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Digital Signal Processing: Instant Access
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Digital Signal Processing: Instant Access

by James D. Broesch
November 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
168 pages
4h 56m
English
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Chapter 8. Digital Signal Processors

Definitions

The acronym DSP is used for two terms, digital signal processing and digital signal processor. Digital signal processing is to perform signal processing using digital techniques with the aid of digital hardware and/or some kind of computing device. (Signal processing can, of course, be analog as well.) A specially designed digital computer or processor dedicated to signal processing applications is called a digital signal processor.

In this chapter, we will focus on hardware issues associated with digital signal processor chips, and we will compare the characteristics of a DSP to a conventional, general-purpose microprocessor. (The reader is assumed to be familiar with the structure and operation ...

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ISBN: 9780080560137