From follett at ece.msstate.edu Mon Oct 3 11:53:25 2011 From: follett at ece.msstate.edu (Randolph F. Follett) Date: Mon Oct 3 11:51:54 2011 Subject: [ece4913] ECE 4913/6913 - Notes are available Message-ID: <4E89E885.90806@ece.msstate.edu> Please let me know of any difficulties that you have in retrieving the posted notes, as discussed earlier. Also note that I have put the next two lab meetings on the calendar for the course, so you should see those dates when you look at the course calendar. I will try to get other information posted in there in the near future. Randy Follett -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randolph F. Follett, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University Box 9571 406 Hardy Rd Office: 662-325-3073 Mississippi State, MS 39762-9571 FAX: 662-325-2298 e-mail: follett@ece.msstate.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From follett at ece.msstate.edu Mon Oct 10 09:06:16 2011 From: follett at ece.msstate.edu (Randolph F. Follett) Date: Mon Oct 10 09:04:14 2011 Subject: [ece4913] ECE 4913/6913 - Homework assignment for Chapter 5 Message-ID: <4E92FBD8.2020303@ece.msstate.edu> Please work the following problems in Chapter 5: 1,2,3,4,7,10,13,18,23,24,25 Randy Follett -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randolph F. Follett, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University Box 9571 406 Hardy Rd Office: 662-325-3073 Mississippi State, MS 39762-9571 FAX: 662-325-2298 e-mail: follett@ece.msstate.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From follett at ece.msstate.edu Thu Oct 20 10:38:56 2011 From: follett at ece.msstate.edu (Randolph F. Follett) Date: Thu Oct 20 10:38:57 2011 Subject: [ece4913] ECE 4913/6913 - Lab 2 comment Message-ID: <4EA04090.4050702@ece.msstate.edu> It has come to my attention that at least some of you are using a 2nd order model for the system in Lab #2. While that is certainly a possibility, the specification of using the 63.2% value for calculating the time constant of the system does implicitly assume that the model will be a first-order model. If indeed your observed results require a higher order model, you would obviously have to calculate the time constant in a different fashion, dictated by the particular order of the system you are using to model the setup in the lab. As a comment along these lines, it is generally useful to use the simplest model that will "adequately" account for the dynamic response of the system. Including higher-order terms that make no real difference in the model does not add anything other than complexity. With that being said, it is up to you to choose the order of your system model, and then include a comparison to the observed response, and justify (or modify) your model. Randy Follett -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randolph F. Follett, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University Box 9571 406 Hardy Rd Office: 662-325-3073 Mississippi State, MS 39762-9571 FAX: 662-325-2298 e-mail: follett@ece.msstate.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From follett at ece.msstate.edu Fri Oct 21 12:25:08 2011 From: follett at ece.msstate.edu (Randolph F. Follett) Date: Fri Oct 21 12:25:05 2011 Subject: [ece4913] ECE 4913/6913 - Homework for Chapter 6 Message-ID: <4EA1AAF4.7070607@ece.msstate.edu> Thanks to someone being curious enough to ask, I realized that I have not given out homework problems yet for Chapter 6. So, here are some problems for you to work on: 6.2, 6.3, 6.7, 6.8, 6.12, 6.14, 6.15, and 6.18 I apologize for not having made this assignment earlier. Randy Follett -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randolph F. Follett, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University Box 9571 406 Hardy Rd Office: 662-325-3073 Mississippi State, MS 39762-9571 FAX: 662-325-2298 e-mail: follett@ece.msstate.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From follett at ece.msstate.edu Mon Oct 31 14:26:35 2011 From: follett at ece.msstate.edu (Randolph F. Follett) Date: Mon Oct 31 14:25:47 2011 Subject: [ece4913] ECE 4913/6913 - Lab Experiments #4 and #5 and other info. Message-ID: <4EAEF66B.4050604@ece.msstate.edu> As a point of information, my intent for the remaining lab schedule for this class is to meet on November 16, and November 30 for the remaining two labs. That would mean that we would not expect to meet on November 18 or December 2, although we might do a final review on Dec. 2. I have your re-work graded for Quiz 1, and will return that to you on Wednesday. I intend to have the reports graded for at least Lab 2 ready for return on Wednesday, too. Remember to bring your work that you have completed so far on Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 homework, so that we can have a good discussion of homework issues on Wednesday. Randy Follett -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randolph F. Follett, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University Box 9571 406 Hardy Rd Office: 662-325-3073 Mississippi State, MS 39762-9571 FAX: 662-325-2298 e-mail: follett@ece.msstate.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------