital converter” (ADC or A-to-D) sample the signal to create a
discrete-time signal … a “stream of numbers”
– A discrete-time system to do the processing
– convert back to C-T signal with a “Digital-to-Analog Converter” (DAC)
x(t) x[n] x[n] is just a “stream of
A time-varying
voltage (or current) numbers”
t n
Sensor Optional
Analog Digital Elec.
ADC DAC
Electronics (Computer)
Electrical
Electrical
Physical Electrical C-T Electrical Electrical Electrical Electrical
D-T
System
C-T C-T System C-T Signal D-T Signal D-T Signal C-T Signal
Signal Signal
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