DSP Software Development Techniques for Embedded and Real-Time Systems (Embedded Technology) [Paperback]

Robert Oshana (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0750677597 | ISBN-13: 978-0750677592 | Publication Date: September 29, 2005

Today's embedded and real-time systems contain a mix of processor types: off-the-shelf microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSPs), and custom processors. The decreasing cost of DSPs has made these sophisticated chips very attractive for a number of embedded and real-time applications, including automotive, telecommunications, medical imaging, and many others-including even some games and home appliances. However, developing embedded and real-time DSP applications is a complex task influenced by many parameters and issues.

This introduction to DSP software development for embedded and real-time developers shows how to use digital signal processors efficiently in embedded and real-time systems. It covers software and firmware design principles, from processor architectures and basic theory to the selection of appropriate languages and basic algorithms. The reader will find practical guidelines, diagrammed techniques, tool descriptions, and code templates for developing and optimizing DSP software and firmware. The book also covers integrating and testing DSP systems as well as managing the DSP development effort. The accompanying CDROM contains the code from the design examples as well as design tools and product demos.

*Digital signal processors (DSPs) are the future of microchips!

*Includes practical guidelines, diagrammed techniques, tool descriptions, and code templates to aid in the development and optimization of DSP software and firmware

*Accompanying CD-ROM contains code from the design examples used in the book, so developers can easily use it in their own designs

Editorial Reviews

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"Engineers can choose from a variety of books about signal-processing theory and algorithms; but until Robert Oshana wrote this thorough volume, no single source addressed DSP-based applications at the project or life-cycle level. This volume does an excellent job, and I recommend it highly.
Oshana's experience developing DSP applications and teaching others about DSP tips, techniques and tricks led him to find and develop new ways to think about and approach a project. He provides that information in a format that will benefit engineers as well as engineering managers working on DSP projects."
- Jon Titus, ECN, December 15, 2006

Book Description

Most of the other references on DSPs are highly
mathematical and theoretical. This one is extremely practical and emphasizes those design and
programming techniques required by the constraints of real-time and embedded applications.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Newnes (September 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750677597
• ISBN-13: 978-0750677592
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.9 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,756,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too vague and general to be helpful, January 16, 2007

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This review is from: DSP Software Development Techniques for Embedded and Real-Time Systems (Embedded Technology) (Paperback)

This book is tremendously vague. It is fairly thick, but in all its pages it never really manages to tell you anything you probably didn't already know. Everything is at such a high level it is more like a broad overview of the subject. It is practically devoid of any mathematical details of DSP. Given its title, that is probably not what the reader was bargaining for. There are better books on DSP, better books on embedded systems, and better books on real-time systems. What about better books that integrate all three subjects? I can't think of any, but that would include this book too. If you want an introduction to DSP and interfacing it to a microprocessor try "Digital Signal Processing and the Microcontroller". It talks about the basics of DSP, uses a little math but not calculus, and demonstrates how to build a DSP system using a M68HC16 16-bit microcontroller. Code examples are included. You'll then be ready for more mathematical treatments of DSP in other books. In summary, don't waste your money on this one.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Reads like a company-sponsored manual, July 1, 2007

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This review is from: DSP Software Development Techniques for Embedded and Real-Time Systems (Embedded Technology) (Paperback)

I bought this book for work, hoping that my department would find it useful to lend to new grads. After reading it, I determined that there is nothing here a new grad couldn't get more authoritatively from a TI manual or his own textbooks. I am out the cost of the book, because I am not going to submit it for reimbursement. By the way, I bought this book on the force of a review in one of those e-mail e-magazines for engineers. I have thus lost all faith in that process.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book to start designing with DSP, January 31, 2009

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The Book offers a simple yet complete explanation of DSP techniques also includes a demo of a software to start designing with DSP'S