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In electronics, a digital filter is any electronic filter that works by performing digital mathematical operations on an intermediate form of a signal. This is in contrast to older analog filters which work entirely in the analog realm and must rely on physical networks of electronic components (such as resistors, capacitors, transistors, etc.) to achieve the desired filtering effect.

Digital filters can achieve virtually any filtering effect that can be expressed as a mathematical function or algorithm. The two primary limitations of digital filters are their speed (the filter can't operate any faster than the computer at the heart of the filter), and their cost. However as the cost of integrated circuits has continued to drop over time, digital filters have become increasingly commonplace and are now an essential element of many everyday objects such as radios, cellphones, and stereo receivers.

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• • filters
    • In electronics, a digital filter is any electronic filter that works by performing digital mathematical operations on an intermediate form of a signal. This is in contrast to older analog filters which work entirely in the analog realm and must rely on physical networks of electronic components (such as resistors, capacitors, transistors, etc.) to achieve the desired filtering effect.

      Digital filters can achieve virtually any filtering effect that can be expressed as a mathematical function or algorithm. The two primary limitations of digital filters are their speed (the filter can't operate any faster than the computer at the heart of the filter), and their cost. However as the cost of integrated circuits has continued to drop over time, digital filters have become increasingly commonplace and are now an essential element of many everyday objects such as radios, cellphones, and stereo receivers.

      Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_filters)

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      Innovative Integration - DSP Products

      Innovative Integration provides board-level hardware products that integrate the best analog I/O and reconfigurable FPGAs to provide cost-effective solutions for challenging data acquisition and signal processing applications.
      http://www.innovative-dsp.com

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      ScopeFIR Download

      ScopeFIR designs Complex Finite-Impulse Response (FIR) filters using the Parks-McClellan algorithm or windowing. You can then mix, scale, quantize, and edit the coefficients of the FIR filter. You may use ScopeFIR free for a 60-day trial period, but you must Register with Iowegian International Corporation in order to use it beyond the trial period. The full licensing terms for the program, plus additional information about Registration can...
      http://www.iowegian.com/download/loadfir.htm

      FIR Digital Filter Design Applet

      This JAVA applet allows you to design an FIR filter and view its characteristics. By choosing a window type, the filter order, and passband, you can design the filter and view its frequency response and get a listing of the coefficients. Source code available.
      http://www.dsptutor.freeuk.com/FIRFilterDesign/FIRFilterDesign.html

      Digital Filters: An Introduction

      This tutorial is a good, in-depth, yet easy to understand, explanation of digital filters. It includes digital filters' advantages, types, parameters, and it also has examples of simple filters. The site is HTML and the tutorial is also available as a PDF file.
      http://www.dsptutor.freeuk.com/dfilt1.htm

      Digital-Signal-Processing Filters (DSP)

      By utilizing DSP’s capable of sequencing and reproducing hundreds to thousands of discrete elements, design models can simulate large hardware structures at relatively low cost. DSP techniques can perform functions such as Fast-Fourier Transforms (FFT), delay equalization, programmable gain, modulation, encoding/decoding, and filtering.
      http://www.freqdev.com/guide/dspguide.html

      Digital Filters @ Wikipedia

      In electronics, a digital filter is any electronic filter that works by performing digital mathematical operations on an intermediate form of a signal. This is in contrast to older analog filters which work entirely in the analog realm and must rely on physical networks of electronic components (such as resistors, capacitors, transistors, etc.) to achieve the desired filtering effect. Digital filters can achieve virtually any filtering...
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_filter

      Introduction to DSP - IIR Filters

      This is the fifth module of the BORES Signal Processing DSP course - Introduction to DSP. It covers the following subjects: * IIR filter equations and frequency response * the z transform * the meaning of z * poles and zeroes * IIR filter design by impulse invariance * IIR filter design by the bilinear transform * direct form I and II filters * quantisation in IIR filters * IIR filter implementation structures
      http://www.bores.com/courses/intro/iir/

      Introduction to Digital Filters

      From introductory course in digital audio signal processing, which I have given at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) since 1984. The course was created primarily as a first course in digital signal processing for entering Music Ph.D. students in the Computer Based Music Theory and Acoustics program. This book will emphasize audio and music applications . . .
      http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/filters/

      FIR Filter FAQ

      This is a FAQ gives answers to questions about FIR filters, including the basics, FIR design, and links to related information.
      http://www.dspguru.com/info/faqs/firfaq.htm

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