The Scientist and Engineer’s Guide to Digital Signal Processing, Steven W. Smith, Second Edition, California Technical Publishing , 1999, ISBN 0-9660176-7-6, ISBN 0-9660176-4-1, ISBN 0-9660176-6-8.

This book provides a practical introduction to Digital Signal Processing. Covering a wide range of topics, including linear systems, discrete fourier transforms, fast fourier transforms, digital filters, this book is an ideal introductory text for those new to DSP, and an excellent reference for more experienced users.

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• Foundations
• Fundamentals
• Digital Filters
• Applications
• Complex Techniques

Table of Contents (pdf)

Foundations

• Chapter 1: The Breadth and the Depth of DSP (pdf)
• Chapter 2: Statistics, Probability and Noise (pdf)
• Chapter 3: ADC and DAC (pdf)
• Chapter 4: DSP Software (pdf)

Fundamentals

• Chapter 5: Linear Systems (pdf)
• Chapter 6: Convolution (pdf)
• Chapter 7: Properties of Convolution (pdf)
• Chapter 8: The Discrete Fourier Transform (pdf)
• Chapter 9: Applications of the DFT (pdf)
• Chapter 10: Fourier Transform Properties (pdf)
• Chapter 11: Fourier Transform Pairs (pdf)
• Chapter 12: The Fast Fourier Transform (pdf)
• Chapter 13: Continuous Signal Processing (pdf)

Digital Filters

• Chapter 14: Introduction to Digital Filters (pdf)
• Chapter 15: Moving Average Filters (pdf)
• Chapter 16: Windowed-Sinc Filters (pdf)
• Chapter 17: Custom Filters (pdf)
• Chapter 18: FFT Convolution (pdf)
• Chapter 19: Recursive Filters (pdf)
• Chapter 20: Chebyshev Filters (pdf)
• Chapter 21: Filter Comparison (pdf)

Applications

• Chapter 22: Audio Processing (pdf)
• Chapter 23: Image Formation and Display (pdf)
• Chapter 24: Linear Image Processing (pdf)
• Chapter 25: Special Imaging Techniques (pdf)
• Chapter 26: Neural Networks (and more!) (pdf)
• Chapter 27: Data Compression (pdf)
• Chapter 28: Digital Signal Processors (pdf)
• Chapter 29: Getting Started with DSPs (pdf)

Complex Techniques

• Chapter 30: Complex Numbers (pdf)
• Chapter 31: The Complex Fourier Transform (pdf)
• Chapter 32: The Laplace Transform (pdf)
• Chapter 33: The z-Transform (pdf)

Glossary (pdf)

Index (pdf)