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Summary: Doesn't live up to its press
Review: Level of content is inconsistent; going from some basic paragraphs to advanced material, with no explanation/bridge in between. "Assuming no background in high level math" is less than accurate (unless you just want to use the formulas and not understand what's going on). Look elsewhere if you want a self-study book.
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Summary: A good DSP book for practical engineers
Review: Level of content is inconsistent; going from some basic paragraphs to advanced material, with no explanation/bridge in between. "Assuming no background in high level math" is less than accurate (unless you just want to use the formulas and not understand what's going on). Look elsewhere if you want a self-study book.
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Summary: A good DSP book for practical engineers
Review: The book pays attention to real problems in DSP implementation with C and assembly code combined with hardware examples such as a data acquisition board including a schematic printing, which can help you to understand the integration of the whole system, and this is important for beginners.Not like most of DSP books emphasizing on mathematical equation deductions such as FFT etc, which is easy to find in other DSP book such as Alan V. Oppenheim etc's "Discrete digital signal processing", the book emphasized on DSP implementations by using C and giving good explanations, and assembly subroutines such as key FFT core algorithm if necessary, which is quite common in DSP engineering practice. As to the mathematical prerequisite, the author does claim that the knowledge of first-year calculus and understanding of microcomputer and programming are helpful. However, for any in depth understanding of such topics this is very normal and basic and by no means a picky requirement. You can not claim that the first-year calculus means advanced math in general! The case studies in the book are running in an x86 microcontroller based system board, which is not popular today. However the corresponding C code is general, and still you can learn something from that assembly subroutine. That DACQ board mentioned in the book might not be available right now considering that the book is written 8 years ago, in addition, the schematic printing is too small to view easily. It might be good have some case studies in control applicatiions which are now more and more popular in DSP application in industry. However, this is a general problem for almost all published DSP books. Anyway, I will recommend this book for practical DSP application person or embedded system programmer who want to know more on the practical side such as programming and system integration other than only theory. Compared with most DSP books published, this one is still very unique and much better in introducing hands on techniques. I really hope that the author can update this book for a new edition.
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