Signal processing involves the analysis, interpretation, and manipulation of signals like sound, images, and sensor data. It is used to retrieve the original signal from one that has been contaminated with noise during transmission. There are two main categories: analog signal processing, which uses electronic circuits like filters on un-digitized signals; and digital signal processing, which uses computers or specialized chips to process digitized signals. The digital signal processing block diagram consists of an anti-aliasing filter, analog-to-digital converter, digital filter, digital-to-analog converter, and reconstruction filter. Digital signal processing has advantages over analog like greater accuracy, flexibility, ease of storage and operation, and ability to multiplex signals.
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