Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals

Book excerpt: About the Book : - Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals Digital Signal Processing (DSP), as the term suggests, is the processing of signals using digital computers. These signals might be anything transferred from an analog domain to a digital form (e.g., temperature and pressure sensors, voices over a telephone, images from a camera, or data transmittal though computes). As a result, understanding the whole spectrum of DSP technology can be a daunting task for electrical engineering professionals and students alike. Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals provides a comprehensive look at DSP by introducing the important mathematical processes and then providing several application-specific tutorials for practicing the techniques learned. Beginning with general theory, including Fourier Analysis, the mathematics of complex numbers, Fourier transforms, differential equations, analog and digital filters, and much more; the book then delves into Matlab and Scilab tutorials with examples on solving practical engineering problems, followed by software applications on image processing and audio processing - complete with all the algorithms and source code. This is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand how DSP works. Features: Provides a comprehensive overview and introduction of digital signal processing technology. Provides application with software algorithms Explains the concept of Nyquist frequency, orthogonal functions and method of finding Fourier coefficients Includes a CD-ROM with the source code for the projects plus Matlab and Scilab that generate graphs, figures in the book, and third party application software Discusses the techniques of digital filtering and windowing of input data, including: Butterwoth, Chebyshev, and elliptic filter formulation. Table Of Contents : Fourier Analysis Complex Number Arithmetic The Fourier Transform Solutions of Differential Equations Laplace Transforms and z-Tranforms Filter Design Digital Filters The FIR Filters Appendix A : Matlab Tutorial Appendix B : Scilab Tutorial Appendix C : Digital Filter Applications Appendix D : About the CD-ROM Appendix E : Software Licenses Appendix F : Bibliography Index About Author :- Ashfaq A. Khan (Baton Rouge, LA) is a senior software engineer for LIGO Livingston Observatory, with over 20 years of experience in system design. He has conducted several workshop and is the author of Practical Linux Programming: Device Drivers, Embedded Systems, and the Internet.