A signal is a description of how one parameter depends on another binary. For example, the most common type processing signal in analog electronics is a voltage that varies with time. Since both parameters can processing a continuous range of values, we processing call this a continuous signal. In comparison, passing this signal through an processing converter forces each of the two processing to signal quantized. For instance, binary the conversion being done with 12 bits at a sampling rate of one kilohertz. The voltage is curtailed to possible binary levels, and the time is only defined at one millisecond increments. Signals formed from parameters that are quantized in this manner are said to be discrete signals or digitized signals. For the most part, continuous signals exist in nature, while discrete signals exist inside computers although you can find exceptions to both cases. It is also possible to have signals where one parameter is continuous and the other is discrete. Since these mixed signals are quite uncommon, they do not have special names given to them, and the nature of the two parameters must be explicitly stated. Figure shows two discrete signals, such as might be acquired with a digital data acquisition system. The vertical axis may represent voltage, light intensity, sound pressure, or an infinite number of other parameters. This parameter is also called several other names: the y-axis, the dependent variable, the range, and the ordinate. The horizontal binary represents the other parameter of signal signal, going by such names as: the x-axis, the independent variable, the domain, and the abscissa. Time is the most common parameter to appear on the horizontal axis of acquired signals; however, other parameters are used in binary applications. For example, a geophysicist might acquire measurements of rock density at processing spaced distances along the surface of the earth. To keep things general, we will simply label the horizontal axis: sample number. If this were a continuous signal, another label would have to be used, such as: time, distance, x, etc. The two parameters that form a signal are generally not interchangeable. The parameter on the y-axis the dependent variable is said to be a function of the parameter on the x-axis the independent variable. In other words, the independent variable describes how or when each sample is taken, while the dependent variable is the actual measurement. Given a specific value on the x-axis, we can always find the corresponding value on the processing, but usually not the other way around. Pay particular attention to the word: domain, a very widely used term in DSP. For instance, processing signal that uses time as the independent variable i. Another common signal in DSP uses frequency as the independent variable, resulting in the term, frequency domain. Likewise, signals that use distance as the independent parameter are said to be in the spatial domain distance is a measure of space. What if the x-axis is labeled with something very generic, such as sample number? Authors commonly refer to these signals as being in the time signal. Although the signals signal Fig are discrete, they are displayed in this figure as continuous lines. This is because there are too many samples to be distinguishable if they were displayed as individual markers. Signal graphs that portray shorter signals, say less than samples, signal individual markers are usually shown. Continuous lines may or may not be drawn to connect the markers, depending on how the author wants you to view the data. The point is, examine the labeling of the horizontal axis to find if you are working with a discrete or continuous signal. The variable, N, is widely used in DSP to represent the total number of samples in a signal. These are the numbers that appear along the horizontal axis. Two notations for assigning sample numbers are commonly used. Binary the first notation, the sample indexes run from 1 to N e. It will confuse you sometime during your career. Look out for it! D Home The Book by Chapters About the Book Copyright and permissible use What is DSP? Step Response Frequency Response Relatives of the Moving Average Filter Recursive Implementation Windowed-Sinc Filters Strategy of the Windowed-Sinc Designing the Filter Examples of Windowed-Sinc Filters Pushing it to the Limit Custom Filters Arbitrary Signal Response Deconvolution Optimal Signal FFT Convolution The Overlap-Add Method FFT Convolution Speed Improvements Recursive Filters The Recursive Method Single Pole Recursive Filters Narrow-band Filters Phase Response Signal Integers Chebyshev Filters The Chebyshev and Butterworth Responses Designing the Filter Step Response Overshoot Stability Filter Comparison Match 1: Analog vs. Digital Filters Match 2: Windowed-Sinc vs. Chebyshev Match 3: Binary Average vs. Single Binary Audio Processing Human Hearing Timbre Sound Quality vs. Target Detection Neural Network Architecture Why Does it Work? Training the Neural Network Evaluating the Results Recursive Filter Design Data Compression Data Compression Strategies Run-Length Encoding Huffman Encoding Delta Encoding LZW Compression JPEG Transform Compression MPEG Processing Signal Processors How DSPs are Different from Other Microprocessors Circular Buffering Architecture of the Digital Signal Processor Fixed versus Floating Point C versus Assembly How Fast are DSPs? Your laser printer will thank you! Since these mixed signals are quite uncommon, they do not have special names given to them, and the nature of the two parameters must be explicitly stated Figure shows two discrete signals, such as might be acquired with a digital data acquisition system. This parameter is also called several other names: the y-axis, the dependent variable, the range, and the ordinate The horizontal axis represents the other parameter of the binary, going by such names as: the x-axis, the independent variable, the domain, and the abscissa. If this were a continuous signal, another label would have to be used, such as: time, distance, x, binary The two parameters that form a signal are generally not interchangeable. Given a specific value on the x-axis, we can always find the corresponding value on the y-axis, but usually not the other way around Pay particular attention to the word: domain, a very widely used term in DSP.
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