Kevin Kuang 2004

Use Digital Signal Processing

instead of Analog Signal Processing
Kevin kuang 2004
First signal processing problem
World War II brought us Radio Detection And Ranging (RADAR)
- one of the first signal processing applications
- it was implemented in analog
- encounter lots of problem, aging, stability, sensitivity

By 1955 control theory was established due to the mathematics
explaining:
- the effects of sampling
- its spectral effects
- the z-transform

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Prophets
Thus, although many signal processing will be most
economically implemented with analog methods, it is the
capability of digital system to achieve a guaranteed accuracy
and essentially perfect reproducibility that is so appealing to
engineers. To summarize, the importance of the DSP should
eventually surpass that of analog signal processing for the same
reasons that digital computers have surpassed analog
computers.

- p5, Theory and Application of Digital Signal Processing Prentice Hall, 1975,
Lawrence Rabiner and Bernard Gold
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Digital better than Analog
Analog
- Aging
- Sensitivity to the environment
- Uncertain performance in production units
- Variation in performance of units
- Sensitivity analog traces on PCBs
- Effort to migrate and adopt canned solutions

DSP doesnt have these problems!
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Applications
Audio (sound card, digital musical instruments)
Automotive (Security Systems, Safety Systems)
Medical (Medical Imaging, Personal Medical Devices)
Military (Data Communications, Radar/Sonar)
Telecom (Navigation Systems, Telecom Accessories)
Video and imaging ( Digital Still Cameras, Digital TV)
Wireless communication (cell phone, Bluetooth Solutions)
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Summary
Digital system has perfectly reproducible and never varying
performance.

Applications already became everywhere, and more will come.

For any signal problems, think about digital first!