DORDT COLLEGE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
EGR 363 — INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Fall 2020

SCREENSHOTS

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Click the "VIDEO" link to stream the video for that day.
U = Tuesday, R = Thursday


DATE TOPICS
U
R
8/25
8/27
 VIDEO Intro., schlrshp, Web pages, What is info, Signals, Systems, Matlab
 VIDEO Matlab code, discrete sigs & periodicity, common signals, even-odd
U
R
9/01
9/03
 VIDEO Hermitian symmetry, power and energy signals, systems, LTI
 VIDEO Causal, sifting prpty, convolution: as superposition, as mirror-slide
U
R
9/08
9/10
 VIDEO Prob 2.24.5, convolution examples, review complex numbers
 VIDEO Hz Fellsp, complex review, Transform→change view, Fourier Series.
U
R
9/15
9/17
 VIDEO Spectrogram demos, Fourier Series of a pulse
 VIDEO Example: F.S. of cos, Trig and Compact F.S., conversions
U
R
9/22
9/24
 VIDEO (Video only: review convolution) Properties of the F.S.
 Test #1
U
R
9/29
10/01
 VIDEO F.S. properties: half-wave sym, Parseval's, Intro Fourier Transform
 VIDEO F.T. of a pulse, F.T. of common functions, F.T. properties, Correlation
U
R
10/06
10/08
 VIDEO Parseval's and Rayleigh's Th'ms, * in t, X in f, Ch 3 AM, Autotune
 VIDEO Pwr to create DSB-SC, optimal demod of DSB-SC, carrier recovery
U
R
10/13
10/15
 VIDEO DSB-LC defined, Envelope Detect, Power of DSB-LC, Modulation HW
 VIDEO Ring modulator, QAM defined, Applications of QAM, analog video
U
R
10/20
10/22
 VIDEO Application of QAM: Analog color video. Color theory.
 VIDEO Applications of QAM: AM Stereo, Wi-Fi, Other AM systems, Intro FDM
U
R
10/27
10/29
 VIDEO FDM, Tuning: TRF, Regenerative, Superheterodyne
 VIDEO Superhet details: image freq., spurious freqs., double conversion
U
R
11/03
11/05
 VIDEO Prob. 3.24, FDM & wiring, switching, business challenges and joys
 Test #2
U
R
11/10
11/12
            SSB: via filtering, via QAM and Hilbert, Analytic signals, demos
 VIDEO Hilbert trans. & hearing loops, VSB, Ch 4 Intro to FM and PM
U
R
11/17
11/19
 VIDEO FM PM Basics, Narrow and Wideband, Spectra & Bessel Functions
 VIDEO Props. of Bessel, FM spect, FM hist, Carson's rule, FM mod/demod
U
R
11/24
11/26
 VIDEO 2 def'ns of freq., FM demodulators, Intro to noise, FM capture ratio
 No class—Thanksgiving Day
U
R
12/01
12/03
 VIDEO FM Threshold, Composite FM (stereo etc.), Color theory, Ch 5 intro
 VIDEO FM capture demo, def'ns of probability, conditional prob., Bayes Thm
U
R
12/08
12/10
  Final Exam, 12:30 PM ‐ 2:00 PM
  No class—exam week