Pragmatic circuits signals and filters /

• Main Author: Eccles, William J.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2006.
• Series: Synthesis lectures on digital circuits and systems (Online) ; #4.
• Subjects: Signal processing.; Spectrum analysis.; Fourier series.; Fourier transformations.
• Online Access: Abstract with links to full text
• Item Description: Third of three volumes, begins with chapter 9.; Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.; Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on October 12, 2008).; Series from website.
• Physical Description: 1 electronic text (vi, 110 p. : ill.) : digital file.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.; System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• ISBN: 1598290738 (electronic bk.); 9781598290738 (electronic bk.); 159829072X (pbk.); 9781598290721 (pbk.)
• ISSN: 1932-3174
• Access: Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.

Pragmatic Circuits: Signals and Filters is built around the processing of signals. Topics include spectra, a short introduction to the Fourier series, design of filters, and the properties of the Fourier transform. The focus is on signals rather than power. But the treatment is still pragmatic. For example, the author accepts the work of Butterworth and uses his results to design filters in a fairly methodical fashion. This third of three volumes finishes with a look at spectra by showing how to get a spectrum even if a signal is not periodic. The Fourier transform provides a way of dealing with such non-periodic signals. The two other volumes in the Pragmatic Circuits series include titles on DC and Time Domain and Frequency Domain. These short lecture books will be of use to students at any level of electrical engineering and for practicing engineers, or scientists, in any field looking for a practical and applied introduction to circuits and signals. The author's "pragmatic" and applied style gives a unique and helpful "non-idealistic, practical, opinionated" introduction to circuits.