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= ELE 301:  Signals and Systems
# The actual name is "Circuits and Signal Processing"
[http://www.princeton.edu/~cuff/ Prof. Paul Cuff], [http://www.princeton.edu/ee/ Princeton University], Fall Semester 2011-12.


== Course Description

This course focuses on analyzing signals (sound, voltage, communication transmissions, pressure, images, etc.) and the systems that act on them (circuits, physical echos, mechanical dynamics, modulation, etc.).  We concentrate on the Fourier transform and linear-time invariant systems, providing a depth of tools for sampling, manipulating, preserving, and interpreting information signals.  The course also has a weekly lab component which includes building a "Shazam" music identification system and controlling an inverted pendulum.

Topics:
- linear time-invariant systems
- Fourier, Laplace, and Z-transforms
- system stability and design
- signal analysis
- sampling and modulation
- (possibly) wavelet transforms and principle component analysis

Labs include "Shazam" and inverted pendulum


== Teaching Staff

=== Instructor

[http://www.princeton.edu/~cuff/ Prof. Paul Cuff] \n
Office location:  B-316 E-quad \n
Office hours:  T\/Th 3-4pm (/after the lectures/).


=== Teaching Assistants

David Eis
- Office Hours:  F-115, Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm

Curt Schieler
- Office Hours:  F-115, Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30pm

Eva Song
- Office Hours:  F-115, Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30pm


=== Contact

Please use Piazza for communication with the teaching staff.  See the explanation below on this page.



== Time and Location

=== Lectures
J-201 (in the J-wing of the E-quad) \n
T/Th 1:30-2:50pm


=== Labs
Monday or Tuesday:  7:30pm-10:20pm \n



== Required Text

[http://www.amazon.com/Signals-Systems-2nd-Alan-Oppenheim/dp/0138147574 Signals and Systems, second edition.]  Oppenheim and Willsky with Nawab.
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== Matlab

[http://www.princeton.edu/software/licenses/software/matlab/ Matlab] will be used in each of the [labs.html labs] for this course.  Please consider attending the [http://commons.princeton.edu/kellercenter/2011/09/matlab-programming-short-course-1.html Matlab short course] on Sept. 19-20.



== Piazza

Please use [http://piazza.com/ Piazza (www.piazza.com)] for all electronic communications with the teaching staff rather than email.  This approach should help you obtain answers speedily.  Piazza is a question-and-answer platform specifically designed to get you answers fast. They support LaTeX, code formatting, embedding of images, and attaching of files. The quicker you begin asking questions on Piazza (rather than via individual emails to a classmate or one of us), the quicker you'll benefit from the collective knowledge of your classmates and instructors. We encourage you to ask questions when you're struggling to understand a concept -- you can even do so anonymously.

*Announcement will be sent to the class using Piazza.*  All enrolled students should create an account in [http://piazza.com/ Piazza (www.piazza.com)] by [http://piazza.com/ visiting their website].  Click "enroll now" and select "Princeton University," then search for "ELE 301."


== Blackboard

[http://blackboard.princeton.edu Blackboard] will only be used for communicating grades on assignments and exams and for distributing solutions (not intended for the eyes of future students).