Dear all, I was thinking of purchasing "Multirate Signal Processing for Communication Systems" by F.J.Harris. Has anyone here used this book, and if so, what are your opinions? Thanks in advance, -- Oli
Opinions on "Multirate Signal Processing..." by F.J.Harris?
Started by ●March 16, 2008
Reply by ●March 16, 20082008-03-16
On Mar 16, 9:09 am, Oli Charlesworth <ca...@olifilth.co.uk> wrote:> Dear all, > > I was thinking of purchasing "Multirate Signal Processing for > Communication Systems" by F.J.Harris. Has anyone here used this book, > and if so, what are your opinions?I've got a copy. It's got some good stuff on Transmultiplexers in it which was helpful on some recent development I did. Recommended. Eric
Reply by ●March 16, 20082008-03-16
"Oli Charlesworth" <catch@olifilth.co.uk> wrote in message news:c518ad4f-a16e-4090-8f26-880327c9aefe@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...> Dear all, > > I was thinking of purchasing "Multirate Signal Processing for > Communication Systems" by F.J.Harris. Has anyone here used this book, > and if so, what are your opinions? > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > OliOli, I've scanned it and paid rather careful attention to some bits of it. I'd say it's very well done and treats some interesting ideas that you may not find elsewhere. Fred
Reply by ●March 17, 20082008-03-17
On 17 Mrz., 02:33, "Fred Marshall" <fmarshallx@remove_the_x.acm.org> wrote:> "Oli Charlesworth" <ca...@olifilth.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:c518ad4f-a16e-4090-8f26-880327c9aefe@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > Dear all, > > > I was thinking of purchasing "Multirate Signal Processing for > > Communication Systems" by F.J.Harris. �Has anyone here used this book, > > and if so, what are your opinions? > > > Thanks in advance, > > > -- > > Oli > > Oli, > > I've scanned it and paid rather careful attention to some bits of it."scanned it" - do you mean you scanned the whole book with a scanner? All n pages of it?
Reply by ●March 17, 20082008-03-17
Andor wrote:> On 17 Mrz., 02:33, "Fred Marshall" <fmarshallx@remove_the_x.acm.org> > wrote: >> "Oli Charlesworth" <ca...@olifilth.co.uk> wrote in message >> >> news:c518ad4f-a16e-4090-8f26-880327c9aefe@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >> >>> Dear all, >>> I was thinking of purchasing "Multirate Signal Processing for >>> Communication Systems" by F.J.Harris. Has anyone here used this book, >>> and if so, what are your opinions? >>> Thanks in advance, >>> -- >>> Oli >> Oli, >> >> I've scanned it and paid rather careful attention to some bits of it. > > "scanned it" - do you mean you scanned the whole book with a scanner? > All n pages of it?I think he used the term in another sense. Consider a sailor scanning the horizon from the crows nest. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●March 17, 20082008-03-17
"Jerry Avins" <jya@ieee.org> wrote in message news:q8WdnfA97cbx9UPanZ2dnUVZ_q3inZ2d@rcn.net...> Andor wrote: >> On 17 Mrz., 02:33, "Fred Marshall" <fmarshallx@remove_the_x.acm.org> >> wrote: >>> "Oli Charlesworth" <ca...@olifilth.co.uk> wrote in message >>> >>> news:c518ad4f-a16e-4090-8f26-880327c9aefe@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> I was thinking of purchasing "Multirate Signal Processing for >>>> Communication Systems" by F.J.Harris. Has anyone here used this book, >>>> and if so, what are your opinions? >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> -- >>>> Oli >>> Oli, >>> >>> I've scanned it and paid rather careful attention to some bits of it. >> >> "scanned it" - do you mean you scanned the whole book with a scanner? >> All n pages of it? > > I think he used the term in another sense. Consider a sailor scanning the > horizon from the crows nest. > > Jerry > --Really now. Want a .pdf? =:-o I ran into a group that would scan-read (eyeball) books in no time flat - maybe 2-3 seconds per page. It actually worked rather well with the notion that one might stop now and then to focus on a particular paragraph. Harder to do with books like this one tho... When I was in college I used to skip all the equations when reading engineering books. Then, in the second read or for reference that's the focus. I gotta have context. Fred
Reply by ●March 17, 20082008-03-17
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:09:29 -0700 (PDT), Oli Charlesworth <catch@olifilth.co.uk> wrote:>Dear all, > >I was thinking of purchasing "Multirate Signal Processing for >Communication Systems" by F.J.Harris. Has anyone here used this book, >and if so, what are your opinions? > >Thanks in advance,Hello Oli, I definitely recommend harris' book. Here are a few words excerpted from a "Book Review" I wrote for harris' book: "When it comes to designing computationally-efficient multirate systems, this book is a treasure chest of multirate filter gems. For that reason I'll make the bold statement that no designer of multirate systems, for example designers involved with software defined radios (SDRs), should be without this book. Stated in different words; if you want to study the detailed mathematical derivations of multirate systems, several textbooks are available to you. If you want to actually build a multirate system, you need this book." (As for me, a few weeks ago I sent fred harris an E-mail to see if he has compiled an errata for his book. I haven't heard back from fred, so I'll have to "bug" him again.) Good Luck, [-Rick-]
Reply by ●March 17, 20082008-03-17
Rick Lyons <R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org> wrote in news:n1ltt312i2v1l2puis0s9mnlue9vn1ce8b@4ax.com:> On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:09:29 -0700 (PDT), Oli Charlesworth > <catch@olifilth.co.uk> wrote: > >>Dear all, >> >>I was thinking of purchasing "Multirate Signal Processing for >>Communication Systems" by F.J.Harris. Has anyone here used this book, >>and if so, what are your opinions? >> >>Thanks in advance, > > Hello Oli, > > I definitely recommend harris' book. Here are a > few words excerpted from a "Book Review" I wrote > for harris' book: > > "When it comes to designing computationally-efficient multirate > systems, this book is a treasure chest of multirate filter gems. For > that reason I'll make the bold statement that no designer of multirate > systems, for example designers involved with software defined radios > (SDRs), should be without this book. Stated in different words; if you > want to study the detailed mathematical derivations of multirate > systems, several textbooks are available to you. If you want to > actually build a multirate system, you need this book." > > (As for me, a few weeks ago I sent fred harris an E-mail > to see if he has compiled an errata for his book. > I haven't heard back from fred, so I'll have to "bug" him again.) > > Good Luck, > [-Rick-] >Like Rick, I am a big Fred Harris fan. You can always learn something new from Fred. I have this book. I also have the other popular multirate books (Vaidyanathan, Crochiere & Rabiner, Fliege). I like Harris the best. Al Clark Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
Reply by ●March 18, 20082008-03-18
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:50:48 GMT, Al Clark <aclark@danvillesignal.com>
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>Like Rick, I am a big Fred Harris fan. You can always learn something new
>from Fred.
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>I have this book. I also have the other popular multirate books
>(Vaidyanathan, Crochiere & Rabiner, Fliege). I like Harris the best.
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>Al Clark
>Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
Hi Al,
Whew. That's a very "tough" reading list! :-)
By the way, I forgot to mention to Oli (and you)
that harris' MATLAB code (for his book) is available.
All you have to do is click the "Downloads" button at:
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0131465112
Also, yesterday I sent another E-mail to fred harris
to see if he's compiled an errata for his book.
We'll wait to see what fred says.
Regards,
[-Rick-]
Reply by ●March 18, 20082008-03-18
Rick Lyons <R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org> wrote in news:v06vt39g8h40i9aceegk0i20vlgtk9ohpk@4ax.com:> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:50:48 GMT, Al Clark <aclark@danvillesignal.com> > wrote: > > > (snipped by Lyons) >>> >> >>Like Rick, I am a big Fred Harris fan. You can always learn something >>new from Fred. >> >>I have this book. I also have the other popular multirate books >>(Vaidyanathan, Crochiere & Rabiner, Fliege). I like Harris the best. >> >>Al Clark >>Danville Signal Processing, Inc. > > Hi Al, > Whew. That's a very "tough" reading list! :-)You can't have too many books. I live a long way from technical libraries and just plain peer-to-peer networks. This group and the internet in general has been of tremendous benefit to my understanding of DSP. Perhaps, its time for a second comp.dsp conference. I would be glad to be part of a new politburo for another event. For those we don't remember, I hosted the first comp.dsp conference in 2004. I think we all had a great time. The papers are posted here: http://www.danvillesignal.com/comp.dsp-conference/comp.dsp-conference- presentations.html This was the agenda: http://www.danvillesignal.com/comp.dsp-conference/comp.dsp-conference- information.html Here are a few pictures: http://www.danvillesignal.com/comp.dsp-conference/photos-of-the-2004- comp.dsp-conference.html> > By the way, I forgot to mention to Oli (and you) > that harris' MATLAB code (for his book) is available. > All you have to do is click the "Downloads" button at:Thank you, I will grab the downloads.> > http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0131465112 > > Also, yesterday I sent another E-mail to fred harris > to see if he's compiled an errata for his book. > We'll wait to see what fred says.What? Authors of DSP books make mistakes?> > Regards, > [-Rick-] > > >Al Clark
