Shameless plug: Rick's book has reduced my workload by 90%

Hi folks.

The last few weeks I have been involved in a lab exercise where
I was the only DSP/acoustics guy, with the other participants
being chemicists, metallurgists and cyberneticists(?) ("control
freaks",
they worked with cybernetics).

Fun as the very improvised-and-on-the-fly experiment was, we did get
OK results, allbeit not quite as good as we might have hoped for.
The variation we measured in time delays were on the order of
the sampling period. The signals were just a bit too faint for
comfort, quantization errors were a problem.

Which is where Rick's book comes in. Not only did he explain these
things simple and accurate enough to inspire my choise of words
in my report, I was (wall, still am) so confident in his writing that
I only outlined the main ideas in my report, leaving the readers
to his book if they need to know more.

Which basically reduced my workload with an order of magnitude
while leaving the other participants with a real oportunity to
actually understand what I talked about.

Thanks, Rick! I owe you a beer.

Rune

Hi Rune
          I myself has been a great fan of Understanding DSP by Richard.
This is one of the book i followed in my undergraduate studies and still
following for many of the real life technical doubts.Particularly
treatment on IIR and quadrature signals is something, i would categorise
as one of the best u can get for understanding..

Thanks Richard, i  really owe you many of my basic DSP concepts.i hope if
get some doubts,i can ask you through this site

Thanks
Sandeep






>Hi folks.
>
>The last few weeks I have been involved in a lab exercise where
>I was the only DSP/acoustics guy, with the other participants
>being chemicists, metallurgists and cyberneticists(?) ("control
>freaks",
>they worked with cybernetics).
>
>Fun as the very improvised-and-on-the-fly experiment was, we did get
>OK results, allbeit not quite as good as we might have hoped for.
>The variation we measured in time delays were on the order of
>the sampling period. The signals were just a bit too faint for
>comfort, quantization errors were a problem.
>
>Which is where Rick's book comes in. Not only did he explain these
>things simple and accurate enough to inspire my choise of words
>in my report, I was (wall, still am) so confident in his writing that
>I only outlined the main ideas in my report, leaving the readers
>to his book if they need to know more.
>
>Which basically reduced my workload with an order of magnitude
>while leaving the other participants with a real oportunity to
>actually understand what I talked about.
>
>Thanks, Rick! I owe you a beer.
>
>Rune
>
>

sandy80 wrote:
> Hi Rune
>           I myself has been a great fan of Understanding DSP by Richard.
> This is one of the book i followed in my undergraduate studies and still
> following for many of the real life technical doubts.Particularly
> treatment on IIR and quadrature signals is something, i would categorise
> as one of the best u can get for understanding..
>
> Thanks Richard, i  really owe you many of my basic DSP concepts.i hope if
> get some doubts,i can ask you through this site
>
> Thanks
> Sandeep
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >Hi folks.
> >
> >The last few weeks I have been involved in a lab exercise where
> >I was the only DSP/acoustics guy, with the other participants
> >being chemicists, metallurgists and cyberneticists(?) ("control
> >freaks",
> >they worked with cybernetics).
> >
> >Fun as the very improvised-and-on-the-fly experiment was, we did get
> >OK results, allbeit not quite as good as we might have hoped for.
> >The variation we measured in time delays were on the order of
> >the sampling period. The signals were just a bit too faint for
> >comfort, quantization errors were a problem.
> >
> >Which is where Rick's book comes in. Not only did he explain these
> >things simple and accurate enough to inspire my choise of words
> >in my report, I was (wall, still am) so confident in his writing that
> >I only outlined the main ideas in my report, leaving the readers
> >to his book if they need to know more.
> >
> >Which basically reduced my workload with an order of magnitude
> >while leaving the other participants with a real oportunity to
> >actually understand what I talked about.
> >
> >Thanks, Rick! I owe you a beer.
> >
> >Rune
> >

I am also very fond of Rick's book and hope that there will be a sequel
with additional DSP topics.

fred.

"Rune Allnor" <allnor@tele.ntnu.no> wrote in message
news:1131963518.927518.157860@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi folks.
>
> The last few weeks I have been involved in a lab exercise where
> I was the only DSP/acoustics guy, with the other participants
> being chemicists, metallurgists and cyberneticists(?) ("control
> freaks",
> they worked with cybernetics).
>
> Fun as the very improvised-and-on-the-fly experiment was, we did get
> OK results, allbeit not quite as good as we might have hoped for.
> The variation we measured in time delays were on the order of
> the sampling period. The signals were just a bit too faint for
> comfort, quantization errors were a problem.
>
> Which is where Rick's book comes in. Not only did he explain these
> things simple and accurate enough to inspire my choise of words
> in my report, I was (wall, still am) so confident in his writing that
> I only outlined the main ideas in my report, leaving the readers
> to his book if they need to know more.
>
> Which basically reduced my workload with an order of magnitude
> while leaving the other participants with a real oportunity to
> actually understand what I talked about.
>
> Thanks, Rick! I owe you a beer.
>
> Rune
>
Does it cover analogue signal processing too? I always think you need a
strong analogue background before going into digital.

McC

On 14 Nov 2005 02:18:38 -0800, "Rune Allnor" <allnor@tele.ntnu.no>
wrote:

>Hi folks.
>
  (snipped)
>
>Which basically reduced my workload with an order of magnitude
>while leaving the other participants with a real oportunity to
>actually understand what I talked about.
>
>Thanks, Rick! I owe you a beer.
>
>Rune

Hi Rune,

   I'm glad that my book was of some use to you.
This is good.  (Thanks for tellin' me about it.)

I'd be happy to accept a beer from you, ... on the 
condition that I buy the second "round".

See Ya',
[-Rick-]
To Real_McCoy: Nope, the book does not have 
any analog signal processing material.

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 05:16:42 -0600, "sandy80" <sandeepk1980@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Hi Rune
>          I myself has been a great fan of Understanding DSP by Richard.
>This is one of the book i followed in my undergraduate studies and still
>following for many of the real life technical doubts.Particularly
>treatment on IIR and quadrature signals is something, i would categorise
>as one of the best u can get for understanding..
>
>Thanks Richard, i  really owe you many of my basic DSP concepts.i hope if
>get some doubts,i can ask you through this site
>
>Thanks
>Sandeep

Hi Sandeep,

    Thanks for the kind words.  I appreciate it.

Regarding you asking questions, please feel free 
to do so.  I'll do my best to answer them. 
As always, if I'm unable to answer some 
DSP question, there are plenty of DSP experts 
here who can answer your questions.

If you can tell me what is the "Printing Number" 
of your copy of the book, I'll send you an errata.
(I'm assuming you have the 2nd edition of the book.) 

Good Luck,
[-Rick-]

On 14 Nov 2005 10:36:26 -0800, "Fred Stevens" <fred.stevens@ieee.org>
wrote:

  (snipped)
>> >
>
>I am also very fond of Rick's book and hope that there will be a sequel
>with additional DSP topics.
>
>fred.

Hi fred,

    I say "Thanks" to you too.

As time permits, I'm workin' on a 3rd edition.
Of course, if a 3rd edition ever gets published 
it wouldn't be until 2-3 years from now.

Fred, if you can tell me what is the "Printing Number" 
of your copy of the book, I'll send you an errata.
(I'm assuming you have the 2nd edition of the book.) 

Good Luck,
[-Rick-]

Rick Lyons wrote:
> On 14 Nov 2005 02:18:38 -0800, "Rune Allnor" <allnor@tele.ntnu.no>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi folks.
> >
>   (snipped)
> >
> >Which basically reduced my workload with an order of magnitude
> >while leaving the other participants with a real oportunity to
> >actually understand what I talked about.
> >
> >Thanks, Rick! I owe you a beer.
> >
> >Rune
>
> Hi Rune,
>
>    I'm glad that my book was of some use to you.
> This is good.  (Thanks for tellin' me about it.)

The book is the right tool for that kind of job. When I presented the
data and the analysis to the project participants, it was very
easy to show them the effects of time-line quantization due
to sampling, as well as amplitude quantization effects.

Those effects made a huge impact on the analysis, and
everybody accepted that, as well as understood why
there were problems.

Me being able to explain that in four pages/ten minutes, was
basically due to your book. You showed that explaining
such material to DSP laymen was possible, and also how to
do it. The book was the perfect backup material for me when
I wrote the report.

> I'd be happy to accept a beer from you, ... on the
> condition that I buy the second "round".

You are a very tough negotiator; I think I'll have to
give in at this point... ;)

Rune

Hi Richard,

I'm new to DSP and could really use your book. May i know what is the
title of your book?

Ant_Magma wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> I'm new to DSP and could really use your book. May i know what is the
> title of your book?

See http://tinyurl.com/bxbuh

Jerry
-- 
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