EECS16B, Designing Information Devices and Systems II
Fall 2023
Scheduling Updates
Lecture Recordings: Click here to access the class recording folder.
Schedule
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Week | Date | Lecture Topic | Section | Lab | Homework |
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1
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08/22 Tu | No Lecture |
Syllabus Week
Syllabus Lab Note 0 |
Homework 00 (Due 08/29 Tu) Prob PDF Sol PDF |
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08/24 Th |
Capacitors, RC Circuits, 1st Order Differential Equations
Slides Annotated Slides Recording (Note 01) |
Section 00B (Wed)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
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2
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08/29 Tu |
Capacitors, RC Circuits, 1st Order Differential Equations
Slides Annotated Slides (Note 02) (Note j) |
Section 01A (Mon)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
Lab 1: Introduction to S1XT33N
Pre-Lab 1 Lab Note 1 Lab 1 Slides Lab 1 Zip Lab 1 Datahub Link |
Homework 01 (Due 09/02 Sa) Prob PDF Sol PDF |
08/31 Th |
Inductors, RL Circuits, etc.
Slides Annotated Slides Recording (Note 03) |
Section 01B (Wed)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
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3
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09/05 Tu |
Transistors and Transistor RC Model
Slides Annotated Slides (lec 04 part A) Recording (Note 04) |
Lab 2: Analog & Digital Interfaces
Pre-Lab 2 Lab Note 2 Lab 2 Slides Lab 2 Zip Lab 2 Datahub Link |
Homework 02 (Due 09/09 Sa) Prob PDF Sol PDF |
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09/07 Th |
RLC Circuits, 2nd Order Differential Equations
Slides Annotated Slides (lec 04 part B) Annotated Slides (lec 05 part A) Recording (Note 05) |
Section 02B (Wed)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
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4
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09/12 Tu |
Impedances, Frequency Domain Theory, Complex Exponentials
Slides Annotated Slides (lec 05 part B) Annotated Slides (lec 06 part A) Recording |
Section 03A (Mon)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
Lab 3: Motion & Speed Sensing
Pre-Lab 3 Lab Note 3 Lab 3 Slides Lab 3 Zip Lab 3 Datahub Link |
Homework 03 (Due 09/16 Sa) Prob PDF Sol PDF |
09/14 Th |
Transfer Functions
Slides Annotated Slides (lec 06 part B) Annotated Slides (lec 07 part A) Recording (Note 06) |
Section 03B (Wed)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
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5
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09/19 Tu |
Bode Plots, Poles and Zeros
Annotated Slides (lec 07 part B) Recording (Note 07) |
Section 04A (Mon)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
Lab 4: Voice Sensing Part 1
Pre-Lab 4 Lab Note 4 Lab 4 Slides Optional Reading Lab 4 Zip Lab 4 Datahub Link |
Homework 04 (Due 09/23 Sa) Prob PDF Sol PDF |
09/21 Th |
Bode Plots, Poles and Zeros
Slides Annotated Slides (lec 07 part C) Annotated Slides (lec 08 part A) Recording |
Section 04B (Wed)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
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6
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09/26 Tu |
Buffer
Annotated Slides (lec 08 part B) Recording |
Section 05A (Mon)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
Lab 5: Voice Sensing Part 2
Pre-Lab 5 Lab Note 5 Lab 5 Slides Lab 5 Zip Lab 5 Datahub Link |
Homework 05 (Due 09/30 Sa) Prob PDF Sol PDF |
09/28 Th |
Change of Basis + Vector Differential Equations
Slides Annotated Slides Recording (Note 8) |
Section 05B (Wed)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
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7
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10/03 Tu |
Vector Differential Equations
Slides Annotated Slides Recording |
Section 06A (Mon)
Prob PDF Sol PDF |
Midterm Lab Report Week (Buffer)
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Homework 06 (Due 10/07 Sa) Prob PDF |
10/05 Th | Robotics: Basic concepts in discrete time |
Section 06B (Wed)
Prob PDF |
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8
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10/10 Tu | Discretization |
Section 07A (Mon)
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Buffer Lab (pre-midterm)
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Homework 07 (Due 10/14 Sa) |
10/12 Th | System ID |
Section 07B (Wed)
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9
MT, Oct. 16, 7-9 PM PST |
10/17 Tu | Robotics: Stability & Feedback Stabilization |
Section 08A (Mon)
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Lab 6: System ID
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Homework 08 (Due 10/21 Sa) |
10/19 Th | Robotics: Controllability |
Section 08B (Wed)
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10
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10/24 Tu | Gram-Schmidt |
Section 09A (Mon)
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Lab 7: Controls 1
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Homework 09 (Due 10/28 Sa) |
10/26 Th | Upper Triangularization |
Section 09B (Wed)
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11
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10/31 Tu | Spectral Theorem |
Section 10A (Mon)
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Lab 7: Controls 2
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Homework 10 (Due 11/04 Sa) |
11/02 Th | SVD Introduction |
Section 10B (Wed)
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12
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11/07 Tu | SVD + Min. Energy Control |
Section 11A (Mon)
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Lab 8: Classification 1
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Homework 11 (Due 11/11 Sa) |
11/09 Th | PCA Concepts |
Section 11B (Wed)
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13
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11/14 Tu | PCA Applications |
Section 12A (Mon)
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Lab 8: Classification 2
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Homework 12 (Due 11/18 Sa) |
11/16 Th | Linearization |
Section 12B (Wed)
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14
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11/21 Tu | Linearization |
Section 13A (Mon)
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Thanksgiving, no lab
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Homework 13 (Due 12/24 Su) |
11/23 Th | Thanksgiving, no lecture | ||||
15
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11/28 Tu | Special Topics/Buffer |
Section 14A (Mon)
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Lab 9: Integration
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Homework 14 (Due 12/02 Sa) |
11/30 Th | Special Topics/Buffer |
Section 14B (Wed)
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16
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12/05 Tu | RRR: No Lecture |
Dead Week: TI Design Contest
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12/07 Th | RRR: No Lecture |
Notes
Reading to accompany lectures. This table will be updated as time passes. Grey notes are from previous semesters, and their content has not yet been covered in lecture. Blue notes have been covered in lecture. Notes with an [updated] tag to their left have been changed since a prior semester's iteration. Be aware that the un-updated notes are subject to change, and the material itself is subject to restructuring.- Note 0A - Overview
- Note 0B - Succeeding in 16B
- Note 1 - Capacitors, RC Circuits, and Differential Equations
- Note j - Complex Numbers
- Note 2 - Transient Analysis and Inputs
- Note 3 - Inductors and RLC Circuits
- Note 4 - Transistors
- Note 5 - Second-Order Differential Equations with RLC Circuits
- Note 6 - Phasors & Transfer Functions
- Note 7 - Bode Plots
- Note 8 - Vector Differential Equations
- Note 9 - Introduction to Controls
- Note 10 - Controllability
- Note 11 - Orthonormalization
- [Optional] Note 12A - Outlier Detection
- [Optional] Note 12B - Speeding up OMP
- Note 13 - Upper Triangulation, Schur Decomposition
- Note 14 - Minimum-Energy Control and Singular Value Decomposition
- Note 15 - Low-Rank Approximation and Principal Component Analysis
- Note 16 - Linearization
Calendars
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Discussion Schedule
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Note: Monday and Wednesday discussion sections cover different material, and you should attend Discussion A and Discussion B each week. You can attend any of the discussions in the table above. Scroll horizontally to view the tables, and see below for information on how to read the tables.
Note that more details about sections can be found in the google calendar above.
We offer different styles of discussion sections.
- Female/non-binary targeted section (purple-pink)
- LOST (dark blue) [2 hour sections]
- CS Scholars (green)
- Standard (yellow)
Resources
ED: ask questions here.Homework Practice: These Practice Sets typically contain questions which are intended to be approachable after watching lecture and attending discussion. They are not necessary at the difficulty-level of exam questions, but are a good way to check fundamentals and review concepts.
16A: Reviewing for 16B
Extra Reference Material
- [Circuits] Course Reader
- [Controls] Murat Arcak's EECS16B reader
- Differential Equations for Engineers
Lab
Video Notes
- Scalar Diff Eq
- Change of Basis
- Diagonalization
- Systems of Diff Eqs
- Phasors
- Filters
- Controllability
- Linearization
- PCA Part 1
- PCA Part 2
- Feedback Control
Controls
Selected Summer 2020 Worksheets and Solutions
Fall 2019
EECS Student Climate & Incident Reporting Form
- Link to the Form
- EECS Department Message: It is very important to the EECS Department that every student in the EECS community feels safe, respected and welcome. We recognize though that incidents happen, sometimes unintentionally, that run counter to that goal. There are many things we can do to try to improve department climate, but we need to understand where the challenges lie. If you experience a remark, or disrespectful treatment, or if you feel you are being ignored, excluded or marginalized in a course or department-related activity, please speak up. If you witness such treatment toward someone else, please also say something. If you notice course content (such as lectures, discussions, assignments, exams) that marginalize or alienate you, please point them out. This is particularly important if the offending actions/content are based on gender, race, age, disability, or other protected category but it’s not always possible to tell and so we encourage you to share with us in any case. The more we hear, the more we can do to improve the climate in our courses and department-supported activities. We also welcome suggestions on things we could do to improve department climate.
Past Exams
Past exams vary in scope from semester to semester, and may include topics that are not in scope for the current semester or module. Unavailable exams are indicated by N/A. In-scope topics for the current semester will be posted on Piazza about a week before the corresponding exam.Exams with a gray background are from a time when circuits were taught differently. Exams with an orange background are multiple-choice format exams from pandemic semesters.
Semester | Midterm 1 | Midterm 2 | Final | Other |
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sp23 | pdf, sol | N/A | N/A | |
fa22 | pdf, sol | N/A | pdf, sol | |
su22 | pdf, sol | N/A | pdf, sol | |
sp22 | pdf, sol | N/A | pdf, sol | |
fa21 | pdf, sol | N/A | pdf, sol | |
sp21 | pdf, sol | N/A | pdf, sol | |
fa20 | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | pdf, sol |
su20 | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | |
sp20 | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | |
fa19 | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | |
sp19 | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | |
fa18 | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | N/A | |
sp18 | pdf, sol | N/A | pdf, sol | |
fa17 | pdf, sol | sol | N/A | |
sp17 | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | N/A | |
fa16 | pdf, sol | N/A | pdf, sol | |
sp16 | pdf, sol | pdf, sol | pdf, sol |
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