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Peer Legacy for ECE202

All students who have previously taken ECE202 are welcome to use this page to leave comments/give advice to the students currently taking the class.

I've always thought that 202 renders what you learned in 201 almost completely useless, because 202 is basically an easier way to analyze 201 problems. HOWEVER, the thing about 202 is this: what you learn in 202, you will be using for the rest of your college career and even into the workforce. Understand convolution (applies to ECE301, ECE438, ECE440), bode plots (ECE382), and Laplace transforms (these roll into Fourier Transforms). The second year courses are the ones that count the MOST in your ECE career because they give you the foundations. 202 is no exception. --Kimberly

Be sure to get the full story on the dirac function, convolution, bode plot approximations, and linearity. Don't rely on memorization. -Mike

Don't accept all of the equations at face value. Make sure you understand where the equation comes from and make it intuitive, so that you have a good understanding of what the equation means in practical terms. Convolution is important and you'll use it a lot in ECE301 and ECE438. Get an intuitive understanding of what it means to convolve a signal with an impulse - "flip and shift". Go to the T.A. or professor if you are confused about an equation or theoretical concept! - Ryan

Be sure to fully understand exactly what convolution means in terms of an equation, not just what to do if you are given a graph (even though that is usually the easier, faster method) as you will rely on it later in your ECE life. Learn the stuff now so you don't have to later. This will save you a lot of grief... ~Peter

Be sure to understand every single concepts in this class if you're planning to take more advance ECE classes and it will save you a lot of time later. You'll see convolution, bode, linearity, etc quite often and be sure to fully understand them as they will be fundamental for ECE301, 311, 438, or even ECE 382. These are all basic and very important concepts in ECE. Go to the TA often if you find any trouble in solving the homework problems. -Hardi

202 is a very important class where study of ECE starts to get serious. If you screw up this class, you'll have a very very hard time in the following years because basically every class after this uses the materials taught in 202. Try to understand what they teach you in this class instead of memorizing before exams. I'm glad that I had Professor Decarlo because he made quizzes and hard homeworks which sort of forced you to go to the lectures and study. -lyang

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+* I've always thought that 202 renders what you learned in 201 almost completely useless, because 202 is basically an easier way to analyze 201 problems. HOWEVER, the thing about 202 is this: what you learn in 202, you will be using for the rest of your college career and even into the workforce. Understand convolution (applies to ECE301, ECE438, ECE440), bode plots (ECE382), and Laplace transforms (these roll into Fourier Transforms). The second year courses are the ones that count the MOST in your ECE career because they give you the foundations. 202 is no exception. --[[user: ksoong|Kimberly]]
 *Be sure to get the full story on the dirac function, convolution, bode plot approximations, and linearity. Don't rely on memorization. -Mike