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0 INTRODUCTION
Signal in electronics is "A detectable physical quantity or impulse (as a voltage,
current, or magnetic field strength) by which messages or information can be transmitted."
Signal is a function representing some variable electric current or electromagnetic field used
to convey data from one place to another. The simplest form of signal is a direct current (DC)
that is switched on and off; this is the principle by which the early telegraph worked. More
complex signals consist of an alternating-current (AC) or electromagnetic carrier that contains
one or more data streams. Its contains some information about the behavior of a natural or
artificial system. Signals are one part of the whole. Signal also the energy (a traveling wave)
that carries some information. For example, an electrical circuit signal may represent a time-
varying voltage measured across a resistor. Signals are meaningless without systems to
interpret them, and systems are useless without signals to process.System is any physical set
of components that takes a signal, and produces a signal. In terms of engineering, the input is
generally some electrical signal X, and the output is another electrical signal(response) Y.
However, this may not always be the case. Consider a household thermostat, which takes
input in the form of a knob or a switch, and in turn outputs electrical control signals for the
furnace.
As for EET207 - SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS assignment, Digital TV Decoder or set-
top box (STB) was choosen.Its is an information appliance device that generally contains a
TV-tuner input and displays output to a television set and an external source of signal, turning
the source signal into content in a form that can then be displayed on the television screen or
other display device. They are used in cable television, satellite television, and over-the-air
television systems, as well as other uses.

2.0 OBJECTIVE
1. To identify type and waveform of the signals and its characteristics in engineering
systems
2. To understand signals and systems behaviour and relate and integrate the signals into a
systems.