Practical DSP for scientists

There is a requirement to provide signal processing education to students who may not be from technical or engineering backgrounds, and have had little exposure to the mathematical prerequisites often associated with DSP. The author discusses the teaching of a DSP course to such students, using a minimum of mathematics, and concentrating on issues concerned with the practicalities of DSP engineering. The aim of the course reported is to produce students who have the knowledge, skills, and understanding to specify, set up, and use a real-time DSP system for a wide variety of real-world applications.<>