Lecture 1 (Digital System)
Lecture 1 (Digital System)
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Digital Systems
• Digital System is a system in which signals have a finite number of discrete values.
• A signal is a physical quantity (sound, light) that carries information.
• A digital system processes digital signals
• Digital systems are used in wide range of applications including communication system,
traffic control, and many other commercial industrial and scientific enterprises.
• Examples:
• Computer
• Cellphone
• Digital camera
• Electronic calculators.
• Digital TV
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Analog and Digital Signal
Analog Signal
◦ In Analog System The physical quantities or signals may vary continuously over a
specified range.
Digital Signal
◦ In Digital System The physical quantities or signals can assume only discrete values.
Greater accuracy X(t) X(t)
t t
Examples
Analog and Digital Signal
▪ The compact disk (CD) player is an example of a system in with both digital and
analog circuit are used. The (CD) player accepts digital data from the CD drive and
converts it to an analog signal for amplification.
CD drive
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Analog and Digital Signal
ANALOG SIGNALS DIGITAL SIGNALS
• Continuous • Discrete
• Infinite range of values • Finite range of values (2)
• More exact values, but more difficult to work • Not as exact as analog, but easier to work with
with
• Digital signals need fast, clever electronics, but
• Analogue signals suffer from noise, but don’t we can get rid of any noise.
need such complex equipment.
Data Representation
• Data Representation refers to the form in which data is stored, processed, and transmitted.
• All data in a computer is represented by bit patterns, i.e.(01111100011),
• A bit (binary digit) is the smallest unit of data that a computer can process and store.
• A bit is always in one of two physical states, similar to an on/off, the state is represented
by a single binary value usually a 0 or 1.