This document provides an overview of digital signal processing (DSP). It discusses:
- Continuous and discrete-time signals, with continuous signals defined for all time values and discrete signals defined only at certain time instances.
- How continuous signals are converted to discrete signals through sampling, such as by an analog-to-digital converter, so they can be processed digitally.
- Examples of physical systems that can be modeled as continuous-time systems, like electrical circuits, and the equations used to model elements like resistors, inductors, and capacitors.
- Key components in DSP systems like sample and hold circuits, which create samples of an input signal and hold them for processing.