EECS16B, Designing Information Devices and Systems II
Spring 2023
Scheduling Updates
If there are any special events to note, or deviations from the schedule as listed below, they'll be noted here!
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Schedule
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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 - Transistors, Differential Equations
- Note j - Complex Numbers
- Note 2 - Transient Analysis, Inputs
- Note 3 - Inductors and RLC Circuits
- Note 4 - Vector Differential Equations
- Note 4b - State-Space Representation of Circuits
- Note 5 - Phasors, AC Circuits, and Transfer Functions
- Note 6 - Bode Plots
- Note 7 - Introduction to Controls
- Note 8 - Discretization, Disturbances, System ID, Verification
- Note 9 - Stability and Feedback Control
- 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
Please note the important information below the table, which describes various section details.
Monday Discussion Schedule | ||||
Time | Monday | |||
11am-12pm |
Nima [141 Giannini] |
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12pm-1pm |
Chancharik [204 Wheeler] |
Sebastian [219 Dwinelle] |
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1pm-2pm |
Chancharik [204 Wheeler] |
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2pm-3pm |
Isabella [222 Wheeler] |
Anish [521 Cory] |
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3pm-4pm |
Isabella [20 Wheeler] |
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4pm-5pm |
Oliver [20 Wheeler] | |||
5pm-6pm |
Wednesday Discussion Schedule | ||||
Time | Wednesday | |||
11am-12pm |
Anish [141 Giannini] |
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12pm-1pm |
Nikhil [204 Wheeler ] |
Sebastian [219 Dwinelle] |
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1pm-2pm |
Nikhil [204 Wheeler] |
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2pm-3pm |
Isabella [222 Wheeler] |
Nima [2066 VLSB] |
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3pm-4pm |
Isabella [20 Wheeler] |
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4pm-5pm |
Oliver [20 Wheeler] | |||
5pm-6pm |
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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