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Introduction

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Intended Learning Outcomes

Describe signals systems and signal processing.
Compare and contrast analog signal processing and digital signal
processing.
Distinguish between the classifications of signals.

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Classifications of Signals

Continuous-Time Signal
Discrete-Time Signal
Continuous-Valued Signal
Discrete-Valued Signal

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Classifications of Signals
Continuous-Time Signals: signal is defined for every value of time in
a given interval (a,b), where a - and b .
Examples: voltage as a function of time, height as a function of
pressure, number of positron emissions as a function of time.

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Classifications of Signals
Discrete-Time Signals: signal is defined only for certain specific
values of time; typically taken to be equally spaced points in an
interval.
Examples: number of stocks traded per day, average income per
province.

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Classifications of Signals
Continuous-Valued Signals: signal amplitude takes on a spectrum of
values with in one or more intervals.
Examples: color, temperature, pain-level

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Classifications of Signals
Discrete-Valued Signals: signal amplitude takes on values from a
finite set.
Examples: digital image, population of a country

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