Summary

Real-time signal processing applications, once limited largely to the military, are now increasingly widespread in consumer devices--from automobiles to freezers and home alarm systems. With this book, you'll learn how to leverage this trend by migrating today's best signal processing algorithms from large, non-real-time computing environments to small, cost-effective, real-time implementations.

Written for the practicing engineer, this book provides end-to-end coverage of the key hardware, software, and algorithm-related issues associated with building fast, economical devices. Understand the real-world software-hardware and space-time tradeoffs you face in real-time design; learn fundamental principles for mapping algoithms to architecture; and master best practices for every step of the design lifecycle. The book covers an exceptionally broad range of algorithms are covered, including digital filtering, image processing, speech processing, pattern recognition, and ffts.