Thanks to:

Y. C. Kuang and Melanie Ooi 2006

J. A. Bennett 2007
J Zhang 2009-2010
E. Viterbo 2011-2014

ECE 2011
Signal Processing

ECE 2011 Signal Processing

Unit Coordinator and Lecturer:
Dr Yi Hong

Office:

Room 224/Bld.72

email: yi.hong@monash.edu

Lecture notes available on Moodle

Head of Tutors and Lab Demonstrators
Mohammad Morshed
email: mohammad.morshed@monash.edu
Tutors and Lab Demonstrators
Dimuthu Jayasingha <dimuthu.jayasingha@monash.edu>,
Lin Yun Huang <huanglinyun18@gmail.com>,
Md Bhuiyan <shakil.bhuiyan@monash.edu>,
Emran Amin <emran.amin@monash.edu>,
Aminul Islam <aminul.islam@monash.edu>,
Anee Azim <rubayet.azim@monash.edu>,
Muhsiul Hassan <muhsiul.hassan@monash.edu>,
Omar Arafat <omar.arafat@monash.edu>,

Prescribed Text
Signal Processing First
McClellan, J., Schafer, R.
and Yoder, M.
Pearson Prentice Hall
2003

References
Recommended Reading
Linear System and Signal, Lathi
Signal and Systems, Oppenheim

Useful References
Digital Signal Processing, Mitra

Course Attributes

6 credit points
12 x 3 lectures
11 x 1 hour tutorials
11 x 2 hours of laboratory works (Compulsory)
Assessment: 3-hour examination:
70%
Lab tasks verification:
10%
Quiz:
10%
Lab test:
10%

Course Attributes
Assessment
Task
1. Lab tasks
verification

Val
ue

45% Pass

10
%

3.Lab test

4. Examination (3
hours)

Due Date

During and at the

end of each lab.
Week 2-12
30%

2.Quiz

Total pass

>13.5/30

10
%

>50%

10
%

During and at the

end of each tutorial.
Week 2-12
Week 12

70%

>31.5/70

Course Attributes
All laboratory classes are compulsory even for repeating students. To
achieve a pass in the unit students must achieve a mark of 45% in each
of the assessment components and an overall mark of 50%.
Assessment Task 1:

Lab tasks verification (Week 2- Week 11)

Details of task:
During each lab, upon completion of each task, students are required to
demonstrate their experiment results to the demonstrators before proceed
to the next lab task. At the end of each lab, students are required to ask
the lab demonstrators to verify their entire experiment results and sign off
Verification Form. Students must keep an individual lab logbook recording
the details of lab experiment.
Criteria for Assessment task 1:
As stated in the instruction of each lab/tutorial
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Course Attributes
Assessment Task 2:

Quiz (Week 1 Week 11)

Details of task: A weekly quiz will be based on MCQ type questions and
numerical problems.

Criteria for Assessment task 2:

Number of correct answers

Course Attributes
Assessment Task 3: Lab test (Week 12)

Details of task:
Computer based written test that covers all the labs over the semester.
Students are required to complete independently and individually a set of
tasks selected from the labs they performed over the semester. Students
are allowed to use their lab logbook in the test.
Criteria for Assessment task 3:

Use of correct concepts

MATLAB programming
Correct and accurate computation results

Week1
No Lab this week.
Tutorials are on this week (Revision on
complex number, Phasors, etc)
Quiz 1 is on.
MULO recoding lecture
http://www.mulo.monash.edu.au/ece2011

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Online Moodle Quizzes

All questions carry equal marks.

Three attempts will be allowed for each quiz every week.
The best result out of three will be marked.
Quizzes are open for attempt from Tuesday afternoon till
Monday 9am
Correct answers will appear after a quiz is closed Monday 9am
Mainly two types of questions.
Multiple choice questions: Choose the correct answer from a set of answers
Calculated answer questions: Calculate a numerical answer (Do not enter the
units with a numerical answer; i.e. if answer is 1000 Hz enter only 1000)

Answers to questions need to be submitted

Open attempts that are not submitted are automatically submitted when
the quiz period lapses.

The best 7 quizzes scores out of 10 will form the final 10% mark
First week is just to warm up, last week is for lab test

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To Ensure Good Results

Attend all lectures then try quizzes
Revise the lecture notes and read the
references within 2 days
Attend all tutorials and participate
Practice

Very
important !

Practice

Practice
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To Ensure Good Results

Read up before attending lecture
Attempt the tutorial questions and other
questions from books
Miss a lecture ?
At least 2 hours studying the textbook and
resolve any queries with lecturer ASAP

Seek help early if there is any problem

Last minute rush is a perfect recipe for
disaster
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Tutorials
Group studies is recommended
Form groups of 3 ~ 6
Helping your friends will help to deepen your own
understanding of the subject

Discuss your solution with your friends before

coming to tutorial and laboratory session
Make sure you can do the tutorial questions using
pen and paper

You are responsible for your own studies

in the university !
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Consultation
Tutorial session

Activities during tutorial session:

1.
2.
3.
4.

Attempt tutorial questions

Feedback on coursework / test
Discussion of new concepts in the lecture
Discussion of upcoming laboratory
exercises

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Problem with Tutorial Problems

First stop: Textbook / Supporting CD
Study the examples
Read the textbook again

Second stop: Friends

Discussion helps (a lot)

Third stop: Yourself

Reflect deeply on the topic

Desperate: Helpdesk
Dont give up easily

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Laboratory/Tutorials

Two-hour sessions per week Labs (check Allocate)

One our session tutorial per week (check Allocate)
Group of 2 or individual
Within 12 weeks
10 laboratory exercises
Most laboratory exercises come with some preliminary
works
Some come with extra exercises and quizzes

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Preliminary Works
Must be completed prior to the start of
the main exercises
Submit at beginning of every laboratory
session
Let lab demonstrator sign off lab tasks
on lab verification pages upon
completion of the tasks
Sign attendance at the same time

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Laboratory Exercises
Exercises after preliminary work are aimed
at assisting the understanding of difficult
concepts
Normally time consuming
Ideally should be done before attending the
laboratory sessions
They are mostly interactive using MATLAB

You might be quizzed to test your

understanding
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Lab Schedule
Check your time in Allocate+, there might
be changes before Week 2.
I cannot change your allocation, if you
have a timetable collision you need to
contact the Faculty Office building 72.

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Unit Objectives
Understanding of continuous and discrete
time signals
Mathematical modeling & analysis of signals for
signal and information processing
Relevant to all fields of engineering, science and
beyond

Frequency domain representation and

analysis
Most powerful analytical tool to deal with signals
and linear systems

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Objectives
Properties of linear time invariant
systems
Simple model of real systems
Very useful first approximation

Fourier Transforms
Time frequency transformation
Most widely used in applied science and
engineering

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Objectives
To develop the ability to:
Relate time domain and frequency domain
analyses and interpret the results properly
Aware of the presence of sampling errors,
aliasing, windowing and other artifacts
introduced into the data due to signal
processing techniques
Recognize the implications of signal
processing technique and existence of manmade artifacts in the signal

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Relevance & Applications

Measurement instrumentation, control feedback
Oscilloscope, position measurement GPS, etc

Communication
Mobile phone, radar, television, etc.

Medical imaging
MRI, CT, Ultrasound, etc.

Almost all scientific/engineering works

Hardly any modern example does not need signal
processing technique

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Simple Linear Filtering

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Major Topics
1. Continuous & discrete signals

Sinusoid and phasors

General signals
Sampling theory
Spectrum

2. Transforms

Fourier transform
Z transform

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Major Topics
3. Filters and linear systems

Convolution
FIR filters/systems
IIR filters/systems

4. Applications

Denoising
Spectrum analysis
Signal conditioning

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Prerequisites
Integration
Trigonometry and exponential functions

Complex number
Eulers relation

MATLAB programming
Extensively used in the laboratory exercises
Solving more realistic examples

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Integration
Complex number
MATLAB programming

No excuses please

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