School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Signals and Systems
  • Unit Code

    ENS3553
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    5
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ganesh ARULAMPALAM

Description

This unit introduces the basic concepts of signal and system analysis including continuous-time signals and systems, convolution, the Laplace transform, frequency analysis with the Fourier series and Fourier transform and an introduction to discrete-time signals and systems. Students will be exposed to applications drawn broadly from electronics, communications, control, mechanical engineering, etc.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from ENS1253 AND 1 unit from MAT2437, ENS5170

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS3341

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Model and represent signals mathematically for systems analysis.
  2. Apply time-domain concepts and methods of analysis including impulse response and the convolution integral.
  3. Apply frequency-domain concepts and methods of analysis including the Laplace and Fourier transforms.
  4. Apply signals and systems analysis approaches in discrete-time contexts including application of the Discrete Fourier Transform and Z-Transform.

Unit Content

  1. Representation and mathematical modelling of signals.
  2. Continuous-time systems (linearity, time invariance, causality, stability).
  3. The Laplace transform and the s-domain.
  4. Fourier series analysis of periodic signals.
  5. The Fourier transform.
  6. Introduction to discrete-time signals and systems.
  7. Applications to real-world engineering systems.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 26 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory work.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem sets20%
AssignmentApplication to design problem20%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports20%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Signals and Systems
  • Unit Code

    ENS3553
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    5
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ganesh ARULAMPALAM

Description

This unit introduces the basic concepts of signal and system analysis including continuous-time signals and systems, convolution, the Laplace transform, frequency analysis with the Fourier series and Fourier transform and an introduction to discrete-time signals and systems. Students will be exposed to applications drawn broadly from electronics, communications, control, mechanical engineering, etc.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from ENS1253 AND 1 unit from MAT2437, ENS5170

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS3341

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Model and represent signals mathematically for systems analysis.
  2. Apply time-domain concepts and methods of analysis including impulse response and the convolution integral.
  3. Apply frequency-domain concepts and methods of analysis including the Laplace and Fourier transforms.
  4. Apply signals and systems analysis approaches in discrete-time contexts including application of the Discrete Fourier Transform and Z-Transform.

Unit Content

  1. Representation and mathematical modelling of signals.
  2. Continuous-time systems (linearity, time invariance, causality, stability).
  3. The Laplace transform and the s-domain.
  4. Fourier series analysis of periodic signals.
  5. The Fourier transform.
  6. Introduction to discrete-time signals and systems.
  7. Applications to real-world engineering systems.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 26 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory work.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem sets20%
AssignmentApplication to design problem20%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem sets20%
ExerciseVirtual laboratory activities20%
AssignmentSummative assessment of unit content 40%
AssignmentApplication to design problem20%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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