DSP First: A Multimedia Approach (Matlab Curriculum Series) (Hardcover)

by James H. McClellan (Author), Ronald W. Schafer (Author), Mark A. Yoder (Author)

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Appropriate for electrical engineering, undergraduate discrete systems, digital signal processing, and service courses. This hands on, multi-media package provides a motivating introduction to fundamental concepts, specifically discrete-time systems, for beginning engineering students. Designed and written by experienced and well- respected authors. This class-tested learning package can also be used as a self-teaching tool for anyone eager to discover more about DSP applications, multi-media signals, and MATLAB. Unique features, such as visual learning demonstrations, MATLAB laboratories and a bank of solved home-work problems are just a few things that make this an essential learning tool for mastering fundamental concepts in today's electrical and computer engineering curriculum.

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This hands on, multi-media package provides a motivating introduction to fundamental concepts, specifically discrete-time systems, for beginning engineering students. Designed and written by experienced and well- respected authors. This class-tested learning package can also be used as a self-teaching tool for anyone eager to discover more about DSP applications, multi-media signals, and MATLAB. Unique features, such as visual learning demonstrations, MATLAB laboratories and a bank of solved home-work problems are just a few things that make this an essential learning tool for mastering fundamental concepts in today's electrical and computer engineering curriculum.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 523 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (January 9, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132431718
• ISBN-13: 978-0132431712
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,130 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I consider this book as a signal processing enabling book, August 27, 1999

By	[e-mail] Prof. Osvaldo Clua (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews

I consider this book as a signal processing enabling book and I use it with my students at the University as an introduction, previous to networking or Multimedia specific subjects. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a gentle introduction to digital signal processing, and is no willing to pass through a high math path. The math's are there but in their just proportion. The author is concerned about concepts, and the movies on the CD are of great help in order to get them. Th introduction to complex notation, difference equations and convolution are the gentles I've read. If you manage to solve the numeric exercises, you end with working concepts and skills in the area. The authors try to give examples from several fields like sounds, pictures and video in order to make the material understandable. Its not a very rigorous book but is a valuable one if you prefer concepts to mathematical rigor. After working the proposed projects, you can deal with filtering, image analysis, sampling, aliasing and several other signal processing techniques knowing what you are doing.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, a favorite book, May 14, 2000

By	D. Hodgson (Cupertino, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book, along with "Understanding Digital Signal Processing" and Steiglitz' "DSP Primer" are the best, most useful, yet gentle introductions to DSP I have ever read. If only I had this book before I entered grad school! The CD-ROM that comes with it is very well done; a brilliant presentation! Highly recommended.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best introductory DSP text!, December 11, 2000

By	"vduvanenko" (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This is by far the best introductory DSP book - forget the rest and get this one. The authors take you by the hand and with their years of teaching and research experience, lead you step by step into the strange and unique world of DSP. The CD examples, animations, and audio summaries are extremely valuable. Make sure that you look at them, only then will you really "get it", instead of being just an equation manipulator. This book is also very well suited for self-study professional engineer. Bravo! The standard has been set, let's see if other authors can follow.