Essential Guide to Digital Signal Processing, The

This is a great introductory book that explains the basic concepts behind signal processing and DSP. Highly recommended. And no math either.Appendix D is full of errors though, but not enough to drop my rating to 4 stars

This is excellent work done on covering the gap of signal processing knowledge to anyone that does not come from the field but works on the field.I recommend this to teachers and students of neighbor sectors, such as those from the creative media industries of audio engineering, filmmaking, etc.It covers the very basics of signal theory in a very light manner. I learned how FFT works without even thinking the mathematics.Not for advanced scholars or practitioners of the subject, but highly recommended for the very basics intro.Excellent work!

After I finished the book - I looked at the glossary of terms. Just a few days earlier I had not even heard 90% of them... and at the end of the book I understood what they meant!Could not have asked for a better book to get started with signal processing as a person without any engineering background!Thank you for creating such a valuable resource!

Very basic. If you want really basic info, it is for you, else look further.

This is just a great book for non-engineers. (electrical that is.) It explains all the big buzz words in simple language and with great many pictures. The emphasis given the book is written by Lyons is on DSP. But there is a lot to learn here. On nearly every page, you will hear your self saying ah, now I see!I think this would be a great book for any smart high school student headed to engineering school. It covers a large swath of the field and will give very good head-start.On the other hand, I gave a copy of the book to one of my friends who is professor of mechanical engineering locally. He loved it. So the range is large, high school to PhD. But really any one who is working in the tech field and really wants to understand what these terms means, should get this book. - Charan Langton

This book is a very good introduction on the subject, but if you're looking for a more advanced information about it, try Understanding DSP from the same author. I recommend this book if Dsp is completely new to you.

If you ever wondered how & why audio is transmitted & stored digitally, then this book is a great starting point in understanding DSP. It won't make you an engineer but it will help you appreciate mp3, CD's, etc.

This is a great book for even experienced DSP engineers. Especially the ones that don't use it every day. Chapter 5 is World Class information, but the entire book is perfect for what they are trying to convey. And it is a great background for what is needed when you use the best book available "Understanding Digital Signal Processing", Rev. 3.

For some reason I bought this in haste without checking the reviews or the detailed description of the book. It is a very basic book which just covers some fundamental terms and definitions. Let's put it this way, it explains binary numbers ! If you have A-level maths or equivalent you are unlikely to learn anything from this.

Richard Lyons' books good

I thought the book was great to catch up on a few terms and to bring me back to the days of school. I found it easy to read, and some of the content was incremental so its beneficial for people who learn based on reinforcement of concepts. In short: quick, clear, and concise introduction.However, I found the book a bit light when it comes to aliasing (IMHO this should be expanded a bit more because it wasn't clear to someone who doesn't know). There should also be a bit more on how people process the signals - maybe a couple pseudo examples of code. And introduce how ML is used with signal processing.I'd solidly recommend this book to young adults trying to understand electronics as well.

Good for those needing a broad and general introduction without getting bogged down in detail or mathematics . In particular key fundamentals such as Nyquist (without too much theory), aliasing and a brief foray into spectral analysis are easily digestible and sufficient to gain a high level understanding.

Nicely written. Simple and easy to read. Makes it easy to understand. A very intuitive. Great job by the author.