• How signal processing works: clear, simple explanations in plain English
• Breakthrough DSP applications: from smartphones to healthcare and beyond
• Covers both digital and analog signals
• An indispensable resource for tech writers, marketers, managers, and other nonengineers

 

The Complete DSP Guide for Businesspeople and Nontechnical Professionals

 

Digital signal processing (DSP) technology is everywhere–each time you use a smartphone, tablet, or computer; play an MP3; watch a digital TV or DVD; get GPS directions; play a video game; take a digital photo; or even have an MRI, DSP technology is at work.

 

Now, for the first time, The Essential Guide to Digital Signal Processing offers readers of all levels simple, plain-English explanations of digital and analog signals and modern DSP applications. Whether you sell technology, write about it, manage it, fix it, or invest in it, this is the book for you.

 

Using everyday examples and simple diagrams, two leading DSP consultants and instructors completely demystify signal processing. You’ll discover what digital signals are, how they’re generated, and how they’re changing your life.

 

You’ll learn all you need to know about digital signal collection, filtering, analysis, and more, and how DSP works in today’s most exciting devices and applications.

 

Coverage includes

• How engineers understand and work with analog signal spectra and frequencies
• How digital signals are generated and used in modern electronic devices
• The surprising things that happen when analog signals are converted to digital form
• How (and why) engineers compute digital signal spectra with Fourier transforms
• What wavelets are and how they’re used everywhere, from medicine to the camera in your smartphone
• How digital filters are used in DSP applications
• Cutting-edge DSP applications, from automatic music-tuning software to medical EKG signal analysis
• A comprehensive glossary of signal processing terminology and acronyms

 

You’ll gain a clear, conceptual understanding of all key signal processing operations and vocabulary. That means you’ll understand much of the “magic” built into today’s newest devices, and you’ll be ready to succeed in virtually any nontechnical role that requires DSP knowledge.

 

Richard G. Lyons is a consulting Systems Engineer and lecturer with Besser Associates in Mountain View, California. He is author of the book "Understanding Digital Signal Processing", editor and contributor to the book "Streamlining Digital Signal Processing", and has authored numerous articles on DSP. Lyons has taught DSP at the University of California Santa Cruz Extension and recently received the IEEE Signal Processing Society's 2012 Educator of the Year award.

 

D. Lee Fugal is President of S&ST Technical Consulting, Chairman of the San Diego IEEE Signal Processing Society, and author of the book "Conceptual Wavelets in Digital Signal Processing."  In addition to his 30+ years of industry and consulting experience, Fugal teaches upper-division university courses in DSP. He also offers short courses for working engineers through ATI Courses at various venues nationwide. He is an IEEE Senior Member and recipient of their Third Millennium Medal.

Chapter 1: What is Digital Signal Processing
Chapter 2: Analog Signals
Chapter 3: Analog Signal Spectra
Chapter 4: Digital Signals and How They are Generated
Chapter 5: Digital Signal Spectra
Chapter 6: Analog to Digital Converters
Chapter 7: Binary Numbers
Chapter 8: Digital Signal Filtering
Chapter 9: Measuring Frequency Content of Digital Signals
Chapter 10: Digital Signal Processing Applications
Appendix A: Numbers in Scientific Notation
Appendix B: Decibels
Glossary of Terminology and Acronyms